Australian police have arrested two people in Perth accused of being members of TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group blamed for high-profile hacks against big tech giants in recent months. The two have been charged with…
Since the end of last month, several water utilities in the United States have been hit by cyberattacks, causing alarm in the country. For years, water utilities and other critical infrastructure facilities in the power…
Two Polish security researchers wanted to find out how vulnerable their country’s internet was to potential cyberattacks, and quickly found that thousands of public agencies and websites were at risk of being hacked. At the…
Can autonomous AI agents be sued or prosecuted for hacking? It’s no longer a question for sci-fi movies. It’s a question human lawyers and judges may soon have to grapple with. Under current U.S. hacking…
A new report by cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike found North Korean hackers posing as remote IT workers and online recruiters made up about half of all documented “hands-on-keyboard” intrusions at U.S. tech companies over the past…
If anything, 2026 has made clear that cybersecurity is no longer a background concern — it’s front and center, woven into almost every major story of the year. Yes, wars are still raging, the climate…
If we look back at the year of 2026 so far, it might be easy to see cybersecurity falling by the wayside, as much of the world’s attention remains on wars raging, the climate worsening,…
The founder of spyware maker Intellexa has said he is planning to appeal a conviction handed down by a Greek court on charges that he and three other executives illegally obtained personal data as part…
Security researchers have identified a suite of powerful hacking tools capable of compromising iPhones running older software that they say has passed from a government customer into the hands of cybercriminals. Google said Tuesday that…
Every year, TechCrunch looks back at the cybersecurity horror shows of the past 12 months — from the biggest data breaches to hacks resulting in weeks of disruption — to see what we can learn.…