Secret Service says it foiled plot that could have caused cell phone blackout

The Secret Service announcement about the alleged NYC plot came as President Donald Trump is set to speak at the U.N. General ...

Secret Service dismantles telecom threat around UN capable of crippling cell service in NYC

The U.S. Secret Service has dismantled a massive hidden telecom network in New York. Investigators say the system could have crippled cell towers and jammed 911 calls.
TechCrunch

Chinese authorities are using a new tool to hack seized phones and extract data

Security researchers say Chinese authorities are using a new type of malware to extract data from seized phones, allowing them to obtain text messages — including from chat apps such as Signal — ...

BreachForums hacking forum admin resentenced to three years in prison

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the 22-year-old behind the notorious BreachForums hacking forum, was resentenced today to three ...

China ‘stole data from every American’ in years-long hack

Experts fear Beijing-backed hackers have accessed information that stretches to the highest levels of politics and national ...

Secret Service traced swatting threats against officials. They found 300 servers capable of crippling New York’s cell system

A Secret Service unit set out to unmask the layers of burner phones, changing phone numbers and SIM cards that were swatting ...
People

Google Issues Warning to Certain Users After Leaked Data Hack — Here’s Who's Affected

Hackers breached the tech giant’s Salesforce database, which stores and manages customer data for businesses Illustration by Serene Lee/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Certain Google users’ data may ...
The New York Times

Women Have Always Looked Out for One Another. It’s Never Been Risk-Free.

The recent data hack targeting an app for sharing information about nefarious men is a reminder that the impulse to protect frequently comes at a cost. By Gina Cherelus In the Third Wheel column, Gina ...