HACKING

On June 17, the official Brazil World Cup website was hacked by activists and replaced by footage from protests throughout Brazil.

China is carrying out systematic cyber-espionage on the U.S. military and private businesses to acquire technology, the Pentagon charged Monday in its most blunt assessment yet.

Gottfrid Svartholm, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, was charged by the Swedish government for a hacking plot to steal 5.7 million Swedish Kronor.

To combat the threat of cyberattacks, the Pentagon is defining new rules of engagement for cyberwarfare.

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act's vast reach troubles many, and a House proposal would extend it further.

A cyber attack on South Korea banks Wednesday was traced to a Chinese Internet address. A North Korea role is also suspected.

South Korean authorities are investigating network outages that hit the nation’s key broadcasters and banks Wednesday.

Celebrities and political officials, including FLOTUS Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Beyonce and Kim Kardashian have had what appears to be their financial records and personal information published online by hackers.

Add the privately held Evernote Corp. to the growing list of U.S.-based information-technology outfits targeted by hackers this year.

With everything from natural gas pipelines to railroads at risk, the threat from 'kinetic' cyberwarfare is more than virtual.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards hacked and brought down a foreign surveillance drone during a military exercise, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency.

China’s Lenovo Group said Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo, will be an “observer” on its board of directors, although he won’t have a vote.

Will President Obama's cybersecurity directive protect U.S. companies and networks from Chinese hackers?

Facebook Inc. discovered it was the victim of a “sophisticated attack” on its network last month, but the company delayed announcing the attack until Friday. It has assured users that no personal data has been compromised.

By failing to focus on cybersecurity, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee botched its hearing on Chuck Hagel as defense secretary.

China's cyberespionage entity known as APT-12 seems to be behind the attack on the New York Times. What else do we know about APT-12?

The New York Times published an online article Wednesday evening alleging that "Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York Times" over the past four months.

The military will boost the force assigned to fighting cyberattacks to 4,900 from only 900 now.

China isn't new to the No. 1 spot as the biggest source of cyberattacks, but it had never originated such an overwhelming majority of them.

The U.N. nuclear watchdog Tuesday acknowledged that one of its servers had been hacked, after the hackers posted the stolen data online earlier this week.

For 12 years, Chief Privacy Officer of IBM (NYSE: IBM) Harriet Pearson, in private practice, warns companies aren't ready for cyberattack.