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WannaCry ‘Hero’ Marcus Hutchins Admits Writing Trojan Code – Report

British hacker who stopped ransomware attack, tries to prevent phone call transcript being used against him in US courtroom

7 years ago

Criminals Arrested As Webstresser DDoS Website Taken Down

National Crime Agency involved in international operation to take down website behind four million cyber attacks

7 years ago

Privacy International Warns About Police Access To Smartphone Data

Police should obtain a warrant to download a person's data held on a mobile device, campaign group warns

7 years ago

Cyber Banking Mastermind Arrested By Police In Spain

Mastermind suspected of stealing £870m (€1bn) arrested for Carbanak, Cobalt banking malware campaigns

7 years ago

Two Romanians Arrested For US Police CCTV Hack

Two Romanians charged with hacking Washington DC police computers as part of ransomware campaign

7 years ago

‘Hero’ Brit WannaCry Cyber Researcher Arrested In US For Kronos Trojan

FBI arrests Marcus Hutchins, who successfully stalled the WannaCry ransomware attack in May

7 years ago

Free Hacking Tools Lure Teenagers Into Cybercrime

Easy to use and free hacking tools are pulling young people into a life of cybercrime, claims NCA

8 years ago

Developer Of Citadel Trojan Faces 10 Year Prison Sentence

Russian developer of banking trojan that stole more than £400m, faces lengthy stint in American jail

8 years ago

Top Researcher At Kaspersky Lab Arrested By Russian Cops

A top security expert with Kaspersky Lab arrested in connection with treason investigation

8 years ago

Rehab Order For One TalkTalk Hacker As Another Teenager Faces Prison

Teenager TalkTalk hacker has iPhone confiscated, as a second teenager pleads guilty to ISP attack

8 years ago

Sage Employee Arrested At Heathrow Airport

Just days after damaging data breach at Sage, police confirm arrest of staffer at Heathrow airport

8 years ago

Man Pleads Guilty For Naked Jennifer Lawrence Photo Hack

Ryan Collins pleads guilty to pilfering nude photos of celebrities from their Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts

9 years ago

Scottish Schoolboy Arrested After FBI Hack

Who has been a naughty boy then? Scottish teenager arrested over alleged hack into FBI computer system

9 years ago

Anonymous Hacker Arrested After Rescue By Disney Ship

You couldn't make it up! Rescued at sea by a Disney cruise ship, Anonymous hacker then arrested by the Feds

9 years ago

UN: Julian Assange Should Be Compensated For Confinement

WikiLeaks founder has been arbitrarily detained by the UK and Sweden, says UN expert panel

9 years ago

Police Arrest Member Of Cyber Extortionists DD4BC

Scotland Yard involved in European raids and arrest of key member of DDoS extortionist gang DD4BC

9 years ago

Celebrity Hacker Arrested By Homeland Security

Christmas fail. Hacker stole celebrity sex tapes and film scripts, and then tries to sell them to uncover agent

9 years ago

Police Confirm VTech Hack Arrest

You are nicked my son! Man held for hacking offences after last month's breach of VTech database

9 years ago

Police Arrest Welsh Youth For TalkTalk Hack Blackmail

Arrests just keep coming as another youngster is arrested for last month’s damaging cyberattack

9 years ago

TalkTalk Admits 157,000 Customer Details Were Hacked

Hack compromised the details of 'only' 157,000 customers, not four million as originally thought

9 years ago

MPs To Probe TalkTalk Hack As Police Arrest Fourth Suspect

Police arrest fourth TalkTalk hack suspect as Committee of MPs announces launch of formal investigation

9 years ago

SEC Files Insider Trading Charges After Financial Wire Hack

Authorities charge 32 people after international group hacked financial newswires to trade shares on the stock market

9 years ago

British Hacker Faces Deportation To United States

Brit allegedly hacked US Army, NASA, and Federal Reserve, but fights extradition request to the US

9 years ago

Silk Road Undercover Agent Admits Bitcoin Fraud

Fallout from Silk Road continues after former DEA undercover agent pleads guilty to extorting bitcoins

9 years ago

Two Arrested Over Naked Selfies App

Two men behind an app that trawls through private photo albums looking for naked selfies face prison sentences

10 years ago

Police Dismantle Gang Selling Hooky Cisco Gear

You're nicked! Three members of a gang importing and selling counterfeit Cisco products have been arrested

10 years ago

Man Arrested For Filming Football Matches With Drone

The ultimate cheap seat! Man charged after drone was used to film a number of English premiership football matches

10 years ago

Two Arrested After ‘Largest Ever’ Data Breach

Three charged in the United States following major data breach, authorities confirm

10 years ago

Teenager Hacks High School To Improve Grades

American student tests his cyberskills with hack of high school network to bolster exam results

10 years ago

Death Threats From Hacker Lead To Prison Sentence

A hacker who made a number of death threats in Japan has been jailed in a case that captured the…

10 years ago