Tipster’s Email Led to Arrest in Massive Capital One Breach July 30, 2019 By Christian Berthelsen, William Turton and Jenny Surane Capital One Financial Corp. set up an email address for tipsters — including “white hat” hackers — to alert the...
White Hat Hackers Paid to Find Security Gaps in Pentagon Websites June 21, 2016 By LOLITA C. BALDOR High-tech hackers brought in by the Pentagon to breach Defense Department websites were able to burrow in and find 138...
Hacker’s Claims Spotlight Vulnerabilities of Jetliners’ Systems May 21, 2015 Even as the U.S. questioned a computer researcher’s claims of tampering with a jetliner in flight, his account spotlighted possible...
Computer Scientist Finds Device Flaws in Common Goods October 16, 2012 By KATHERINE LONG For most people, computer security means just that: Keeping viruses off your desktop or laptop, your PC or your Mac....