Computer hacker and former college student Matthew Lane — who was a teenager when he carried out a massive cyberattack on education technology company PowerSchool — was sentenced in federal court on ...

State-sponsored Iranian hacker group MuddyWater has targeted more than 100 government entities in attacks that deployed version 4 of the Phoenix backdoor. The threat actor is also known as Static ...

19-year-old college student Matthew D. Lane, from Worcester, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 4 years in prison for orchestrating a cyberattack on PowerSchool in December 2024 that resulted in a ...

CLEVELAND — A sophisticated, multi-phase fraud known as the "phantom hacker" scam has cost Americans more than $1 billion since last year, according to the FBI. The scam begins with a pop-up, text ...

The Harrisburg International Airport's public address system was hacked on Oct. 14, with a "political statement" aired over the loudspeaker to travelers, according to airport officials. "An ...

Hacking groups—at least one of which works on behalf of the North Korean government—have found a new and inexpensive way to distribute malware from “bulletproof” hosts: stashing them on public ...

A hacking collective alleges it has doxxed hundreds of ICE agents and FBI officials. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Hundreds of U.S. government officials with the FBI, ICE, and the DOJ have ...

There are currently about 80 companies across the world manufacturing quantum computing hardware. Because I report on quantum computing, I have had a chance to watch it grow as an industry from up ...

For quantum computers to change the game of computation, scientists need to show that the machines’ calculations are correct. Now, there’s hope. Google’s Willow quantum chip has achieved verifiable ...

Scott Pelley, one of the most experienced and awarded journalists today, has been reporting stories for 60 Minutes since 2004. The 2024-25 season is his 21st on the broadcast. Scott has won half of ...