By Chris Baraniuk, Technology reporter Two of the largest dark web marketplaces have been shut down following a “landmark” international law enforcement investigation. The AlphaBay and Hansa sites had been…
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Yahoo breach exposes the drawbacks of state-sponsored hacking
Relying on private hackers gives governments some deniability, but it can bring the whole scheme down By Michael Kan When governments turn to private hackers to carry out state-sponsored attacks,…
Russia denies Yahoo hack involvement
The Kremlin has denied allegations by US authorities that the FSB intelligence agency was involved in a huge data breach affecting Yahoo. Two FSB officers were accused of conspiring with…
Arrests over hacks of CIA and FBI staff
Two Americans have been arrested and charged for allegedly helping to hack high-ranking US government officials. The US Department of Justice said Andrew Otto Boggs and Justin Gray Liverman were…
Hacker gets two years in jail for celebrity 'swatting'
A US hacker who put the personal data of celebrities and officials online has been sentence to two years in jail. New Yorker Mir Islam also made bogus calls that…
US bank hackers get long jail term
Computer hackers who created malware that stole about $100m (£70m) have been given long jail sentences in the US. Russian Aleksandr Andreevich Panin has been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in…