Update, July 22, 2025: This story, originally published on July 20, has been updated with an expert counterpoint to the idea that it’s the delivery mechanism being what’s important in the latest ...

Do you want password stuffing with your chicken? Chick-fil-A has confirmed that some accounts have been breached by ...

When a team of hackers dumped troves of data online that unmasked millions of users of the infidelity dating website Ashley Madison, users panicked that the leak would wreak havoc on their personal ...

This morning, the company announced that another set of data from the hack, containing over 100 million LinkedIn members' emails and passwords, has now been released. In response, LinkedIn says it is ...

An eight-character-long password made of numbers can be cracked instantly, according to the IT firm Hive Systems. Every year, the company releases its password table, which displays the time needed to ...

Google’s databases got hacked, and now 2.5 billion Gmail users are at risk. Hackers from a group called ShinyHunters managed to get access to Google’s Salesforce database systems. 2.5 billion Gmail ...

Today we start a weeklong series to help you avoid getting hacked. Everyone knows that bigger is better, in this case longer is best. When you make a password, it’s common these days to add special ...

In a stark warning to the public, Virgin Media O2 has enlisted an ethical hacker to demonstrate how easily cybercriminals can uncover people’s passwords and personal data, sometimes in as little as ...

Dashlane, a leading password manager, has revealed that a hacker exploited a security gap in the service’s online login system to steal encrypted vaults from fewer than 20 users. The theft occurred on ...