hackers

Russian President Vladimir Putin uses a pair of binoculars as he watches a display during the MAKS 2017 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow.

How Putin learned to stop worrying and love internet espionage

Books

A decade ago, Vladimir Putin appeared to be ignoring the internet. Now he seems to be wildly successful at exploiting it.

Computer screen

What the ‘hack’?

Culture
Trump and Russia's history on interference

Trump: The president Russia wants?

Conflict
The Bitcoin ATM where Alina Simone had to deposit money to pay off the hackers who ransomed her mother's data.

What I’ve learned after my Mom got hacked (and her data held for ransom)

Technology
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Korean April 26 Cartoon Film Studio in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

When the Internet goes down in North Korea, there aren’t many to notice

Technology
The Cyber Warrior

Meet the hacking prodigy you definitely want on your side

Conflict

Chris Doman doesn’t want to scare you, but cyber attacks are only getting worse. That’s why some hackers like him are pouring their time into “network defense,” trying to keep out cyber intruders that want to steal everything from credit card numbers to industrial secrets.