On Tea and similar apps, people upload pictures of themselves and chat freely. If those materials aren’t secured properly, they’re liable to fall into the wrong hands. The user is rarely at fault for ...

The UK’s Legal Aid Agency is among the latest high profile examples of a cyber-attack resulting in a significant data breach. The incident is all the more worrying because of the sensitive nature of ...

2025 was a wild ride for cyber security. The landscape is shifting faster than ever, and several themes stand out when I think about the most important cyber security lessons from the year.

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The six students ...

China's hacking operations, some dating back to 2022, aimed to access private communications of US political candidates. Multiple countries, including the US, Australia, and Czech Republic, have ...

Platforms for marginalized people are frequent targets for bad actors. In a recent incident, hackers breached the user databases for Tea, a women-only app that required selfies or photo ID for account ...