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A lack of reporting mechanisms means there's no telling how often or how much personal info is taken from databases in Asia.

The problem toughening hacking laws is that it is not going to help catch the real hackers, writes Dominic Basulto.

Exclusive: Overseas predator tried to blackmail an Auckland teenage girl by posting photos on a porn site, hacking her family's computer and college’s website.

When most people find their missing phone, it's followed by a vow not to lose it again. Prime Minister John Key, on the other hand, quickly bins his.

NZ and its spying partners exploited weaknesses in one of the world's most popular mobile browsers and planned to hack into smartphones.

PayPal is working on a new generation of embeddable, injectable and ingestible devices that could replace passwords as a means of identification.

Thousands of Uber passwords from hacked accounts reportedly selling on the dark web for as little as US$1.

In the pre-Christmas retail frenzy of 2013, US retail giant Target had its cash registers raided.

Mattel's Hello Barbie, that can hold conversations with kids, has drawn the ire of one of the toy industry's most influential critics.

Target has proposed to pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its massive 2013 data breach.

Five simple steps from the CEO of Aura Information Security to help your business beat the threat of cyber security.

Darktrace is a UK cybersecurity company that counts Cambridge machine learning specialists and cyberintelligence experts from GCHQ and MI5.

Who made Google the official referee of exposing tech vulnerabilities?

The internet has turned into a massive social experiment in which unknown people know everything about you and other people.

The New York premiere of 'The Interview' has been cancelled after a hacker group made threats, invoking the 9/11 attacks to deter prospective audiences.

Sony is mounting an aggressive defence against the debilitating hack that has pummeled the movie studio.

Computers being remotely operated by hackers account for almost one in four views of digital video ads worldwide.

Actor Seth Rogen's $8.4 million-plus pay packet has been revealed after Sony computers were hacked and films were put online for free.

Tech blogger Juha Saarinen raises questions about the chief censor eyeing Slingshot over access to unclassified material.

She is Google's secret weapon, charged with guarding the world's most valuable brand.

Fired from his job at a Toyota factory, Ibrahimshah went home logged into the company's computer network and attacked it.

Apple's new-generation software is now available for download, but many users have hit a snag trying to install iOS 8.

The US govt threatened to fine Yahoo a staggering sum if it didn't comply with a secret and sweeping surveillance request, it has been revealed.

Secret documents which John Key made public threatened massive damage to NZ's wellbeing if made public without permission, according to the GCSB's own threat estimates.

Prime Minister John Key has released a series of documents 'setting the record straight' over claims the GCSB had spied on New Zealanders.

John Key categorically ruled out any access of internet cables in NZ during questions about a visit from an engineer from the United States' NSA.