News of data breaches is nothing new in 2026, and we’ve seen dozens just since the start of the year. A lot of this comes down to the tools in use, especially with the rise and proliferation of ...

Cybersecurity architect and adjunct professor at NC State University Jeff Crume joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the history of hacking. What was the first computer virus?

In the midst of recent battles with Iran and their global partners, U.S. public- and private-sector organizations are also battling to secure critical infrastructure in a time of war. Federal agencies ...

Pwn2Own hackers use $150,000 exploit on VMware ESXi. The elite hackers attending Pwn2Own in Berlin have made hacking history by successfully deploying a zero-day exploit against VMware ESXi. Having ...

The Bybit hack is more than twice the size of the second-largest crypto exploit, which affected the Ronin Network. Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit was exploited for more than $1.4 billion on Feb. 21, ...

A SpaceX and X engineer, Christopher Stanley—currently serving as a senior advisor in the Deputy Attorney General’s office at the Department of Justice (DOJ)—was reportedly caught bragging about ...

A text file called RockYou2024 was uploaded to the dark web on July 4, exposing over 10 billion unique passwords. It marks the largest password leak in history. A ...