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Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities pose a challenge to companies and governments as hacking becomes a new weapon.

Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do

By A.W. Ohlheiser

The chaotic and cinematic MGM casino hack, explained

By Sara Morrison

Public phone chargers are convenient, but are they also dangerous?

By Sara Morrison

There’s a handy new label to tell you if your gadget is easy to hack or not 

By Sara Morrison

Apple makes it easier to keep your data secret from hackers, cops, and even Apple

By Sara Morrison

This year’s physics Nobel Prize went to pioneers in quantum tech. Here’s how their work could change the world.

By Bryan Walsh

The surprising link between Covid-19 deaths and ... internet access

By Keren Landman

Israeli spyware was used against US diplomats in Uganda

By Ellen Ioanes

For hackers, space is the final frontier

By Rebecca Heilweil

Don’t assume your iPhone is safe from hackers

By Sara Morrison

Biden says Putin “knows there are consequences” if cyberattacks continue

By Sara Morrison

JBS Foods, the meat supplier hit by a ransomware attack, admits it paid $11 million in ransom

By Sara Morrison

How a single cloud computing customer caused half the internet to go dark

By Rebecca Heilweil

There’s a better way to protect yourself from hackers and identity thieves

By Sara Morrison

The world’s scariest facial recognition company is now linked to everybody from ICE to Macy’s

By Sara Morrison

What the Ring hacks tell us about tech’s backward approach to security

By Rani Molla
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How ads follow you around the internet

By Cleo Abram

Hackers stole $13,103.91 from me. Learn from my mistakes.

By Sara Morrison
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What facial recognition steals from us

By Joss Fong

What we know about you when you click on this article

By Rani Molla

Open Sourced: The hidden consequences of tech, revealed

By Samantha Oltman and Joss Fong

How to avoid a dystopian future of facial recognition in law enforcement

By Shirin Ghaffary

Facebook’s political ad problem, explained by an expert

By Peter Kafka

The internet is getting less free

By Rani Molla

How to erase your personal information from the internet (it’s not impossible)

By Zoe Schiffer

Don’t break up Facebook — replace Mark Zuckerberg, says former security boss Alex Stamos

By Eric Johnson

After almost 24 hours of technical difficulties, Facebook is back

By Kurt Wagner and Rani Molla

Has Facebook been good for the world?

By Sean Illing, Kurt Wagner, and 1 more

Facebook let Netflix, Spotify, and other companies read your private messages

By Aja Romano

Facebook says 50 million user accounts were exposed to hackers

By Aja Romano

There should be ‘consequences’ for platforms that don’t remove people like Alex Jones, Senator Ron Wyden says

By Eric Johnson

An 11-year-old hacked a replica of Florida’s voting system in 10 minutes

By Jennie Neufeld

Why “fake news” is an antitrust problem

By Sean Illing

Full transcript: Former NSA and CIA director General Michael Hayden on Recode Decode

By Recode Staff

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Cryptocurrency isn’t controlled and is vulnerable to hacks. It could also revolutionize the way we spend money.

By Lexie Schapitl

Former Google business head Nikesh Arora has been named CEO of Palo Alto Networks

By Kara Swisher

Here’s how a Pentagon cybersecurity expert imagines the U.S. could respond to a North Korean cyber attack

By Theodore Schleifer

Why we should stop treating Silicon Valley’s male CEOs like children

By Sean Illing

Don’t ask whether Facebook can be regulated. Ask which Facebook to regulate.

By Aja Romano

Zuckerberg won’t commit to making data privacy as easy as possible

By Aja Romano

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