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Umar Shakir is a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Hacker Eric Council Jr. pleaded guilty Monday to charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud after he took over

A 25-year-old man from Athens, Alabama was arrested by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for hacking the Securities and Exchange Commission’s official X account in January. According to an Oct. 17 statement, Eric Council Jr. was taken into custody following charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud.

Hackers—particularly state-sponsored ones focused on espionage and cyberwar, and organized cybercriminals exploiting networks worldwide for profit—are not pets. They wreck businesses, sow chaos, disrupt critical infrastructure, support some of the world's most harmful militaries and dictatorships, and help those governments spy on and oppress innocent people worldwide.So why, when I write about these organized hacker

TechSpot is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In context: Gary Bowser, the unfortunate-named former member of Nintendo hacking group Team Xecuter who received a 40-month prison sentence last year, has been released from his incarceration early, partly due to his good behavior while behind bars. He's returning

TechSpot is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advise you can trust. In brief: League of Legends and Valorant developer Riot Games recently disclosed a security breach. The company said it doesn't have all the answers right now but wanted to let users know that at this point, there is

Home News Computing (Image credit: Iaremenko Sergii / Shutterstock) Turla, a known Russian threat actor allegedly tied to the Kremlin, was observed recycling a decade-old and defunct malware to gain access to endpoints in Ukraine and spy on its targets.A report by cybersecurity experts Mandiant found that in mid-2022, Turla was re-registering expired domains of