Anonymous (internet groups)

Thousands of files -- including names, addresses and Social Security and credit-card numbers -- have been compromised in a cyber attack on the city of Akron. The city's website and internal systems were hacked by a Turkish group. Some files were...

(For other news from Reuters Cybersecurity Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Cyber13) By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Nobody is safe in the digital world and even the smartest minds in the cybersecurity world constantly...

LONDON – Four hackers who pleaded guilty to a series of high-profile cyberattacks on computers in the U.S. and Britain, including those of the CIA and Sony Pictures, were sentenced Thursday to up to 32 months in prison. The four men, all Britons,...

LONDON (Reuters) - A group of British hackers who "ran riot" causing millions of dollars of damage to computer networks run by Sony, the CIA and other agencies were sentenced to jail terms on Thursday. Police said four men, members of the hacking...

* Hacked Pentagon, crashed CIA website, stole data * Four pleaded guilty, being sentenced at London court By Estelle Shirbon LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Four British hackers who took part in 2011 cyber-attacks on targets ranging from the CIA to Sony...

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN) -- Hacktivist group Anonymous staged another round of online attacks against the North Korean regime's websites from Sunday morning, closing down those for public organizations and companies run by the regime. The group...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even as the U.S. government confronts rival powers over widespread Internet espionage, it has become the biggest buyer in a burgeoning gray market where hackers and security firms sell tools for breaking into computers. The...

A statewide education agency acknowledged one of its websites was hacked, compromising the login information for thousands of users. In an email to Wisconsin public school teachers and staff in and around the Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls areas,...

Mayor Stephen Zanni said Methuen IT workers are on alert after the hacker activist group Anonymous attempted to infiltrate city and school computers in retaliation for last week's terror-threat arrest of a high school student. "We're keeping on top of...

A former Web producer for KTXL Fox 40 in Sacramento pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges of helping a hacker gain unauthorized access to a server, thus facilitating alteration of a Los Angeles Times online story. Matthew Keys, 26, entered the...

SACRAMENTO, April 23 (Reuters) - Former Reuters.com Deputy Social Media Editor Matthew Keys pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal charges that he aided members of the Anonymous hacking collective. Keys, 26, on Monday said he was fired by Thomson...

SYDNEY, April 24 (Reuters) - The Australian Federal Police said on Wednesday they had arrested a man who they described as a senior member of the group that hacked websites of major corporations, including Sony Pictures, last year. Police said the 24-...