Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For more than a decade, Brett Johnson worked as a criminal hacker, stealing identities and raking in millions of dollars. Now, the ...

Corporate America is under digital siege — but the crooks aren’t cashing in like they used to, according to a new report. Ransomware attacks are hammering companies worldwide, sparking booming demand ...

Foreign governments that rely on the services of private criminal hackers leave their operations vulnerable to being exposed and disrupted, creating a "silver living" for U.S. law enforcement ...

Three employees at cybersecurity companies spent years moonlighting as criminal hackers, launching their own ransomware attacks in a plot to extort millions of dollars from victims around the country, ...

Industry helped European law enforcement groups in operations that tracked and dismantled assets tied to major cybercrime gangs like Scattered Spider. SAN FRANCISCO — Private sector partners got a ...

The Hollywood image of criminal hackers being largely teenage ne’er do wells is due for an update. That’s because profit-seeking career criminals — often approaching middle age — make up the largest ...