Hacking

Revelations about secret government surveillance may have a chilling effect on the government's ability to recruit talented computer coders and hackers.

Intellectual property accounts for about 35 percent of U.S. GDP. But hackers, many of them in foreign countries, are working harder than ever to steal it.

Engineers like to take things apart to learn how they work. When applied to computer networks, the urge can increasingly get young techies in trouble.

Computer viruses are bad enough, but what happens when they start cooperating to ruin your digital life?

The online security firm ESET runs a camp for young hackers that encourages them to use their skills for good, not evil.

A group of German researchers has found a security problem in Apple's Internet hotspots for mobile devices. Turns out, they can be easily hacked.

As far back as the early 1900s, rural farmers and ranchers -- or you could call them hackers -- set up their own phone lines themselves.

Microsoft worked with law enforcement this week to shutdown a massive network of computers being used by criminals called a botnet. What is a botnet? And could you be part of one?

How should the U.S. government and companies protect themselves against hackers? One answer is to hack right back.

Two dozen U.S. military weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, according to the Washington Post.