Hacker thrown out of college and sacked from work gets new job helping police fight cyber crime

Hacker thrown out of college and sacked from work for computer antics gets new job helping police in the fight against cyber crime Tom Johnson, 42, learned how to pirate games and hack security as a teenager He was expelled from college and sacked from his first job for hacking systems  Father-of-two stopped using  internet … Read more

Russian hacker gets 12 years in massive data theft scheme

A prolific Russian hacker who stole data from over a dozen U.S. companies and information about more than 100 million U.S. consumers was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison after admitting involvement in one of the biggest thefts of consumer data from a U.S. financial institution. Andrei Tyurin, 37, was sentenced in Manhattan federal … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Take cover! Army hero Lord Dannatt comes under attack from email hacker

During his illustrious military career, he was awarded the Military Cross after one of several tours of duty in Northern Ireland before concluding his service as Chief of the General Staff — the most senior post in the British Army. But Lord Dannatt, who was ennobled in 2011, has just suffered a reminder that civvy … Read more