Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Let’s get the prerequisite disclaimer out of the way first, ...

As legal cannabis has expanded around the United States for both recreational and medical use, companies have amassed troves of data about customers and their transactions. People who have applied for ...

In a startling case that has sent shockwaves across the U.S. education sector, a Massachusetts man has been sentenced to four years in prison for hacking a major education software company, ...

A coalition of 27 states and the District of Columbia is suing a bankrupt genetic testing firm, 23andMe, to block the sale of individuals’ sensitive genetic information without permission from each of ...

(CNN) — The Supreme Court handed the Department of Government Efficiency a pair of significant wins on Friday, allowing the entity to access sensitive Social Security data for millions of Americans ...

The University of Phoenix has confirmed a major data breach affecting nearly 3.5 million people. The incident traces back to August when attackers accessed the university's network and quietly stole ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to ...