The United States has brought first-of-its kind cyber-espionage charges against five Chinese military officials accused of hacking into U.S. companies to gain trade secrets.
Danish police said Wednesday they are widening a probe into two former reporters and the publisher of a local gossip magazine, suspected of violating privacy laws by illegally accessing information - including credit card transactions - that enabled them to track Danish royals and celebrities for several years.
A federal jury acquitted a northern New Jersey mayor of hacking into the website of a political foe but convicted the mayor's adult son in verdicts handed down Tuesday.
U.S. prosecutors in New Jersey have announced charges against eight alleged members of an international cybercrime ring they say hacked into the computers of more than a dozen leading financial institutions and the U.S. military's payroll service.
Computer hackers have illegally gained access to personal information of more than 30,000 people connected to Army commands formerly based at Fort Monmouth.