Cyber Security

Hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee, a government worker union said Thursday, saying that the cyber theft of U.S. employee information was more damaging than the Obama administration has acknowledged.

President Obama says the White House is bracing for a possible doomsday scenario if hackers can successfully penetrate government and business computer systems, FOX Business has learned.

The FBI and law enforcement officials are at odds with technology companies over encryption policies in the fight against terrorism.    

What’s been billed as an epic battle between Washington and Silicon Valley over security against terrorism versus privacy rights is nothing of the kind.

FBN Exclusive: Emails Hillary Clinton sent from her personal devices while overseas on business as U.S. Secretary of State may have been breached by foreign telecoms. 

Under the Department of Homeland Security contract, H-P will provide software security licenses for 33 federal civilian government agencies.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to bring more cases against investment advisers who do not have policies to prevent hacking, the agency's enforcement chief said on Thursday.

Twitter isn’t doing enough to stop ISIS and other terrorists, FBI officials in Washington, D.C. tell FOX Business.                                                                

The Federal Reserve is the backbone of the American financial system. And in early 2013, it was hacked.

Apple Inc submitted a legal brief on Thursday opposing the U.S. government's attempt to force the technology company to unlock an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters, one day before the filing deadline.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a motion seeking to compel Apple Inc to comply with a judge's order for the company to unlock the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters, according to a court document filed Friday.

The DOJ and SEC filed charges against a total of 32 people who allegedly took part in a scheme to hack newswire services and trade on nonpublic information.  

Steve Jobs understood what people want.

Bill Gates is siding against Apple — and many other technology companies — in saying the firm should help the U.S. government to hack into a locked iPhone as part of an investigation into the San Bernardino shooting.

In the aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks last week, and the new threats that have emerged since, a new breed of vigilantes wants to wage a war against ISIS on a new battlefield...online. 

GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina drew on her experience in Silicon Valley in the first Republican debate. 

In the latest revelation that cyber crime is on the rise, the U.S. said Thursday that hackers stole social security numbers from 21.5 million people in a data breach.

There's no federal law about data breach notification, and states are stepping up to fill in the gap. But is that the right way to do it?