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The crowd-funding site says hackers broke into its systems and made off with data. Apparently credit card numbers escaped the attack. ...

The hacking group says it attacked Forbes because the publication's "hate for Syria is very clear and flagrant in their articles." ...

In an apparent attempt at humor, Jason Willis put his neighbor's address and picture in a Craigslist sex-solicitation ad. Soon, she was receiving male callers, one of whom was not exactly dressed. ...

The international supermarket chain deactivated its online customer accounts as hackers posted account and personal details online. ...

The company did say, however, that it might need to revisit its relationships with third-party ad networks if their services are being used for spying. ...

While technology companies can now release the number of user data requests they receive from the government, civil liberties groups say this is just a small step. ...

Following President Obama's call for transparency as part of a sweeping NSA reform, the Department of Justice says tech companies like Google and Apple will have more freedom to disclose government data requests. ...

Following President Obama's call for transparency as part of a sweeping NSA reform, the Department of Justice has announced that tech giants like Google and Apple will have more freedom to disclose. ...

Google's new potentially-money saving compression tech lands in the new version of Chrome for iOS, along with one-tap page translation and a New Tab page refresh. ...

According to the latest documents from Edward Snowden, the NSA and its British counterpart see smartphones and the data being pulled from popular apps as a "golden nugget" of spy resources. ...

A proposal in California suggests that local residents should contribute their security camera video for the societal good. ...

The company mentions recent attacks on retailers -- think Target and Neiman Marcus -- and says it "may have experienced a data security attack." An investigation is in progress. ...

We're constantly reminded of the need for strong passwords, but not everybody is listening. How good (or not so good) is your own password behavior these days? ...

Although Google didn't actually take the pictures, the court said that Google was a distributor and, therefore, should take them down. ...

Although Google didn't actually take the pictures, the court said that Google was a distributor and therefore, should take them down. ...

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board says that the NSA's collection of bulk phone records should be shut down immediately. ...

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board says that the NSA's collection of bulk phone records should be shut down immediately. ...

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Google tweaks search results to include Web site background information from its Knowledge Graph, making it harder to be misled. ...

Google tweaks Search results to include Web site background information from its Knowledge Graph, making it harder to be misled. ...