With a SIM-swapping attack, scammers hijack your phone number to gain access to apps on your phone—including banking apps.

On April 8, 2024, a group of hackers known as "USDoD" posted to a hacking forum claims that they had access to over 2.9 billion records stolen from a background checking company known as National ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Jan. 25, 2025: This story, originally published Jan.

In 2018, a hacker hired by the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel run by the infamous kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán spied on the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City with the goal of identifying “people of ...