Jan 26th, 2010 · Small-time hackers are no longer the only ones vying to steal your financial information (or your defense secrets): now organized crime is in the game. Terry Gross talks to cyber-security writer Joseph Menn and real-life digital crime-fighter Barrett Lyon about how the mob has become a major player in cyber-crime — and why they think the Internet might not survive.
Jan 13th, 2010 · Google Inc. will stop censoring its search results in China and may pull out of the country completely after discovering that computer hackers had tricked human-rights activists into exposing their e-mail accounts to outsiders. Tuesday's announcement comes amid growing tensions between China and the U.S. over Internet freedom.
Dec 22nd, 2009 · The FBI is looking into a computer-breach that targeted Citigroup. The Wall Street Journal reports millions of dollars appear to have been stolen by computer hackers linked to a Russian mob. A Citibank official denies that the cyber attack ever took place.
Dec 2nd, 2009 · Some say the correspondence casts doubt on what we know about the severity of climate change. As polls show Americans are increasingly skeptical about global warming, NPR science correspondent Richard Harris tells us how the controversy might change the debate.
Sep 9th, 2009 · Buying a password to almost anyone's email account can cost $100 or less. And although hacker services are illegal, the FBI rarely investigates. Washington Post staff writer Tom Jackman and Jon Erickson, a former hacker, examine how secure you are on the Internet.
Aug 14th, 2009 · Gary McKinnon admits hacking into dozens of U.S. military computers before and after Sept. 11, 2001, and has lost every appeal available under the British legal system. His case has become a rallying point for Britons who believe their government is too subservient to the U.S.
May 29th, 2009 · A savvy adversary with little more than a hacker's basic tools could pose a threat a technology-reliant U.S. military, experts say. China and Russia are among nations that have active programs to target U.S.-based networks.
May 29th, 2009 · Military and intelligence leaders say protecting the nation's computer networks from hackers, spies and terrorists is one of the top national security problems. President Obama is set to release a review that is expected to lay out a plan for coordinating the government's cybersecurity efforts.