In 2000, hacker Gary McKinnon broke into U.S. government computers and claimed to find evidence of a secret space program.

The Department of Defense will expand its vulnerability disclosure program in the coming months, inviting ethical hackers to find flaws in a wider array of systems and applications within the Pentagon ...

DHS S&T OpEx workers monitor computer screens in February 2016. (DHS photo) Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the results of its first bug bounty program. Through the “Hack ...

An Australian man on Wednesday pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme to steal powerful hacking tools from a US defense contractor and sell them to a buyer in Russia, the Justice Department said.

Bug bounty firm HackerOne Inc. today announced the launch of its first partner program to meet a growing demand for cybersecurity solutions that leverage their global ethical hacker community. Called ...

Apple is facing criticism for its bug bounty program that critics say gives the tech giant an unfair advantage when negotiating payouts to “ethical hackers,” according to a Sept. 9 Washington Post ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the launch of “Hack DHS,” a bug bounty program to identify potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities within certain DHS systems and increase the ...

The United States Department of Defense (DOD) has expanded its ethical hacking program to include more targets. DoD officials announced yesterday that the Department's Vulnerability Disclosure Program ...

The folks behind the upcoming Gdium netbook have launched a new program they’re calling “One Laptop Per Hacker.” The goal is to build a more robust developer community around the company’s unusual ...

The US Department of Homeland Security is launching its own bug bounty program to help find and correct gaps in its systems. The new "Hack DHS" program was made official by Homeland Security Secretary ...

On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced 450 researchers working in its first-ever “Hack the DHS” bug bounty program identified at least 122 vulnerabilities, 27 of which were ...

A Boston-based nonprofit determined to break down hiring barriers and expand access for diverse early career tech workers has brought its ambitious fellowship program to New York. Hack.Diversity was ...