A Nigerian national was arrested in connection with a scheme to hack into company accounts and steal payroll deposits. The company provides employers across the country with payroll processing services. Charles Onus, 34, allegedly gained unauthorized access to more than 5,500 company accounts. He then fraudulently diverted payroll deposits totaling over $800,000 to prepaid debit…

A 33-year-old woman was arrested in connection with a data breach in which she allegedly gained access to the personal information of around 106 million Capital One customers in the United States and Canada. Paige Thompson was accused of using a firewall vulnerability to hack into a Capital One server on March 22 and 23.…

Email users are being warned about a scam that uses big-name companies to convince people to divulge their personal information online. A recent phishing scam has been targeting inboxes with emails that appear to be from Amazon or Apple. The phishing emails masquerade as confirmations for nonexistent purchases from the retail giants. The emails have…

A Connecticut man who played a role in a large-scale hack that involved several Hollywood stars faces an eight-month prison sentence. Three other men were also sentenced in connection with the case. George Garofano, 26, pleaded guilty to stealing personal information from nearly 250 Apple iCloud accounts. The 2014 hack resulted in nude photos of…