Users of UK newsagent chain WHSmith’s online services have reported large amounts of email arriving in their inboxes, containing personal contact data on other users. The leak appears to be related to an online “Contact Us” form, with numerous users claiming that attempting to report the issue via the form led to further barrages of...

Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, security researchers who caused huge headaches for Fiat Chrysler when they showed the world how to remotely hack a Jeep, have hacked their way into new jobs with Uber. Miller and Valasek are joining Uber’s new Advanced Technologies Center, where they will help the company to develop self-driving cars. The duo’s first...

A former Secret Service special agent yesterday pleaded guilty to diverting $800,000 worth of bitcoins into his own account during an investigation into online black market site Silk Road. Appearing in a San Francisco federal court, Shaun Bridges also admitted money laundering and obstruction of justice charges. Computer forensics expert Bridges belonged to the Baltimore Silk Road...

Intransigent sort-of hacker collective Lizard Squad is back. Apparently. Last week, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) announced the arrest of six youngsters, aged 15 to 18, for alleged DDoS cybercrimes. DDoS is short for Distributed Denial of Service, and it’s a type of cyberattack in which a crook gets anywhere from hundreds to hundreds...