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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
20261,648 stories
OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems↗ rubyhack.ai · HN · 613 comments · 975 points · Sep 11, 2026
QBittorrent breaks out of sandbox to commit crimes↗ beige.party · HN · 293 comments · 1355 points · Sep 06, 2026
OpenAI and Hugging Face address security incident during model evaluation↗ openai.com · HN · 1157 comments · 1632 points · Jul 21, 2026
I found 10k GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware↗ orchidfiles.com · HN · 248 comments · 987 points · Jun 18, 2026
Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them↗ anchor.host · HN · 341 comments · 1194 points · Apr 13, 2026
20252,029 stories
Free software scares normal people↗ danieldelaney.net · HN · 623 comments · 944 points · Oct 30, 2025
Discord says 70k users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach↗ theverge.com · HN · 429 comments · 780 points · Oct 08, 2025
Global hack on Microsoft Sharepoint hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say↗ washingtonpost.com · HN · 428 comments · 809 points · Jul 20, 2025
4chan Sharty Hack And Janitor Email Leak↗ knowyourmeme.com · HN · 975 comments · 710 points · Apr 15, 2025
Whistleblower details how DOGE may have taken sensitive NLRB data↗ npr.org · HN · 542 comments · 1171 points · Apr 15, 2025
20242,356 stories
Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230↗ github.com · HN · 521 comments · 1042 points · Nov 27, 2024
Hacking 700M Electronic Arts accounts↗ battleda.sh · HN · 154 comments · 902 points · Nov 05, 2024
Internet Archive: Security breach alert↗ theverge.com · HN · 607 comments · 1091 points · Oct 09, 2024
AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in data breach↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 813 comments · 1103 points · Jul 12, 2024
Thanks FedEx, this is why we keep getting phished↗ troyhunt.com · HN · 564 comments · 1723 points · Feb 23, 2024
20232,411 stories
Malware abuses Google OAuth endpoint to 'revive' cookies, hijack accounts↗ bleepingcomputer.com · HN · 103 comments · 229 points · Dec 29, 2023
3500 arrested in global cybercrime crackdown↗ scmagazine.com · HN · 74 comments · 148 points · Dec 22, 2023
Okta hackers stole data on all customer support users in major breach↗ sec.okta.com · HN · 32 comments · 98 points · Nov 29, 2023
38TB of data accidentally exposed by Microsoft AI researchers↗ wiz.io · HN · 42 comments · 125 points · Sep 18, 2023
Kevin Mitnick has died↗ dignitymemorial.com · HN · 51 comments · 280 points · Jul 19, 2023
20222,426 stories
Dozens of malicious PyPI packages discovered targeting developers↗ blog.phylum.io · HN · 321 comments · 754 points · Nov 02, 2022
Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless cybersecurity policies↗ cnn.com · HN · 603 comments · 1005 points · Aug 23, 2022
UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus↗ citizenlab.ca · HN · 354 comments · 691 points · Apr 18, 2022
Hackers claim to have breached Okta systems↗ twitter.com · HN · 375 comments · 1158 points · Mar 22, 2022
Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most unusual demands ever↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 669 comments · 720 points · Mar 04, 2022
20212,872 stories
NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on previous hacking attempts↗ citizenlab.ca · HN · 310 comments · 1062 points · Oct 24, 2021
Twitch source code and customer data has reportedly been leaked↗ videogameschronicle.com · HN · 577 comments · 1258 points · Oct 06, 2021
Climate activist arrested after ProtonMail provided his IP address↗ twitter.com · HN · 584 comments · 1285 points · Sep 05, 2021
WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 672 comments · 1279 points · Jun 24, 2021
Google have declared Droidscript is malware↗ groups.google.com · HN · 647 comments · 1176 points · Apr 27, 2021
20202,834 stories
U.S. Treasury, Commerce Depts. Hacked Through SolarWinds Compromise↗ krebsonsecurity.com · HN · 329 comments · 632 points · Dec 14, 2020
U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government – sources↗ reuters.com · HN · 363 comments · 773 points · Dec 13, 2020
20GB leak of Intel data: whole Git repositories, dev tools, backdoor mentions↗ twitter.com · HN · 444 comments · 1062 points · Aug 06, 2020
New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4k unsecured databases↗ bleepingcomputer.com · HN · 518 comments · 841 points · Jul 26, 2020
Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a major genealogy database↗ buzzfeednews.com · HN · 396 comments · 698 points · Jul 22, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees↗ 404media.co · HN · 612 comments · 813 points · Sep 22, 2026
What happened to the Snowden archive↗ libroot.org · HN · 597 comments · 728 points · Sep 20, 2026
OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems↗ rubyhack.ai · HN · 613 comments · 975 points · Sep 11, 2026
QBittorrent breaks out of sandbox to commit crimes↗ beige.party · HN · 293 comments · 1355 points · Sep 06, 2026
GitHub has not removed malicious imitation software after 3 weeks↗ successfulsoftware.net · HN · 119 comments · 278 points · Sep 24, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

QBittorrent breaks out of sandbox to commit crimes↗ beige.party · HN · 293 comments · 1355 points · Sep 06, 2026
OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems↗ rubyhack.ai · HN · 613 comments · 975 points · Sep 11, 2026
'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees↗ 404media.co · HN · 612 comments · 813 points · Sep 22, 2026
What happened to the Snowden archive↗ libroot.org · HN · 597 comments · 728 points · Sep 20, 2026
Hackers had a live feed of every ID verification company scanned for over a year↗ techdirt.com · HN · 252 comments · 561 points · Sep 04, 2026
I think the military commissary's freezers were hacked↗ signalandsilence.substack.com · HN · 239 comments · 401 points · Aug 31, 2026
America's Driver's License Breach Is a National Security Disaster↗ lawfaremedia.org · HN · 204 comments · 327 points · Sep 15, 2026
GitHub has not removed malicious imitation software after 3 weeks↗ successfulsoftware.net · HN · 119 comments · 278 points · Sep 24, 2026
OpenAI agent hacked Australian government website, PM says↗ bbc.com · HN · 198 comments · 255 points · Sep 24, 2026
Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 132 comments · 189 points · Sep 13, 2026

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