Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. It's not unusual for celebrities to claim their X/Twitter has been hacked when caught out posting something offensive or ...

This month, the hacking group OurMine took over at least 11 social media accounts of NFL teams. Their goal, they said, wasn't anything nefarious, but more of a warning. To show how easy social media ...

Somebody hacked Burger King's Twitter account on Monday, posting obscene messages and changing its profile picture to a McDonald's logo. The tweets stopped after a little more than an hour, and Burger ...

Hackers who infiltrated the Twitter accounts of several high-profile politicians and industry titans over the summer posed as members of the Twitter IT department in order to steal the credentials of ...

To Hijack the SEC's Twitter Account, a Hacker Impersonated the FBI The hacker, a 25-year-old Alabama man, pretended to be an FBI employee while at an AT&T store to pull off the 'SIM swap,' which led ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - An Athens man accused of hacking the Security and Exchange Commission’s social media account on X is out on bond. Eric Council appeared in federal court Wednesday. He was ...