John Sundman's nanotech thriller is a tribute to geekly passions -- and a warning of imminent disaster.

Script kiddies, Web site defacers, chat-room gangsters: Today's digital troublemakers get a bad rap. But in "The Hacker Diaries" we learn that they're really all right.

Roses are red, violets are blue, make a new password, the hacker's got you

Chapter 54: Kiki and Barry reunited by Iridium -- silence at $40 a minute

A U.S. ban on the DVD-decrypting code is only egging on Australian hackers -- and an odd songwriter.

Do politically motivated hackers really think they're promoting global change by defacing Web sites?

Hackers love their TiVos, and the company is fond of its hackers. But as in any relationship, sometimes one party goes a bit too far.

In weekend attacks, hackers released encrypted government files and turned the sentencing website into a video game

Brian West says he was doing a public service when he pointed out a security hole in an Oklahoma newspaper's Web site. So why did the editor in chief call the cops?

An attack by an anonymous hacker on 4chan may have taken down pro-Clinton phone banks on Monday

Does the DVD-decrypting DeCSS do for video what Napster did for music, and can copyright law stop it?

A Russian programmer charged with violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act languishes in jail. It's time to step up the pressure.

Neal Stephenson talks about the history of secrecy, the role of equations in art and the glory of open-source software.

The real implications of the arrest and prosecution of journalist Barrett Brown -- on our freedom of expression

Kevin Mitnick on Anonymous and LulzSec, and how he thinks the government overreacted to his exploits