Agencies such as the NIH reward the discovery of vulnerabilities in their computer systems—before criminals can exploit them.

A security researcher found the email addresses and encrypted passwords of more than 92 million users of the genealogy site on a private server outside the company.

The hacking involved data belonging to thousands of professors at 320 institutions worldwide.

Malicious code written with nucleic acids could one day threaten sequencing facilities, the team warns.

The press release repository will be up and running in another day or so—and more secure than before, according to a spokesperson.

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After the suicide of Reddit developer Aaron Swartz, JSTOR says it regrets being involved in the federal computer fraud case against him.