When the Hacker Was an Algorithm
When the Hacker Was an Algorithm: Inside the First AI-Orchestrated Cyber Espionage Campaign In September 2025, Anthropic security engineers spotted something wrong in their system logs. Claude, their flagship AI assistant, was generating thousands of requests across multiple accounts. Reconnaissance scans. Exploit code. Credential validation tests. All moving with precision and tempo that felt off. […]
The Phantom Hacker
The Phantom Hacker: Dylan Wheeler Got Away With $100 Million in Cybercrime Four teenage hackers stole over $100 million from Microsoft, Epic Games, and the U.S. Army. Three went to prison. Two are dead. One walks free. The Missing Defendant September 2014. A Delaware courtroom filled with federal prosecutors as four members of “Xbox Underground” […]
ClawdBot/Moltbot
ClawdBot/Moltbot: When Viral AI Tools Become Security Nightmares ClawdBot exploded onto the tech scene in January 2026. Within three days, the open-source AI assistant rocketed to 60,000 GitHub stars. Tech influencers praised it. Developers rushed to buy Mac Minis just to run it. People called it “Jarvis for your phone.” Then security researchers started digging. […]
The Maxus Mystery
The Maxus Mystery: When a 19-Year-Old Russian Hacker Held 300,000 Credit Cards Hostage The Christmas Day Ultimatum December 25, 1999. Most Americans celebrated Christmas with family. An anonymous hacker had other plans. Operating under the name “Maxus,” the attacker launched a website called the “Maxus Credit Card Pipeline” and started publishing thousands of stolen credit […]
From Anonymous Leader to FBI Ally
From Anonymous Leader to FBI Ally: The Redemption of Hector “Sabu” Monsegur Few cybersecurity stories hit as hard as Hector Xavier Monsegur’s transformation. You know him better as “Sabu.” He co-founded LulzSec, one of the most notorious hacker groups of the 2010s. They attacked Sony, PBS, and security firms with brutal efficiency. Their “50 days […]
The Gray-Hat Hacker Who Controls Your Car Before Criminals Do
The Gray-Hat Hacker Who Controls Your Car Before Criminals Do Sam Curry was 22 when he broke into Tesla’s vehicle management system. He was stuck on a road trip with a broken windshield. While waiting for support, a blind XSS payload he submitted earlier fired. He gained access to their internal systems. From there, he […]
When the Hacker Hacked the Hackers
When the Hacker Hacked the Hackers: The HackerOne Session Cookie Incident On November 24, 2019, a bug bounty hunter made a discovery that turned hacker-powered security on its head. They accidentally gained access to HackerOne itself. The vulnerability disclosure platform had paid out over 62 million dollars to ethical hackers worldwide. They protected clients like […]
Iceman: The FBI Consultant Who Became a Cybercrime Kingpin
Iceman: The FBI Consultant Who Became a Cybercrime Kingpin Max Butler stood 6-foot-5 and started as one of the good guys. He worked with the FBI. He built security tools. He helped defend the internet. Then he hacked the Pentagon. Then nobody would hire him. Then he became the biggest credit card thief in U.S. […]
The 10 Most Insane Hacks of 2025
The 10 Most Insane Hacks of 2025: How Cybercriminals Rewrote the Rules 2025 changed everything. Hackers breached nuclear weapons facilities. AI became an autonomous attacker. Billion-dollar ransomware campaigns brought global corporations to their knees. Teenagers crippled multinational retailers. State-sponsored groups weaponized zero-day vulnerabilities. These attacks exposed critical vulnerabilities in our digital world. Here are the […]
Bug Bounty First Three Months: How Self-Taught Hackers Get Paid Fast
Bug Bounty First Three Months: How Self-Taught Hackers Get Paid Fast Self-taught hackers turn their first three months of bug bounty hunting into thousands of dollars. They go from “complete beginner watching YouTube” to “getting paid by major tech companies” in one quarter. These stories are messy and exhausting, but they follow a pattern you […]