The market risks associated with real-time reporting became a reality last month, as a Twitter hoax claiming that an explosion occurred at the White House injuring President Obama led to a 150-point drop, a $136 billion market value, in the Dow Jones industrial average.

After the Twitter accounts for both Burger King and Jeep were hacked over a two-day period, you're likely to take @MTV and @BET at their word when the...

Regardless of the solution, Twitter has to take action and release a statement on the recent hackings soon. Especially before a third high-profile hacking takes place and further psychologically impacts users already nervous about the prospect.

Apparently, the Twitter hacks will not stop this week. On Monday, Burger King's official account was taken over by hackers, who changed its profile pi...

An identity thief can make life very difficult for you. As the hacks of the New York Times and Twitter prove, it's only a matter of time. And how can anyone in their right mind "Like" that?

A possible Twitter hacking had users of the social network prompted with password resets on Thursday. However, notification emails were also sent to n...

LulzSec Reborn, the so-called redux of disbanded hacker group LulzSec, leaked around 10,000 Twitter usernames and passwords of members who used TweetG...

Spamming your Twitter followers with links to diet sites, specious videos, or links to "pics"? You're not alone. From the slew of sketchy Direct Me...

SEATTLE -- Federal regulators finalized a settlement Monday with Twitter related to data security lapses in 2009 that gave hackers access to users' ac...

NEW YORK — A new way to cause mischief quickly spread through short-messaging service Twitter on Tuesday morning before the site could fix the p...

A new Twitter worm circulated quickly Sunday afternoon, affecting thousands of accounts, just days after the "OnMouseOver" hack hit hundreds of thousa...

An Australian teenager has become an overnight Internet celebrity for admitting that he was the mastermind behind the "mouseover" attack that led to T...

French police say they have detained a 25-year-old who allegedly hacked Twitter accounts of numerous well-known figures, including Britney Spears and ...

UPDATE 4:31 PM ET: Get latest updates on Google's China developments on our liveblog here. * * * * * SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. will stop cens...

According to Mashable.com, a new worm and phishing scam is spreading on Twitter. The message could come from the hacked accounts of "friends you tru...