Hacker based in Iran allegedly gained remote access to a computer controlling the Bowman Avenue Dams flood-control structure.

Hackers linked to the Iranian government launched cyber-attacks on some four dozen U.S. financial institutions and a flood-control dam above New York City in forays meant to undermine U.S. markets and national security.

A key figure is missing in the court documents outlining the biggest computer attack ever of the U.S. financial system: the actual hacker.

The U.S. Defense Department is sending personnel on tours with private cyber security companies and bringing in specialists from those companies to gain the skills necessary to defend military networks from hackers.

The U.S. and China announced agreement on broad anti-hacking principles aimed at stopping the theft of corporate trade secrets.

The fingerprint records of about 5.6 million current and former federal workers, contractors and job applicants were stolen in the breach of the U.S. Office of Personnel Managements computer system, up from an initial estimate of 1.1 million.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV waited 18 months to tell federal safety regulators about a security flaw in radios being installed more than a million vehicles that hackers later exploited to seize control of a Jeep last month.

Some investigators suspect the attacks were part of a sweeping campaign to create a database on Americans that could be used to obtain commercial and government secrets.