ATLANTA — Reports suggest that hackers set off 60,000 security alerts as they stole Neiman Marcus customers’ credit card numbers. Representatives for the Dallas-based company are saying it was a highly sophisticated group. The attackers gave the software a name almost identical to the one the company was already using,…

    ATLANTA — Computers are always hot holiday gifts. But before you trade in the old for the new, make sure you’re not leaving a gift for identity thieves. Many people give their old computers and laptops away to friends or charity. They move their files and pictures to…

ATLANTA — An Atlanta film company may be the next victim of a cyber-hack that has shut down its website, www.AtlantaFilmWorks.com. “I thought people in the entertainment industry in Atlanta should be wary right now,” studio owner Mark Henderson said. His company rents studio space for film and television. Right…

ATLANTA (WXIA) — President Barack Obama signed an executive order Friday that hit North Korea with more sanctions. It was in response to what the US says is the rogue nation’s role in a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. The White House says this is just the first part of…

ATLANTA — The FBI is actively trying to find those responsible for recent online airline bomb threats. On Saturday, two planes were escorted to the airport by NORAD jets to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after someone made threats on Twitter. Both planes were searched and no explosives were found. The…

ATLANTA — In 2015, hacking is more than the just the cyber espionage you hear about with Sony and Home Depot. Everyday people are hiring hackers. Now it’s easier than ever. Sometimes it’s legal and sometimes it’s not. “When you have situations like blackmail, or you’re being cyber extorted, or…