Author: BBC News - Technology

Coding mistakes in a malicious program that encrypts data mean anyone hit by the Power Worm virus will not be able to recover their files.

Self-driving robot Starship is designed to make deliveries autonomously

Google says it will soon have a string of 300 internet-beaming balloons circling the Earth, as three Indonesian firms agree to join its trials.

Six things we can do to improve cybersecurity

Why do companies keep getting hacked?

TalkTalk says police are investigating a “significant cyber-attack” on its website in which customer bank and credit card details may have been accessed.

Mia Matsumiya, a violinist based in Los Angeles, has taken a stand against online abuse by posting screenshots of offensive messages she’s received over the past decade.

Counter-terrorism investigations are being “undermined” by social media companies which do not co-operate fully with police, the UK’s most senior counter-terrorism officer says.

Smartphone users can do “very little” to stop security services getting “total control” over their devices, US whistleblower Edward Snowden tells the BBC in his first British TV interview.

The risk of a “serious cyber attack” on nuclear power plants around the world is growing, says an influential report.