Data and computer security
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7-Eleven fuel app data breach exposes users' personal detailsApp users were able to see other customers’ data, including names, dates of birth and mobile numbers -
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Scientists invent new technology to print invisible messagesMessages can only be seen under UV light and can be erased using a hairdryer -
Letters: Fining YouTube for targeting adverts at children as if they were adults shows progress is being made on both sides of the Atlantic, writes Steve Wood of the Information Commissioner’s OfficeYouTube’s fine and child safety online -
Data breach may affect 50,000 Australian university students using 'Get' appStudents using events app Get, previously known as Qnect, may have had their personal data exposed online -
Guardian investigations: how tech helps tackle big data … and big lawyersOur heads of investigations explains how our new IT system, Giant, has the power to find needles in journalistic haystacks
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Maths and tech specialists need Hippocratic oath, says academicExclusive: Hannah Fry says ethical pledge needed in tech fields that will shape future
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Briton who helped stop 2017 WannaCry virus spared jail over malware chargesMarcus Hutchins pleaded guilty to two hacking charges but judge says virus he helped stop was far more damaging than the malware he wrote
Farewell the ‘porn block’ – a PR exercise and lousy policy