
The Unsolved Mystery of Phineas Fisher, the Hacker Who Eluded Capture
A decade after breaching FinFisher and Hacking Team, elusive hacktivist Phineas Fisher remains one of cybersecurity’s biggest mysteries, with their true identity still unknown.
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A decade after breaching FinFisher and Hacking Team, elusive hacktivist Phineas Fisher remains one of cybersecurity’s biggest mysteries, with their true identity still unknown.

The US government alleges an Iran-linked hacktivist group carried out a cyberattack on Stryker, raising concerns over state-backed cyber operations targeting critical industries.

Hacktivists say they breached U.S. Homeland Security systems and leaked ICE contract data involving thousands of companies linked to immigration enforcement programs.

A hacktivist known as Martha Root erased three white supremacist websites live onstage during a hacker conference, leaving the sites offline and exposing serious cybersecurity failures.
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