A Twitter hacking scheme which targeted high profile users such as Elon Musk and Barack Obama began as a prank between a group of three hackers, according to a report.

Sometimes, coding straddles the lines between what's legal and illegal. The hacking crimes Keys is charged with come from the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which was enacted in the 1980s.

MTV has officially acknowledged that early reports of their hacked Twitter account was, in fact, a prank. An hour ago, MTV's twitter account began tweeting naughty comments about musicians (screen ...

According to a report on ZDnet the black-hat hacking group known as TeaMp0ison has been trying to wind up Mi6's Anti-Terrorist hotline staff with a prank call.