This is the Guardian.

Hacking. For a long time it was synonymous with celebrities, phones, bored teenagers, and yes, the British press.

Puntary claims his privacy was breached by journalists and investigators

were working on... investigators,

reporters and an editor

all broke the law in the phone hacking conspiracy.

Hackers broke into their accounts, stole nude pictures, and then leaked them onto the internet.

He hacked his school records, changing grades.

It was easy.

Too easy.

Now, we're more likely to hear about data breaches involving big companies, organised

criminal gangs and serious sums of money. It's been described as a mass cyber

heist and now on a hackers website a warning in broken English

Get in touch with us to discuss a ransom payment or we'll publish your data online

Hackers might break into computers and networks by unleashing malware attacks,

sending fishing emails with dodgy links, or exploiting flaws and vulnerabilities in operating systems.

Cybercrime performed by so-called black hat hackers

is a huge, huge problem.

It costs countries and citizens billions of dollars every year.

So today we're exploring the cryptic world of hacking and asking how criminals tap into our psychology, how AI could make

hacking an even bigger threat and what we should be doing to keep ourselves safe.

From the Guardian, I'm Ein sample, and this is Science Weekly.

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