It's become as overused as "the dog ate my homework", or "darling, I've never met this woman before" – and it's about as believable.

Lady Gaga's British website has been hacked.

The online trade in credit card details, email addresses and tools used in cyber attacks is growing, an investigation has revealed.

Kiwi PlayStation users, locked out of the Sony network for weeks, will be offered some kind of make-good by the gaming giant.

What does an Apple geek do on arrival in London? Go to the nearest Apple Store, of course.

Sony is set to compensate customers who have been locked out of the PlayStation Network following the security breach which caused it to be shut down on April 20.

Social media is the new spam target, and Facebook - with 500 million users - is the biggest target of them all.

The Department of Internal Affairs website is under threat of attack from the shadowy 'hacktivist' group Anonymous.

Others dispute danger, but agree on the need to be prepared for attack.

A Christchurch private investigator is warning businesses who have been disrupted by the earthquake to make sure they keep a close watch on their company information.

As we embrace the wonders of smartphones, it pays to remember that they're at as much risk from cybercrooks as PCs.