Last month's devastating cyber-attack on Sony Pictures was not an "act of war", but simple vandalism, President Barack Obama has said.

There is a lesson for us all in the continuing revelations from stolen Sony emails being splashed over worldwide media.

Hackers have left movers and shakers in Hollywood nervous. Late last month, they breached the cyber security of Sony Pictures and have since leaked a trove of internal company data and emails.

Why country's spy chiefs can no longer get away with saying "we can neither confirm or deny" to questions about espionage.

The Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill is expected to pass tonight under urgency with the support of National and Labour.

The case of Kim Dotcom has taken an extraordinary turn with the internet entrepreneur given a shot at getting back $60 million being held by authorities in Hong Kong.

Rodney Hide writes: Prime Minister John Key likes to text. So, perhaps it would help us all if Labour and the Greens drew up a list of whom the Prime Minister can and can't text?

Internet mogul Kim Dotcom says his three-year, $10m legal fight against extradition to the US has left him 'officially broke'. So how much did he spend?

Internet mogul Kim Dotcom says his three-year, $10m legal fight against extradition to the US has left him 'officially broke' and 'unfairly persecuted'.

Only in a topsy-turvy world would it be seen as rational to bring a posse of spies to heel by increasing their rights to snoop without a warrant, writes Brian Rudman.

A European Parliament bid for legislation splitting up Google may send a message that's too loud to ignore.

Gehan Gunasekara writes: Privacy rules are inevitably cited as an excuse when bureaucratic bungling occurs in relation to managing people and information.

It’s one of the biggest houses in the country, but the walls are closing in on Kim Dotcom as he rattles around his mansion.

The term "secretary" comes from the Latin for secret. Back in the day, a secretarius was someone who worked for someone of great importance, like a king, and was in charge of confidential information.

WhatsApp, the world's most popular instant messaging platform, has begun encrypting all its data by default.

Kiwis are among tens of thousands of householders worldwide whose privacy has been breached on a website featuring intercepted live feeds.

The first ever academic study of state snooping in New Zealand is among 101 research projects to win grants in this year's Marsden Fund round.

Senior British tabloid editors are shown naked, embarrassed and scuttling for cover in a new documentary targeting them with the kind of treatment usually dished out by their own newspapers.

The chief executive of Apple has spoken of his pride in being gay, calling it "among the greatest gifts God has given me".

A real estate agent censured for rifling through a client's lingerie drawer at an open home has complained to the Human Rights Review Tribunal that his privacy has been breached.

I was intending to give Snowden and the topic of mass state surveillance a rest, as it is starting to feel done to death already.

New documents released by NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden suggest NZ's embassies have been involved in spying on friendly nations on behalf of the United States.

The 10-hour raid on Nicky Hager's house this week gives us a tasty preview of how police could be roped into doing the bidding for higher powers, says Dita de Boni.

A New Plymouth bed and breakfast owner has been ordered to stop filming his neighbour and pay $7000 compensation by the Human Rights Tribunal.