A “furry” hacker breached the education and publishing company Scholastic this month and stole data on 8 million people, the Daily Dot has learned. The hacker, who goes by the moniker ...

Hacker tells media they broke into publishing giant Scholastic They then stole sensitive information on millions of people The data will not be made public, and was stolen "for fun", hacker says ...

Scholastic, a giant publisher of textbooks and Harry Potter, has reportedly suffered a data breach exposing records on millions of people. But for now, it appears the stolen data won't be made ...

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Former Manchester City captain Tony Book has died at the age of 90. One of the most successful players in the club's golden era of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Book won domestic and European ...

For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why she’s taking a break. By Rebecca Makkai Call her Ruth, or Baby, or ...

In “Memorial Days,” Geraldine Brooks retreats to an island off Australia hoping to pick up the pieces after the sudden death of her husband. By Alexandra Jacobs In “The Age of Choice ...

Kristin Koval’s novel explores the struggles of two families linked by tragedy, guilt and love. Two new books, “The Sirens’ Call” by Hayes and “Superbloom” by Carr, argue that our ...

Kari Ferrell’s memoir is a zippy, intimate account of low-level trickery before the era of scams fully erupted. Lily Tuck’s attempt to bring to life a victim of the atrocity turns her into a ...

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