In the News

• Twitter says hackers used phone to fool staff, gain access
  7/31/20 – AP News
• U.S. official orders end to information gathering on journalists
  7/31/20 – Reuters
• 'Payment sent' - travel giant CWT pays $4.5 million ransom to cyber criminals
  7/31/20 – Reuters
• Hackers post fake stories on real news sites 'to discredit Nato'
  7/30/20 – BBC News
• Chinese-backed hackers targeted COVID-19 vaccine firm Moderna
  7/30/20 – Reuters
• A report says China is suspected of hacking the Vatican. Here's why.
  7/29/20 – CNN
• Face masks are screwing up facial recognition software
  7/29/20 – CNN
• US officials: Russia behind spread of virus disinformation
  7/29/20 – AP News
• The Cyberattack on Garmin Poses a Complicated Question for the U.S. Government.
  7/28/20 – Slate
• Going back to work or school? An algorithm may warn you to keep your distance from others.
  7/28/20 – CNN
• Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds of U.S. stores
  7/28/20 – Reuters
• Garmin begins recovery from ransomware attack
  7/27/20 – BBC News
• Australian watchdog accuses Google of privacy breaches
  7/27/20 – AP News
• Will Garmin Pay $10 Million Ransom To End Two-Day Outage?
  7/25/20 – Forbes
• Companies need immediate rethink on U.S. data transfers, says watchdog.
  7/24/20 – Reuters
• Garmin hit with massive outage in suspected ransomware attack
  7/24/20 – CNN
• More than 1,000 people at Twitter had ability to aid hack of accounts.
  7/23/20 – Reuters
• A Security Breach Exposed More Than One Million DNA Profiles On A Major Genealogy Database
  7/23/20 – BuzzFeed News
• NY lawmakers vote to pause facial recognition in schools
  7/23/20 – AP News
• New ‘Meow’ attack has wiped over 1,800 unsecured databases
  7/22/20 – Bleeping Computer
• Google Meet to roll out new security features for video meetings
  7/21/20 – Reuters
• US accuses Chinese hackers in targeting of COVID-19 research
  7/21/20 – AP News
• Google Promises Privacy With Virus App but Can Still Collect Location
  7/20/20 – The New York Times
• Twitter says hackers downloaded private account data
  7/18/20 – BBC News
• Hackers Tell the Story of the Twitter Attack From the Inside
  7/17/20 – The New York Times