In the News

• Duped by Russia, freelancers ensnared in disinformation campaign by promise of easy money
  9/2/20 – Reuters
• Facebook, Twitter suspend Russian network ahead of election
  9/1/20 – AP News
• Facebook says Russian influence campaign targeted left-wing voters in U.S., UK
  9/1/20 – Reuters
• New text messaging scam includes recipient’s name and potentially dangerous link
  8/31/20 – ABC News 12
• ‘But I Saw It on Facebook’: Hoaxes Are Making Doctors’ Jobs Harder
  8/28/20 – The New York Times
• How algorithms keep workers in the dark
  8/27/20 – BBC News
• New Zealand bourse resumes trade after cyber attacks, government activates security systems
  8/27/20 – Reuters
• Elon Musk confirms Tesla was target of foiled ransomware attack
  8/27/20 – TechCrunch
• China's Tecno sold thousands of smartphones with malware in Africa
  8/26/20 – CNN
• Instagram account claiming to host large ASU parties removed after lawsuit
  8/21/20 – AZ Central
• College contact-tracing app readily leaked personal data, report finds
  8/20/20 – ArsTechnica
• British Grading Debacle Shows Pitfalls of Automating Government
  8/20/20 – The New York Times
• Twitter privacy ruling delayed after dispute among EU regulators
  8/20/20 – Reuters
• Former Uber Executive Charged With Paying 'Hush Money' To Conceal Massive Breach
  8/20/20 – NPR
• How Your Phone Is Used to Track You, and What You Can Do About It
  8/19/20 – The New York Times
• Marriott faces London lawsuit over vast data breach
  8/19/20 – Reuters
• On Facebook, health-misinformation 'superspreaders' rack up billions of views
  8/19/20 – Reuters
• How Hackers Bled 118 Bitcoins Out of Covid Researchers in U.S.
  8/19/20 – Bloomberg
• Why the US military's engagement with Gen Z on Twitch is increasingly under scrutiny
  8/16/20 – CNN
• Political trolls adapt, create material to deceive and confuse the public.
  8/13/20 – The Conversation
• Exclusive: ByteDance censored anti-China content in Indonesia until mid-2020, sources say
  8/13/20 – Reuters
• Think your mask makes you invisible to facial recognition? Not so fast, AI companies say
  8/12/20 – CNN
• Homeland Security details new tools for extracting device data at US borders
  8/12/20 – C|Net
• 'Hundreds dead' because of Covid-19 misinformation
  8/12/20 – BBC News
• UK court says face recognition violates human rights
  8/11/20 – AP news