In the News

• U.S. Imposes Stiff Sanctions on Russia, Blaming It for Major Hacking Operation
  4/15/2021 – The New York Times
• Facebook urged to scrap Instagram for children plans
  4/15/2021 – BBC News
• U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crackdown
  4/15/2021 – Reuters
• White House blames Russian spy agency SVR for SolarWinds hack: statement
  4/15/2021 – Reuters
• US company illegally peddling ‘miracle cure’ bleach for new Covid variants
  4/15/2021 – The Guardian
• Facebook planned to remove fake accounts in India – until it realized a BJP politician was involved
  4/15/2021 – The Guardian
• Cyberattacks Are Spiking. Colleges Are Fighting Back.
  4/14/2021 – The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Turkey fines Google for abusing dominant position
  4/14/2021 – Reuters
• Facebook Faces Formal Irish Privacy Probe Into Data Leak
  4/14/2021 – Bloomberg
• IBM Uncovers More Attacks Against Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Chain
  4/14/2021 – Bloomberg
• FBI hacks vulnerable US computers to fix malicious malware
  4/14/2021 – The Guardian
• The anti-vax movement targeting German children
  4/13/2021 – BBC News
• EU Poised to Set AI Rules That Would Ban Surveillance, Scoring
  4/13/2021 – Bloomberg
• Facebook’s New Target in the Misinformation War: Climate Lies
  4/13/2021 – Bloomberg
• ‘Master,’ ‘Slave’ and the Fight Over Offensive Terms in Computing
  4/13/2021 – The New York Times
• 16 states back Alabama’s challenge to Census privacy tool
  4/13/2021 – AP News
• Facebook users can appeal harmful content to oversight board
  4/13/2021 – AP News
• Swedish prosecutor says Russia's GRU hacked Sweden's sports body
  4/13/2021 – Reuters
• How Facebook let fake engagement distort global politics: a whistleblower's account
  4/12/2021 – The Guardian
• Revealed: the Facebook loophole that lets world leaders deceive and harass their citizens
  4/12/2021 – The Guardian
• How to Spot Phony 'Vaccine Passport' Apps That Will Steal Your Data
  4/12/2021 – Life Hacker
• Biden names 2 ex-NSA officials for senior cyber positions
  4/12/2021 – AP News
• Online testing firm agrees to security audit after inquiry from senator
  4/9/2021 – Cyber Scoop
• Covid-19: The disinformation tactics used by China (video)
  4/9/2021 – BBC News
• Study flags gender bias in Facebook's ads tools
  4/9/2021 – Reuters