In the News

• French and Russian trolls wrestle for influence in Africa, Facebook says
  12/15/2020 – Reuters
• Facebook lifts ban on political ads for Georgia runoff elections.
  12/15/2020 – The New York Times
• US Treasury and commerce department targeted in cyber-attack
  12/14/2020 – BBC News
• SolarWinds hackers have a clever way to bypass multi-factor authentication
  12/14/2020 – ArsTechnica
• Moderna COVID-19 vaccine documents accessed in EMA cyberattack
  12/14/2020 – Reuters
• U.S. Homeland Security, thousands of businesses scramble after suspected Russian hack
  12/14/2020 – Reuters
• U.S. Treasury, Commerce Depts. Hacked Through SolarWinds Compromise
  12/14/2020 – Krebs on Security
• Major Norway cruise line Hurtigruten hit by cyberattack
  12/14/2020 – AP News
• IT firm at centre of global hack says fewer than 18,000 customers compromised
  12/14/2020 – Reuters
• US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign
  12/13/2020 – AP News
• Suspected Russian hackers spied on U.S. Treasury emails - sources
  12/13/2020 – Reuters
• Russian Hackers Broke Into Federal Agencies, U.S. Officials Suspect
  12/13/2020 – The New York Times
• Cyberattacks on K-12 Likely to Persist Through School Year
  12/11/2020 – Government Technology
• From romance scams to phantom PPE, banks battle coronavirus crimewave
  12/10/2020 – Reuters
• AP Interview: Digital minister says Taiwan to guard privacy
  12/10/2020 – AP News
• Google, Amazon fined $163 million by French privacy watchdog
  12/10/2020 – AP News
• Medical privacy changes would smooth info sharing in crises
  12/10/2020 – AP News
• YouTube to remove new videos that falsely claim fraud changed U.S. election outcome
  12/9/2020 – Reuters
• Google will lift post-election political ad ban on Dec. 10
  12/9/2020 – Reuters
• Hackers steal Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data in Europe, companies say
  12/9/2020 – Reuters
• FireEye, a Top Cybersecurity Firm, Says It Was Hacked by a Nation-State
  12/8/2020 – The New York Times
• Police raid home of Florida Covid-19 tracker creator
  12/8/2020 – BBC News
• Millions of smart devices vulnerable to hacking
  12/8/2020 – AP News
• Apple could block apps that don't comply with new privacy feature
  12/8/2020 – Reuters
• C.D.C. Call for Data on Vaccine Recipients Raises Alarm Over Privacy
  12/8/2020 – The New York Times