In the News

• Ransomware soars with 62% increase since 2019
  3/16/21 – Security
• Rushed to Market: DearCry Ransomware Targeting Exchange Bug
  3/16/21 – Bank Info Security
• As Digital Currency’s Popularity Rises, So Do Privacy Fears
  3/16/21 – Wired
• The Network Effect Is Shifting Audiences To Privacy-Friendly Products
  3/16/21 – Forbes
• Healthcare Hacking Incidents Rose 42% in 2020, 31M Patients Impacted
  3/16/21 – Health IT Security
• China blocks encrypted messaging app Signal in latest crackdown
  3/16/21 – Daily Sabah
• Encrypted messaging app Signal blocked in China
  3/16/21 – AP News
• Google gets into sleep surveillance with new Nest Hub screen
  3/16/21 – AP News
• Russia will block Twitter in one month unless it deletes banned content: Russian news agencies
  3/16/21 – Reuters
• Google is Taking Away Cookies (video)
  3/16/21 – Bloomberg
• Buffalo Public Schools cancels classes after cyberattack
  3/15/21 – Cyberscoop
• California Passes New Regulation Banning "Dark Patterns" Under Landmark Privacy Law
  3/15/21 – Gizmodo
• Who Is Making Sure the A.I. Machines Aren’t Racist?
  3/15/21 – The New York Times
• Facebook to label vaccine posts to combat COVID-19 misinfo
  3/15/21 – AP News
• Swiss police raid over hack on U.S. security-camera company
  3/15/21 – AP News
• White House Weighs New Cybersecurity Approach After Failure to Detect Hacks
  3/14/21 – The New York Times
• YouTube deletes 30,000 vaccine misinfo videos
  3/12/21 – BBC News
• Defying rules, anti-vaccine accounts thrive on social media
  3/12/21 – AP News
• German IT safety chief: act on Exchange hack or go offline
  3/12/21 – AP News
• German IT safety chief: act on Exchange hack or go offline
  3/12/21 – AP News
• Why you don't want to post a selfie with your vaccine card
  3/11/21 – The Detroit Free Press
• Microsoft says ransom-seeking hackers taking advantage of server flaws
  3/11/21 – Reuters
• Gab: hack gives unprecedented look into platform used by far right
  3/11/21 – The Guardian
• What If Colleges Treated Students as Data Users, Not Just Data Points?
  3/11/21 – EdSurge
• Russia's Twitter crackdown ends up taking out government websites
  3/10/21 – CNN