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Phishers target oil and gas industry amid Covid-19 downturn

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Ebola-hacking lessons for coronavirus fighters (Q&A). CanSecWest, the last tech conference standing in the face of the coronavirus. Chernobyl’s lessons for critical-infrastructure cybersecurity. READ MORE ON COVID-19 AND ENERGY. Hydroxychloroquine misinformation makes way for political disinformation.

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Employer data goes AWOL under Covid-19 lockdowns

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Covid-19-era data breaches go beyond unemployment insurance fraud, medical-research hacks, and other hot topics. Facebook fails to curb coronavirus misinformation. Ebola-hacking lessons for coronavirus fighters (Q&A). CanSecWest, the last tech conference standing in the face of the coronavirus.

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Pandemic discourages regulators from enforcing GDPR

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As resources are diverted to fighting the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Europe’s enthusiasm for protecting consumer rights under the General Data Protection Regulation might be taking a pause, but it’s certainly not rewinding, experts say. Facebook fails to curb coronavirus misinformation.

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Facebook fails to curb coronavirus misinformation

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As Mark Zuckerberg this week detailed the results of the company’s latest Community Standards Enforcement Report , he also revealed that Facebook is being inundated with coronavirus misinformation and disinformation—and that the company has been struggling to stop it. Ebola-hacking lessons for coronavirus fighters (Q&A).

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Secure contact tracing needs more transparent development

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Public-health officials have long relied on tracking infectious diseases as common as tuberculosis and as lethal as ebola as a way to stop their spread. Ebola-hacking lessons for coronavirus fighters (Q&A). CanSecWest, the last tech conference standing in the face of the coronavirus.

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Hydroxychloroquine misinformation makes way for political disinformation

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One of the most confusing and uncertain developments during the current coronavirus pandemic is the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients. Ebola-hacking lessons for coronavirus fighters (Q&A). CanSecWest, the last tech conference standing in the face of the coronavirus.

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Ebola-hacking lessons for coronavirus fighters (Q&A)

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Ebola was running rampant across Sierra Leone in 2014 when Emerson Tan, a hacker with the IT and nongovernmental development organization NetHope , was sent there with a vague mandate to “improve things.” READ MORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE. The lesson of Ebola is unity of action. This isn’t just a medical problem.

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