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Millions of sensitive Facebook user records were left exposed on public web, security researchers say
More than 540 million Facebook records — including users’ comments, likes, account names and more — were left exposed on an Amazon cloud-computing server, researchers announced, marking the latest major privacy and security mishap to plague the social-networking giant. The trove is one of two data sets discovered to be in full public view by the security firm UpGuard, which also raised alarms with a second app developer that appears to have mishandled Facebook records including users’ interests and potentially their app passwords. Facebook said its policies prohibit app developers from “sto
Verizon said it turned on 5G wireless in two cities. Here’s what it is, and who can access it. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 04/03/2019 - 13:59Apple employee detained by US customs agents after declining to unlock phone, laptop Customs and Border Protection officers (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 04/03/2019 - 13:34Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Corporate executives must face jail time for overseeing massive scams (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 04/03/2019 - 10:57Current, former Pentagon leaders sound alarm on Chinese technology in 5G networks (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 04/03/2019 - 06:35Robo-callers rang Americans’ phones 26 billion times last year. Now, Congress is taking aim. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 16:15This is Washington's Plan B as Huawei poised to gain major stake in 5G networks (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 11:04Sens Tom Cotton and John Cornyn: Keep the Chinese government away from 5G technology (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 04/01/2019 - 20:26US officials planning for a future in which Huawei has a major share of 5G global networks
US national security officials are planning for a future in which the Chinese firm Huawei will have a major share of the advanced global telecommunications market, and have begun to think about how to thwart potential espionage and disruptive cyberattacks enabled by interconnected networks. “We are going to have to figure out a way in a 5G world that we’re able to manage the risks in a diverse network that includes technology that we can’t trust,” said Sue Gordon, the deputy to the director of the US intelligence community.