Top news of the week: 02.02.2022.
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Inside Trickbot, Russia’s Notorious Ransomware Gang
Internal messages WIRED has viewed shed new light on the operators of one of the world's biggest botnets.
Open Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader McCarthy Regarding National Security Concerns With Antitrust Bills
Hobbling U.S. superstar firms only makes Chinese firms more attractive to American consumers and limits these companies’ ability to make security-enhancing investments. Congress would do ...
A year after Myanmar coup, growing surveillance threatens lives
Myanmar citizens face heavy odds in accessing online space as military junta clamps down on dissent
White House issues guidance to federal agencies on research security requirements
In January, the White House released a document to guide federal agencies in carrying out the requirements of a National Security Presidential Memorandum on Government-supported research ...
Global launch of the 2022 Special Report on Human Security “New threats to human security in the Anthropocene: Demanding greater solidarity”
This global launch event of the 2022 Special Report on Human Security aims to showcase how a New Generation of Human Security framework is needed to understand and address the growing ...
The misinformation reckoning hits Spotify
The Joe Rogan controversy shows how the debate over how falsehoods spread has evolved.
Visa’s crypto-card payments rise to $2.5bn in its first fiscal quarter of 2022
Visa plans to be a "key partner" in the cryptocurrency market after seeing its increased use in the company's first fiscal quarter
Some workers who faced unemployment fraud in D.C. are being sent tax forms for the payments
Some D.C. workers who faced unemployment fraud say they were mailed 1099-G tax forms indicating they received thousands of dollars.