|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)
China's genetic research on ethnic minorities raises concerns by the global scientific community, who fear that the government may be using this information to spy on and oppress people.
|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)
Eight of the top 10 most surveilled cities in the world are in China, and they are far from the only nation using surveillance tech in the name of citizen protection.
|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
As more and more devices get connected to the Internet of Things, researchers say compromising gas pumps has become a hot topic on cyber criminal forums.
|| Internet/Privacy Ethical Hacking/Role of Designers || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
A team of hackers given unprecedented access to a flight system used in F-15 fighter jets reportedly confirmed the existence of serious cybersecurity bugs.
|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
How Yelp is replacing restaurant's real phone numbers with numbers owned by Grubhub so they can record calls and can charge a 15-20% referral fee, unbeknownst to restaurant owners. As of May 2020, NYC has passed a bill to end this practice.
|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
How Russian hackers are exploiting the internet of things (IoT) to infiltrate corporate networks, particularly through printers, cameras, and decoders.
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The Department of Homeland Security issued a security alert Tuesday for small planes, warning that modern flight systems are vulnerable to hacking if someone manages to gain physical access to the aircraft.
|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
An advanced phishing scam appearing to be from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying targeted three US companies successfully. The email had the correct domain and logo, and the malware was delivered through macros in a Word document.
|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
A list of some (but not all) of the data points Facebook uses to target ads for users, which begs to question of if the tracking and bundling of information that Facebook does is really benevolent or not.
|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
Google and the University of Chicago Medical Centre are being sued after hundreds of thousands of patient records were shared without removing date stamps or doctors notes, making it possible for Google to determine the identities of each patient.