Kushner Used WhatsApp, a Very Bad Database Leak, and More Security News This Week
special counsel Robert Mueller filed his report on Friday night.Though attorney general William Barr now has the report in hand, the American people will have to wait to see how much of it he decides to make public.
In anticipation of the report, Mueller expert Garrett Graff laid out what information it could contain that would get Trump impeached.
Beyond Mueller, it was actually already a news-packed week. In fact, as the Mueller news was breaking, the Office of the Inspector General also dropped a bombshell report revealing that FEMA failed to safeguard the personal data of 2.3 million disaster survivors.
The week started with the lesson that most Android antivirus apps are garbage. Then we gave you an in-depth look into fallout from the massive Exactis data leak last year. Then we told you about a massive Android vulnerability that took Google five years to even partially patch. Researchers built an “online lie detector test,” and honestly, that could be a problem. And we explained why increasingly, people are turning to surveillance to feel safe.
Obviously, there isn’t a week without some kind privacy or security news out of Facebook. This week it was that the company had exposed—in plaintext—millions of passwords for employees to see. On ray of sunshine came from Utah, which just passed landmark digital rules, making a new state leader on the privacy front.
And of course there’s more. Each week we round up all the news we didn’t break or cover in depth. Click on the headlines to read the full stories. And stay safe out there.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Used Private Messaging for Government Business, Potentially Violating Laws
According to their own lawyer, Trump’s daughter and son-in-law not only used private email accounts, but Jared Kushner also used encrypted messaging service WhatsApp to conduct official business. The lawyer apparently reported this to Congress late last year, according to what the chairman of the Hou
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