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News Hackers tried to break into WHO, which faces more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks Xeni Jardin
tabloids Predator priests, Game of Thrones, and why Italians don’t use Viagra, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
security Attribution is hard: the incredible skullduggery used to try to blame the 2018 Olympic cyberattack on North Korea Cory Doctorow
health Anti-vaxxer escalates from wishing children dead to threatening to kill adult lawmakers Xeni Jardin
crime Google Maps is still overrun with scammers pretending to be local businesses, and Google's profiting from them Cory Doctorow
Alien invasion base on the moon, Michael Jackson’s body missing, and Prince Harry’s clash with Trump, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
picks At re-election rally, Trump calls Mueller report “an illegal attempt to overturn the election” Xeni Jardin
politics Trump's pick to head DHS immigration, Ken Cuccinelli, praised anti-Muslim extremist Brigitte Gabriel Xeni Jardin
petard Notorious forum for account-thieves hacked, login and messages stolen and dumped Cory Doctorow
security Research shows that 2FA and other basic measures are incredibly effective at preventing account hijacking Cory Doctorow
Gadgets As sports company abandons support for "smart" basketball, Nike pushes a software update that bricks its self-tying shoes Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Florida inmates sue prisons for digitally confiscating the music they were sold Cory Doctorow
spooks Phone scammer tried to con William Webster, the only person ever to serve as director of both the CIA and FBI: it did not go well Cory Doctorow
