White House Blames Facebook And Youtube For Spreading Vaccine Misinformation

The White House has both YouTube, and Facebook on its list of social media platforms officials that are responsible for an alarming spread of misinformation about COVID vaccines and are not doing enough to stop it. The criticism comes just a week after President Joe Biden called Facebook and other social media companies “killers” for failing to slow the spread of misinformation about vaccines.

(Resource: Reuters)

Ransomware key to unlock customer data from REvil attack

A computer key that can unlock the files of hundreds of companies that were hacked in a large-scale cyber-attack has been obtained. U.S IT firm Kaseya – which was the first to be targeted earlier this month – said it got the key from a “trusted third party”.

Kaseya’s decryptor key will allow customers to retrieve missing files, without paying the ransom.

(Source: BBC)

Gun owners’ fears after firearms dealer data breach

Thousands of names and addresses belonging to U.K customers of a leading website for buying and selling shotguns and rifles have been published to the dark web following a “security breach”.

Guntrader.uk told the BBC it learned of the breach on Monday and had notified the Information Commissioner’s Office. Police, including the National Crime Agency, are investigating.

One affected gun owner said he was afraid the breach could lead to his family being targeted by criminals.

(Source: BBC)

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