Researchers find flaw exposing billions of WhatsApp numbers
Researchers discovered phone numbers and, in some instances, associated profile photos and names through WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool
Evan Summers
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Evan is a senior digital security trainer at Freedom of the Press Foundation. Passionate about leveraging experiential learning and gamification to help at-risk audiences connect with critical digital security concepts, Evan supports the digital security team’s efforts to enhance journalists’ safety through training and resource development. Prior to joining FPF, Evan led digital security programming at the National Democratic Institute, conducting risk assessments and delivering innovative security training to civic organizations in closed and closing societies around the world.
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Data breaches: an ever-present privacy problem
Data breaches are an unfortunate fact of modern life. While we can’t always control the security of the apps and services we use, there are some steps we can take to limit how much of our data is out there.
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Malware exposes media company’s Slack chats
The names, email addresses, and chat histories of over 17,000 employees and external business contacts in the company’s Slack system were exposed thanks to one infected computer.