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Views of the News Preview: Cyberattacks and the mid-Missouri news media

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Josh Renaud, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Missouri teachers’ Social Security numbers at risk on state agency’s website”

Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent: “Missouri governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website”

Maria Cramer, New York Times: “Governor accuses reporter of hacking after flaws in state website are revealed”

Missouri Revised Statutes: “Tampering with computer data – penalties”

Sabrina Marcos Smith, Esq., Jacksonville Business Journal: “Supreme Court’s decision marks changes in the landscape of cybersecurity and privacy in corporate America (sponsored content)”

Cyberattack strikes Sinclair stations

Sinclair Broadcast Group, KRCG-TV: “Sinclair Broadcast Group provides information on cybersecurity incident”

Catalin Cimpanu, The Record: “Sinclair TV stations disrupted across the US after ransomware attack”

Sean Lyngaas & Brian Stelter, CNN: “Sinclair Broadcast Group hit by ransomware attack, upending local TV newscasts”

Kevin Eck, TV Spy: “Local news disrupted after Sinclair hit by ransomware attack”

Sara Fischer, Axios: “Sinclair Broadcast Group says systems impacted by cyberattack”

Business Wire: “Sinclair Broadcast Group provides information on cybersecurity incident”

Adam Jacobson, Radio+Television Business Report: “Avoid a ransomware scare with these forecast facts”

Colin Powell: 1937-2021

Eric Schmitt, New York Times: “Colin Powell, who shaped U.S. national security, dies at 84”

Bradley Graham, Washington Post: “Colin Powell, former secretary of state and military leader, dies at 84”

Kayla Rivas, Fox News: “Colin Powell dies of COVID-19 complications despite vaccine: Medical experts weigh in”

Jack Dutton, Newsweek: “Colin Powell dies from COVID complications, was fully vaccinated”

Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today: “Colin Powell was fully vaccinated, but he still died from COVID complications. How rare is that?”

Pilar Melendez & Justin Baragona, The Daily Beast: “Anti-vaxxers are already trying to weaponize Powell’s death”

Al Tompkins, Poynter: “Why Colin Powell’s death should not be framed as the death of a vaccinated person”

Facebook decries embargoes

Edward Ongweso, Jr., Vice: “Facebook says extremely common thing it does is bad when reporters do it”

Isabella Simonetti, Observer: “Facebook calls out journalists for unfair reporting, more internal documents to be leaked”

John Pinette, Facebook via Twitter: “Thread: We expect the press to hold us accountable…”

Federal funding for local news?

Rick Edmonds, Poynter: “A window of opportunity has at last opened for federal aid to support local journalism”

AMY SIMONS teaches news literacy, multimedia journalism and advanced social media strategies.