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
Fox News host Will Cain used the death of Colin Powell to rant against vaccines. pic.twitter.com/tOK6axF13S
— David Edwards (@DavidEdwards) October 18, 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”