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Computer screen showing video claiming that Hillary Clinton sold weapons to Isis

Technology firms must develop new ways to jam Russia's fake news

20 February 2018

The FBI has revealed the lengths Russia's fake news operators will go to – now the likes of Facebook and Twitter must come up with a fix, says Paul Marks
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Equifax data breach hits nearly half of US – and isn't over yet

8 September 2017

“Horrendous” hack of Equifax, a US firm responsible for millions of people’s credit ratings, is not the biggest in US history, but the data is the most sensitive

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