with Tonya RileyTwo new developments are complicating the roiling debate over whether law enforcement should have access to encrypted communications. It’s a rare public example of how law enforcement can use lawful hacking to gather incriminating evidence. The Justice Department has been arguing since 2014 that encryption and similar protections make it too easy for child predators and other criminals to hide online from law enforcement. (Patrick Semansky/AP)Juniper announced in 2015 that it had found “unauthorized code” someone had placed inside its widely used security software. Scammers have been using fake contact-tracing apps to steal personal information including banking credentials, CyberScoop reports.

Source: Washington Post June 11, 2020 11:37 UTC