HuffPost spoke with experts on the practical and legal side of cybersecurity to unpack how you can keep yourself and your communications a little bit more secure. Advertisement“As far as I’m aware, there haven’t been any international treaties or any laws that have been broken due to this,” Maria Villegas Bravo, counsel for theElectronic Privacy Information Center, told HuffPost. AdvertisementPrivate citizens do have a few more protections — for example, if your private information is “leaked to the press or the community at large,” Villegas Bravo said. One thing both Klosowski and Villegas Bravo emphasize is that using and familiarizing yourself with encrypted messaging options (and their features) is something you should prioritize. “There’s not a magic bullet here, and I think that’s kind of the lesson for all of us,” Klosowski said.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2026 12:21 UTC