* The full names, home addresses, ID numbers and other personal information
belonging to some five million Georgians appeared on a hacker forum over the
weekend. See:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/personal-details-for-the-entire-country-of-georgia-published-online/.
* The Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency is getting more sophisticated
just in time for the November election, say experts. Say goodbye to wordy
gobbledygook, multiple hashtags and misspellings. And say hello to posts with
a new, clean look, and distributed by local individuals and "news"
organizations. See:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/technology/russia-troll-farm-election.html.
* Twitter, in its war against coronavirus misinformation, has deleted tweets
from Rudy Giuliani and Brazilian President among others. See:
https://www.axios.com/twitter-coronavirus-misinformation-giuliani-bolsonaro-91b82076-41eb-40e1-8cae-df8cbbdc175a.html.
* Vint Cerf tests positive for Covid-19. The internet pioneer, 76, said he is
recovering. We all wish Vint well. See:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/internet-pioneer-vint-cerf-has-covid-19-points-to-criticism-of-us-reponse/.
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