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Anonymous ID: 9d5541 May 14, 2019, 10:47 a.m. No.6496874   🗄️.is đź”—kun

https://twitter.com/ReutersUK/status/1128355874223865856

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - WhatsApp said on Tuesday a security breach on its messaging app had signs of coming from a government using surveillance technology developed by a private company and may have targeted human rights groups.

 

WhatsApp, which is part of Facebook, said it had notified the U.S. Department of Justice to help with an investigation, and encouraged all WhatsApp users to update to the latest version of the app, where the breach had been fixed.

 

WhatsApp, one of the most popular messaging tools in the world, is used by 1.5 billion people monthly. It has touted its high level of security and privacy, with messages on its platform being encrypted end to end so that WhatsApp and third parties cannot read or listen to them.

 

The company said it was still investigating the breach but believed only a “select number of users were targeted through this vulnerability by an advanced cyber actor.”

 

But its advice to all users to update came “out of an abundance of caution” and a recommendation by Citizen Lab, a research group at the University of Toronto. It did not disclose how many users were affected.

Anonymous ID: 9d5541 May 14, 2019, 11:51 a.m. No.6497429   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Major cuts expected at United Medical Center in District's 2020 budget

 

@LindsayAWatts

DC Council slashes subsidy for @unitedmedicaldc. Hospital warned staff yesterday of mass layoffs. No amendments are expected to increase subsidy from $15 million. @MayorBowser budgeted $40 million

 

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - Employees at D.C.’s only public hospital found out Monday their jobs are in jeopardy. The CEO of United Medical Center sent a letter to labor unions warning of a “mass reduction-in-force” that could begin in 60 days.

 

It comes a day before the D.C. Council votes on slashing the money the city gives the hospital. Instead of the $40 million subsidies in Mayor Muriel bower’s budget, the city would give the hospital $15 million.

 

A proposal by Ward 7 councilmember Vincent Gray would reduce services at the hospital to just emergency and psychiatric care and close the doors by the beginning of 2022.

 

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/major-cuts-expected-at-united-medical-center-in-district-s-2020-budget