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Thursday, July 6, 2017 at 9:41AM
Bob Appleby in NakedSecurity, Security

Monday review – the hot 24 stories of the week

From the Petya outbreak and Gmail's promised to stop scanning to Snapchat sharing your location, and more!

Breach at US nuclear plants raises concerns in wake of Petya

With Chernobyl among those hit by Petya and the US breach, concerns are rising about the potential effect of weaponised exploits being used against nuclear energy infrastructure

News in brief: drone scare halts flights; laptop ban eased; Samsung to sell Galaxy Note 7

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

When is public information not public? When LinkedIn says so

A start-up is challenging LinkedIn on access to users' public profiles - how do you feel about your public data being used in this way?

Health trust rapped on illegal use of patient data in Google AI deal

A deal between a healthcare trust and Google's DeepMind project to be much smarter about diagnosis and prevention could have been a good thing - so what went wrong?

News in brief: China tightens Great Firewall; student charged over DDoS attacks; health data posted online

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

GDPR: who needs to hire a data protection officer?

The clock is ticking to GDPR - here's our guide to the role of a data protection officer and whether you need to hire one

How did some Ethereum users find themselves with empty wallets?

There's nothing you can do to protect yourself if domain admins haven't taken some necessary security steps

News in brief: cryptocurrency exchange hacked; laptop ban further eased; AA under fire over data breach

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

Bad things happen to good people – but you can help stop that

Who gets targeted by scammers, and how can we help them? We've got some tips to help you help others

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