News Wrap: Fake Minneapolis Police Breach, Zoom End-To-End Encryption Debate

Author: Lindsey O'Donnell
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Threatpost editors discuss debunked reports of a Minneapolis police department breach and Zoom announcing only paying users would get end-to-end encryption.

Threatpost editors Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch and Tara Seals discuss the top security news stories of the week, including:

  • Reports emerged earlier this week that the Minneapolis police department had been breached by hacktivist group Anonymous. Security expert Troy Hunt debunked the reports, however.
  • Zoom sparked debate after announcing that it would offer end-to-end encryption to paying users only – explaining that it couldn’t offer it to everyone as it needs to work with law enforcement to crack down on platform abuse.

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