
Here's what happened in technology news for the week of Jan. 21.
Wall Street Journal: The Story of ‘Spam’: How a Mystery Meat Became an Inbox Invader
By: Ben Zimmer
TechCrunch: Millions of banks loan and mortgage documents have leaked online
By: Zack Whittaker
Wall Street Journal: Google Fined $57 Million in Biggest Penalty Yet Under New European Law
By: Sam Schechner
Forbes: Massive Group Effort Disables 100,000 Web Pages That Distributed Malware
By: Lee Matthews
USA Today: Google says Nest security camera terror warning from North Korea was hoax, not a hack
By: Edward C. Baig
The Next Web: Understanding blockchain is way easier if you think of it as an onion By: Matthew Beedham
CPO Magazine: Cyber Insurance Not Valid in Case of Cyber War, Says Major Insurance Company
By: Nicole Lindsey
By: Dalvin Brown KOMO: City of Sammamish under computer ransomware attack By: KOMO Staff
Ars Technica: Researchers discover state actor’s mobile malware efforts because of YOLO OPSEC
By: Sean Gallagher
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