# Journalist Community

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## [About the Journalist Community category](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/t/about-the-journalist-community-category/87)

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**Author:** [@gthomas](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/u/gthomas)\
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Discussion on cybersecurity - topics, questions, comments and suggestions as they relate to the journalist community

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## [Potentially Dangerous document attached to an email? Gotta open it anyway?](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/t/potentially-dangerous-document-attached-to-an-email-gotta-open-it-anyway/1117)

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**Author:** [@Julian\_Hayda](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/u/Julian_Hayda)\
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**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/t/potentially-dangerous-document-attached-to-an-email-gotta-open-it-anyway/1117 "2020-10-07T21:02:24Z")

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I was at the Online News Association conference and learned about this tool that’s designed to scrub PDF and .doc attachments that are sent from unknown sources. If you’re a journalist, this might be an important scoop—p…

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## [See which sites are tracking your movements](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/t/see-which-sites-are-tracking-your-movements/1089)

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**Author:** [@Julian\_Hayda](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/u/Julian_Hayda)\
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**Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/t/see-which-sites-are-tracking-your-movements/1089 "2020-09-22T22:44:08Z")

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This is an awesome website-- put in a URL for a website you’re using, and see what kind of data that sites collects from you. This is super important if you want to be discrete about your research and don’t want to tip o…

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## [From 2018: Journalism schools still behind on cybersecurity training, new survey finds](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/t/from-2018-journalism-schools-still-behind-on-cybersecurity-training-new-survey-finds/1088)

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**Author:** [@Julian\_Hayda](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/u/Julian_Hayda)\
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**Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/t/from-2018-journalism-schools-still-behind-on-cybersecurity-training-new-survey-finds/1088 "2020-09-22T22:33:02Z")

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Any journalism students or instructors out there? Does cybersecurity play into your curriculum at all? Does this check out to you?

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## [Hackers Broke Into Real News Sites to Plant Fake Stories](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/t/hackers-broke-into-real-news-sites-to-plant-fake-stories/1087)

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**Author:** [@Julian\_Hayda](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/u/Julian_Hayda)\
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**Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.globalcyberalliance.org/t/hackers-broke-into-real-news-sites-to-plant-fake-stories/1087 "2020-09-22T22:20:56Z")

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While people are getting up in a tizzy about deep-fakes, I’m wondering how many people are concerning themselves with the possibility that low-tech story plants could also create chaotic situations/discredit important on…