From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

News media hacking and the case for cybersecurity.

Hello again, I'm Warren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

The daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

When the Associated Press falsely tweeted that bombs at the White House had injured President

Obama, Wall Street indexes lost billions in value. NPR, the BBC, 60 Minutes, and Reuters have also

been hacked. And the best advice for Internet users may be don't believe anything the first time

you read it. In Washington,

the press is increasing for cybersecurity laws. Should AT&T and other providers share information

with government agencies? Would that pose a risk to personal privacy? If there's any privacy left,

on reporter's notebook later on for the first time, an active male professional athlete comes out of the closet.

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Hello again, Warmin'Aulony, back with To the Point.

Hackers have broken into major news organizations,

and last week a false message on the Associated Press Twitter account

roiled the financial markets.

In Washington, the heat is on for new cybersecurity laws.

Can Internet users be protected without violations of privacy?

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