Zach Wheeler in TechCrunch, November 23, 2021, recounts that a year after filing a story about a hack of a server at Mexico’s embassy in Guatemala, the FBI contacted him at the request of the Mexican government. Wheeler said such contacts are common in reporting cybersecurity as are attempts to kill a story or obtain a retraction. In addition he said, “Journalists covering cybersecurity — a beat rarely known for its chipper and upbeat headlines — are especially prone to legal threats by companies or governments wanting to avoid embarrassing headlines about their poor security practices.”
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