Podcasts News Tech News CyberWire Daily Social media struggle with their social role. Election hacking concerns remain high. Australia's new government shuffles cybersecurity responsibilities.

Social media struggle with their social role. Election hacking concerns remain high. Australia's new government shuffles cybersecurity responsibilities.

Published: Aug. 28, 2018, 7:42 p.m.

In today's podcast, we hear that Twitter has suspended more accounts for "divisive social commentary" and "coordinated manipulation." Facebook blocks accounts belonging to Myanmar leaders over Rohingya persecution. US Senators are unconvinced by claims that it's dangerous to research voting-machine vulnerabilities. The House\xa0takes a look\xa0at the CVE database. Australia's new government reorganizes its cybersecurity portfolio.\xa0Justin Harvey from Accenture with details from their mid-year cyber\xa0threatscape\xa0report. Guest is Sean Tierney from Infoblox with their shadow IoT report.\xa0\n For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/August/CyberWire_2018_08_28.html\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices