Top 10 Technology Headlines for the Week of Jan. 21

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

USA Today: YouTube scam -- Subscribers of popular content creators are being targeted in messaging hoax

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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