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Missouri governor’s wild claims about journalist debunked in police report

Enlarge / Missouri Gov. Mike Parson at a press conference in May 2019. (credit: Getty Images | Jacob Moscovitch ) A newly released police report thoroughly debunks Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s baffling claim that a journalist who helped the state identify and fix a website security flaw was a “hacker” and criminal. Parson demanded the […]

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Missouri gov. calls journalist who found security flaw a “hacker,” threatens to sue

Enlarge / Gov. Mike Parson at a press conference on May 29, 2019, in Jefferson City, Missouri. (credit: Getty Images | Jacob Moscovitch ) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson today threatened to prosecute and seek civil damages from a St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist who identified a security flaw that exposed the Social Security numbers of teachers […]