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Lawmakers have asked US tech companies to contribute data to help health authorities monitor quarantine compliance and trace recent contacts of people infected with coronavirus.

As authorities the world over rush to flatten the curve of coronavirus infections, even the most diehard privacy advocates are exhibiting a willingness to temporarily let civil liberties slide in the name of saving lives.

You might be surprised by which of our regular Risky.Biz contributors said as much when we hosted a livestream discussion on cell phone tracking earlier today - which featured Dmitri Alperovitch, Adam Boileau, Patrick Gray and Alex Stamos.

Welcome to the first edition of Seriously Risky Business, your weekly batch of the big stories shaping cyber policy, curated by Brett Winterford.

Feedback welcome at editorial@risky.biz

If we hoped ransomware gangs would give hospitals a reprieve during a global health epidemic, prepare to be disappointed. Local Czech media reports that the University Hospital in Brno - the country’s second-largest - had to shut down and isolate systems and re-route some patients to counter a ransomware infection.

Welcome to the pilot edition of Seriously Risky Business, your weekly batch of the big stories shaping cyber policy, curated by Brett Winterford.

Feedback welcome at editorial@risky.biz

US Attorneys failed to convince a jury that former CIA exploit developer Josh Schulte dumped an archive about the agency’s offensive cyber weapons program to Wikileaks (the ‘Vault 7’ leaks).