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A measure of how much the coronavirus pandemic has spooked people can be gauged from the lack of any outcry over the plans announced by Google and Apple for developing technology that can be used for contact-tracing.

In the effort to keep employees productive and the business running, the rapid switch to remote workplaces during the current COVID-19 outbreak has left public and private sector organisations vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to one global IT security vendor.

Security firm ProtonVPN has detailed a security vulnerability in iOS version 13.4 that prevents virtual private networks from encrypting all traffic. The company said it rated the vulnerability as medium.