Your cell phone is a security risk. Ruby's Instagram story shows why
Ruby's phone was hacked because someone wanted her Instagram handle @ruby.
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Ruby had a very special Instagram name. Ruby. Just Ruby. She turned down $65,000 to sell it. Then she got hacked.
Follow the twists and turns of this story by clicking on the audio, and find out why Ruby's story points to the security risk posed by your own your cell phone.
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Deborah Wang
Contributing Reporter, Editor, & Host
Deborah is a contributing reporter, editor and host at KUOW. Since joining the staff in 2005, Deborah has done everything from political reporting to podcast hosting and is now serving as Interim News Director. She is an award–winning radio and television journalist whose career spans more than three decades.
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