---
id: 2298
title: "Bug Bytes for November 16: Google Traffic Gone Haywire and New Government Initiatives"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/bug-bytes-for-november-16-google-traffic-gone-haywire-and-new-government-initiatives-2/"
published_at: "2018-11-16T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["csrf", "google", "russia", "bug-bytes", "weekly-roundup", "facebook", "nordstrom"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2298"
lang: en
---

# Bug Bytes for November 16: Google Traffic Gone Haywire and New Government Initiatives

## Summary

Weekly roundup: Google traffic was briefly rerouted through Russia and China, a patched Facebook CSRF bug exposed friend data despite privacy settings, and NSTAC pitched a cybersecurity 'Moonshot'.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2018-11-16T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/bug-bytes-for-november-16-google-traffic-gone-haywire-and-new-government-initiatives-2/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2298