Cybersecurity Today on the Weekend October Panel
Cybersecurity Today

Cybersecurity Today on the Weekend October Panel

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 17, 202649 min
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ShinyHunters Arrests, Ransomware Negotiator Ethics, Refrigerators Turned Into Ovens and UnPatch Wednesday, Part Two? A Cybersecurity Today panel with Michael Joyce, Laura Payne, and David Shipley discusses major recent stories: the ShinyHunters gang's alleged hack of FBI personnel data and a string of arrests including a Canadian cybersecurity executive, raising ethical and legal concerns around the ransomware negotiation industry and calls for vetting or licensing. They also cover allegations that MonsterCloud charged customers for "proprietary" decryption while actually paying ransoms and skimming large margins. The group examines cyber-physical attacks after French grocery stores reportedly had refrigeration systems d...

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Welcome to Cyber Security Today. On the weekend, our monthly review of the month that we do mid-month, so it's not really a review of either month, it's sort of a review of two half months, but never mind that. We'll make sense of this as we go along. Welcome to our panel. Michael Joyce is back from the University of Montreal. Welcome, Michael.

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It's nice to be here. It's great to have you. And Laura Payne from White Took is here. Thanks, Jim. Always great to be on the show. And David Shipley, the smiling voice of the Monday morning cybersecurity news, and on

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15 different channels, you can catch him everywhere these days. He's here, he's there, he's everywhere. Welcome, David. Thank you so much, Jim. Yeah, it's been an interesting morning. I've topped a personal record. I just did a syndicated radio hit from St. John's, Newfoundland to Vancouver

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