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The DHS Is Reading Travelers' Posts at the Border

The DHS Is Reading Travelers' Posts at the Border

FromCYBER


The DHS Is Reading Travelers' Posts at the Border

FromCYBER

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Jun 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Customs and Border Protection is scanning people’s social media, the feds have arrested some swatters, and the FTC has ordered Ring to cough up a fine. This week on Cyber, Motherboard’s premier cyber crime reporter Joseph Cox is back to walk us through the latest in privacy violations done by Washington and the private sector. We’ll also take another look at the criminal world of SIM swappers and auto-swatters.Stories discussed in this episode:Homeland Security Uses AI Tool to Analyze Social Media of U.S. Citizens and Refugees'The Comm': The Group Linked to a Nationwide Swatting RampageFTC Orders Ring to Pay $5.8 Million in Refunds For Surveilling Customers, Failing to Stop HackersRussian FSB Accuses U.S. of Hacking Thousands of iPhones in RussiaWe’re recording CYBER live on Twitch. Watch live during the week. Follow us there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show. Subscribe to CYBER on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jun 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Ben Makuch talks every week to Motherboard reporters Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Joseph Cox about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity.