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Episode: Ryuk Ransomware, Twitter Rids SMS Tweets, And Facebook Records Exposed
Description: Alex, Alec, and Harrison are in the room today discussing 3 top stories from the week. First up - a hacker deploys Ryuk ransomware against the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, demanding $5.3 million. What was interesting, though, was that the city tried to negotiate with the attackers for a lower ransom of $400k, but the attackers didn’t want it and ended up cutting off communications. Next the guys chat through the suspension of Twitter’s SMS-based tweet function after the news of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account was “hacked”. An interesting attack surface incident for phone numbers. Finally the team d...