Conspiracies are rife, everyone’s at each others’ throats and nobody trusts the news anymore. But who’s to blame for this state of affairs. Well social media’s certainly enabled it, but there’s a select few parties in the world who are probably responsible for the majority of it. And through our laziness, we, as a society are letting them get away with it.
So in this episode we’re talking misinformation on the internet and the capacity it has to damage the fabric of our democracy
In the news, we talk briefly on the bankruptcy filing by National Public Data, and we examine a new scam spotting tool as well as China’s approach to international espionage and national security
News stories:
- https://therecord.media/national-public-data-bankruptcy-cyberattack
- https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/10/fidelity_investment_data_breach/
- https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/new-ransomware-groups-emerge-2024/
- https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/get-safe-online-launches-new-scam/
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