TSMC recovers from WannaCry infection. OpenEMR fixes 30 bugs. UK will ask Russia to extradite two GRU operators for Novichok attacks. Twitterbots flourish.

Aug 7, 2018

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In today's podcast we hear that chipmaker TSMC says the virus that shut it down in Taiwan was WannaCry. It appears to have been an incidental infection enabled by inattentive installation of software. OpenEMR fixes bugs that could have exposed millions of patient records. British authorities are said to be readying an extradition request for GRU operators they hold responsible for the Novichok attack in Salisbury—the incident has prompted Russian hacking and disinformation. Mike Benjamin from CenturyLink on DDoS attack trends. Casey Ellis from Bugcrowd with an overview of bug bounty programs.
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