089: Data breaches, ransomware, Bitcoin robberies, and typewriters

Ransomware rears its head again, Dixons Carphone reveals its data breach was almost 1000% worse than they previously thought, a man is accused of stealing five million dollars worth of cryptocurrency through hijacking mobile phones, and a Canadian guy called Norman is rushing to get the typewriters out of storage.

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by journalist Geoff White.

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Special Guest: Geoff White.

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• BitPaymer Ransomware Infection Forces Alaskan Town to Use Typewriters for a Week
• Jim Hagemann Snabe, Maersk chairman, describing their recovery from the NotPetya ransomware - YouTube
• Dixons Carphone admits hack far bigger than originally thought
• Dixons Carphone breach statement (June 2018)
• Dixons Carphone updated breach statement (July 2018)
• ‘Tell your dad to give us Bitcoin’ How a Hacker Allegedly Stole Millions by Hijacking Phone Numbers
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