Australia: Outdated Phone Software and Failed Emergency Call

Cloudflare suffers a major outage. Google issues an emergency Chrome update. Logitech discloses a data breach. CISA plans a major hiring push. The House renews the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. The GAO warns military personnel are oversharing online. Tech groups urge governments worldwide to reject proposals that weaken or bypass encryption. Australian authorities blame outdated software for the death of a telecom customer. An alleged Void Blizzard hacker faces extradition to the US. Our guest is Kevin Kennedy from ManTech discussing the future battlefield and the importance of integrating non-kinetic effects. AI meets the IRS. What could possibly go wrong?

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On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by ⁠Kevin Kennedy⁠ from ⁠ManTech⁠ discussing the future battlefield and the importance of integrating non-kinetic effects. You can hear Kevin's full conversation here.

Selected Reading

Cloudflare outage causes error messages across the internet (The Guardian)

Google releases emergency Chrome update to patch actively exploited vulnerability (Beyond Machines)

Logitech discloses data breach after Clop claims (The Record)

CISA, eyeing China, plans hiring spree to rebuild its depleted ranks (Cybersecurity Dive)

Full renewal of state and local cyber grants program passes in House (The Record)

Pentagon and soldiers let too many secrets slip on socials (The Register)

Dozens of groups call for governments to protect encryption (CyberScoop)

Australia's TPG Telecom links customer's death to outdated Samsung phone (Reuters)

Alleged Void Blizzard hacker arrested in Thailand (SC Media)

Intuit signs $100M+ deal with OpenAI to bring its apps to ChatGPT (TechCrunch)

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