Hacking Old Man River. Nation-state cyber conflict: objectives and norms of behavior. Australia's new cyber laws. ATM campaign. Lawsuits, and the Dread Pirate Robert asks for pardon.

In today's podcast we hear that cyber threats to river traffic have intermodal implications. Nation state hacking, Presidential Policy Directive 20, and international norms of cyber conflict. The tragic consequences of overconfidence concerning communications security. Australia's new cyber laws are more legal hammer than required backdoor. A campaign of ATM robbery nets millions worldwide. A cryptocurrency speculator sues the phone company, a spyware firm sues a former employee, and the Dread Pirate Roberts would like a pardon. Johannes Ullrich from SANS and the ICS Stormcast Podcast, on lingering legacy passwords in Office documents. Guest is Phil Neray from CyberX on the National Risk Management Center being spun up by DHS. 

For links to all today's stories, check out our CyberWire daily news brief:
https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/August/CyberWire_2018_08_16.html

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