Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 288

Signal to leave U.K?, A.I chatbots in SnapChat and LockBit ransomware – it’s all in the Transatlantic Cable!

Signal to leave U.K?, A.I chatbots in SnapChat and LockBit ransomware – it’s all in the Transatlantic Cable!

The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable sees the team starting out with news around Signal and their refusal to weaken encryption for the U.K government.  Following that, the team move onto discussions around Meta and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) campaign to help people with the spread of minors’ intimate images online.

To wrap up, the team discuss SnapChat A.I chat bots and LockBit’s attack against the U.K’s Royal Mail service.

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Cracked in under a minute: (nearly) every other password

We’ve revisited our study on the crackability of real-world passwords leaked on the dark web — originally conducted two years ago. The findings are sobering: nearly every other password can be cracked in under a minute, and three out of five take less than an hour. How can we move away from insecure passwords?