Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 324

Episode 324 of the Kaspersky podcast looks at Meta and Google in the docks, more on deep-fakes & port operator pulls internet after a cyberattack.

Episode 324 of the Kaspersky podcast looks at Meta and Google in the docks, more on deep-fakes & port operator pulls internet after a cyberattack.

The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with Meta will now require political advertisers to mark when they use deepfakes. From there, the team discuss how META and Google are being sued for “spying” in Irish courts.

To wrap up the team discuss two final stories – the first around the Royal ransomware gang siphoning off over $200M in ransom payments and the second on the recent cyber-attack against DP World – a port operator in Australia.

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