Smashing Security #023: Covfefe

Three security industry veterans, chatting about computer security and online privacy.

Hackers are blackmailing cosmetic surgery patients, and threatening to release their naked photos. A British Airways IT snafu causes travel chaos for thousands. And Germany is threatening to throw hefty fines at Facebook if it can't police its content properly.

All this and "Covfefe" is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest John Hawes.

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Hosts:

Graham Cluley - @gcluley

Carole Theriault - @caroletheriault

Guest:

John Hawes of AMTSO

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