IoT failures, and Donald Trump dating disaster

Yes, Smashing Security has reached its 100th episode!

Despite our celebratory mood, we don't forget to take a look at the security stories of the last week - including an alarming IoT failure and a dating app disaster for Donald Trump devotees.

All this and much more is discussed in this very special 100th edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

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Links:

• The very first episode of Smashing Security: "One cup, two hotel guests" — Sorry about the poor audio quality. Turns out we got better...
• Yale UK announces some "unplanned network maintenance" — Twitter
• Yale UK's network maintenance isn't going well — Twitter
• Cllr Steve Wortley is not very happy with Yale UK — Twitter
• Beth is not impressed with Yale UK either — Twitter
• Kirstie Pendry doesn't fancy waking her entire street at 5am — Twitter
• Yale Smart Home Borkage: Server Issues Cause Alarm App Fail — Computer Business Review
• Yale Weds: Just some system maintenance, nothing to worry about. Yale Thurs: Nobody's smart alarm app works — The Register
• Hundreds of 'smart' locks bricked by flubbed remote update — Graham Cluley
• Hotel guests locked in their rooms by ransomware? It doesn't make sense — Graham Cluley
• 71% of Tinder users say political differences are a deal breaker — MSNBC
• New Dating App for Trump Supporters Seeks to ‘Make America Date Again’ — Newsweek
• The ‘Donald Daters’ Trump Dating App Exposed Its Users’ Data — Motherboard
• Donald Daters, a dating app for Trump supporters, leaked its users’ data — Techcrunch
• How I “found” the database of the Donald Daters App
• Robert Baptiste's video of Donald Daters vulnerability — Twitter
• Blue Peter — Wikipedia
• Tony Walsh's beautiful tribute to Blue Peter will give you goosebumps — CBBC on Twitter
• Janet Ellis — Wikipedia
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Wikipedia
• Tony Walsh's performance of 'This Is The Place' at the Manchester attack vigil — YouTube
• A Scary Time by Lynzy Lab — YouTube
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