Smart Start, Dumb ending with the IT Privacy and Security Update for the week ending May 9th, 2023

This week we start smart and end dumb. Potentially somewhat contrary to our other updates.

In between we might ultimately have a dumb way to protect a car, a dumb executive who got lucky, and a healthcare company that almost seems to be competing with T-Mobile for most breaches in 2023.

There’s a dumb plan by the EU to scan all your messages, and a smart move from Open AI to give you back some privacy.

We have the FBI going “gangsta” on DDoS as a service and a brilliant writeup of Russian malware that shines a light on the current world of espionage.

Then we share the brilliant announcement of a free alternative to CoPilot while Def Con announces they are taking aim at LLMs.

Whatever the caliber of the players, we’ve got the stories. You can make the call on the grades they get.

Come on, grab your marking pens, and let’s go!

Find the full transcript for this podcast at Discuss.Daml.com