Risky Bulletin

Risky Bulletin: DataSuckers suspects arrested in Russia

Risky Bulletin

Show Notes

Three DataSuckers hacking group suspects arrested in Russia, Al Jazeera employees targeted with Candiru spyware, the US disrupts 40 North Korean laptop farms, and an OpenAI employee was arrested for planting a spy device.

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