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Risky Business #822 -- France will ditch American tech over security risks

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Show Notes

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They discuss:

La France is tres sérieux about ditching US productivity software China’s Salt Typhoon was snooping on Downing Street Trump wields the mighty DISCOMBOBULATOR ESET says the Polish power grid wiper was Russia’s GRU Sandworm crew US cyber institutions CISA and NIST are struggling Voice phishing for MFA bypass is getting even more polished

This episode is sponsored by Sublime Security. Brian Baskin is one of the team behind Sublime’s 2026 Email Threat Research report. He joins to talk through what they see of attackers’ use of AI, as well as the other trends of the year.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

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