Keep it Safe. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 11th., 2025

EP 233This week...  is seized Crypto Linked to LastPass? Feds pocket $23M in hot crypto—but with hackers still sitting on hundreds of millions, it’s like finding loose change in the couch.Signal’s boss says our ‘magic AI butler’ needs root access to everything.  What could possibly go wrong?AI is Reshaping Tech Jobs and with nearly one in four tech gigs demanding AI skills, either learn to talk to robots or prepare to serve them coffee."Your Bluetooth toaster might secretly be dialing up hackers—because who doesn’t love a little espionage with their morning bagel?With the UK quietly removing encryption advice, Brits wake up to find official security tips gone, like a polite note saying ‘We’d prefer you in clear text, chaps.’Indian tax officials are granted sweeping digital access and can now dig through socials, emails, and maybe grandma’s recipe folder.  Nothing’s sacred if there’s tax to be had.Elon’s empire takes another DDoS beating—Dark Storm claims credit, X users just want their snarky tweets back."We finish with the discovery of a Fake Website Spewing AI Slop that topped Google Search.  AI conjures space fantasies that outrank real news and it turns out that even Google can’t spot the Millennium Falcon imposter.Let's keep it safe.Find the full transcript to this podcast here.