EPISODE · Jul 2, 2019 · 6 MIN
Security News This Week: Myspace Employees Used to Spy on Users
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
As we approach the July 4 holiday, the security world had no shortage of fireworks—starting with a hacker group, likely from China, that has spent years breaking into carriers in an effort to hoover up metadata from prime targets. Russia gets most of the attention lately, but never count out China's sophistication and verve. Also never count out Excel as a popular target for hackers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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As we approach the July 4 holiday, the security world had no shortage of fireworks—starting with a hacker group, likely from China, that has spent years breaking into carriers in an effort to hoover up metadata from prime targets. Russia gets most of the attention lately, but never count out China's sophistication and verve. Also never count out Excel as a popular target for hackers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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