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New Zealand stock exchange sustains DDoS attacks. Flash alert on GoldenSpy. Cyber mercenaries and industrial espionage. Lèse-majesté online. Offering $1 million to a potential co-conspirator?

CyberWire Daily

N2K Networks, Inc.

News, Technology, Daily News, Tech News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

New Zealand’s stock exchange has sustained two distributed denial-of-service attacks this week. CISA and FBI issue an alert about GoldenSpy. Two cyber mercenary groups are engaged in industrial espionage for hire. Thailand decides to crack down on sites that host content the government deems illegal. Joe Carrigan looks at new types of crimes made possible by AI. Our guest is Shane Harris from The Washington Post on an Elite CIA unit which failed to secure its own systems. And a Russian national faces US charges of conspiracy to damage a computer. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief: https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/9/166 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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