The “Where’s the Beef?” Edition

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🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Violence escalates in Afghanistan as U.S. troops withdraw. President Biden directs intelligence agencies to look for more evidence that a lab leak may have started the covid pandemic. And a ransomware attack targets the world’s largest beef processor. Plus, special guest Madiha Afzal of the Brookings Institution joins the gang.

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0:00.0	Guys, the ransomware situation has gone beyond mere fuel.
0:08.0	It's gone beyond beam.
0:10.0	It's gone beyond.
0:11.0	No, it's not yet beyond beam, but it has made it to beam.
0:14.0	It's really hitting America where it hurts now.
0:17.0	Maybe now we can get some serious attention to cyber security.
0:22.0	I will say that I am very well prepared for this global beef panic
0:25.0	because I buy my steaks ahead of time.
0:28.0	I have a freezer full of ribeyes and New York strips,
0:31.0	which I enjoy every Friday night.
0:33.0	You're ready for the apocalypse?
0:35.0	Absolutely.
0:36.0	You're not coming from my steaks, ransomware people.
0:38.0	But I have a question.
0:40.0	Is your refrigerator a freezer part of the internet of things?
0:45.0	Do we met?
0:47.0	Absolutely not.
0:50.0	Because I just want to say the Russians are coming for your freezer, Shane.
0:56.0	Keep your damn hands off my steaks, Vladimir.
1:04.0	Hello and welcome to National Security.
1:06.0	He wears the beef edition.
1:09.0	I'm Shane Harris.
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