It’s 5:05, on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. Coming from the 5:05 offices in New York City, this is Mark Miller on HumpDay here in the US. Stories for today come from Edwin Kwan in Sydney Australia on Sensitive Information of Australians on Black Market, Trace Bannon in Pennsylvania on FCC’s Ban of Equipment citing National Security Concerns, and Derek Weeks in Bethesda, Maryland reporting on Twitter’s possible use of Signal for encrypting DMs.
We’ll start today’s episode with a follow up from yesterday’s segment on phone scamming.
Let’s get to it!
🇺🇸 Mark Miller, New York City
The Top Phone and Email Scams the Elderly Fall For
Top Ten Scams
https://fraud.org/top-ten-scams-2021/
🇺🇸 Tracy (Trac) Bannon, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
US FCC Bans Equipment citing National Security Concerns
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-bans-authorizations-devices-pose-national-security-threat
https://insidedefense.com/daily-news/industry-groups-urge-lawmakers-cut-china-based-semiconductor-ban-federal-contracts
🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia
Highly Sensitive Information of Australians on Black Market following series of breaches
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-28/cyber-black-market-shows-medibank-optus-hack-just-the-surface/101700974
🇺🇸 Derek Weeks, Bethesda, Maryland
Twitter to have Encrypted DMs
Elon Musk's Twitter to Add Open-Source Signal Protocol for Encrypted DMs
https://news.itsfoss.com/twitter-signal/
