The Feds confirm Chinese penetration of U.S. telecom wiretap systems. Anne Neuberger outlines top cybersecurity challenges facing the upcoming Trump administration. Former Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira gets a 15-year prison sentence for leaking classified U.S. military documents. A Chinese national faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to money laundering for “pig-butchering” scams. Researchers say a popular pregnancy app has serious, unaddressed security vulnerabilities. NIST misses its deadline for clearing the NVD backlog. A B2B demand generation company confirms a leak affecting 122 million people. HHS warns healthcare organizations to be on the lookout for Godzilla. Moody’s designates the industries at highest risk of cyber attack. Guest Sarah Hutchins, Partner at Parker Poe, discusses the growing number of state data privacy laws. An AI grandma keeps scammers on the line. 

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Guest Sarah Hutchins, Partner at Parker Poe, discusses the growing number of state data privacy laws. You can listen to Sarah’s full conversation including litigation trends related to targeted advertising and wiretapping, and key takeaways for companies on cybersecurity practices and risk reporting on today’s Caveat episode. 

Selected Reading

FBI confirms China-backed hackers breached US telecom giants to steal wiretap data (TechCrunch)

Top White House cyber official urges Trump to focus on ransomware, China (The Record)

Chinese national faces 20 years in US prison for laundering pig-butchering proceeds (The Record)

IT specialist Jack Teixeira jailed for 15 years after leaking classified military documents on Discord (Bitdefender)

Pregnancy Tracking App ‘What to Expect’ Refuses to Fix Issue that Allows Full Account Takeover (404 Media)

NIST Explains Why It Failed to Clear CVE Backlog (SecurityWeek)

Leaked info of 122 million linked to B2B data aggregator breach (Bleeping Computer)

Feds Warn of Godzilla Webshell Threats to Health Sector (BankInfo Security)

Industries with highest cyber risk unveiled by Moody’s Rating (SC Media)

O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time (Virgin Media O2) 

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