Welcome back to a very spooky Scinary Information Nexus! Richard, Joseph, Tye, and Hunter are in full costume for this Halloween special to discuss a truly terrifying event: the day the internet broke.

This week, the team tackles the massive AWS outage that took down services from Microsoft to your smart home devices. We break down the technical jargon to explain the "race condition" that caused a critical DNS failure and explore the cascade effect that left companies scrambling. Why were multi-billion dollar firms operating without a failover plan? We also share some of the hilarious real-world consequences, like smart beds trapping their owners in a heated, upright position.

Then, we revisit the massive Salesforce data breach with a frightening new update: the threat group "Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters" has leaked data belonging to personnel from the Department of Defense, DHS, ICE, and other critical US government agencies. This leads to a larger discussion on the fragility of our digital world.

In this episode, we discuss:

Is our critical infrastructure built on a house of cards? Let's discuss.

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