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This week on Privacy Please, we dive into a few articles on ransomware extortion attacks that expose OT data.  The Analysis of "shaming site" data dumps found sensitive documentation from OT organizations, including oil and gas.

Mandiant Report - https://www.mandiant.com/resources/ransomware-extortion-ot-docs

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This week on Privacy Please we have Mr. Erik Rind, Founder & CEO at ImagineBC! 

We learn about Erik's story, why he created this very fascinating company ImagineBC, which aims to be for blockchain technology what “You’ve got mail” was for the Internet. We also talk AI Driven Robotics, Machine Learning, Privacy, Meta (Facebook) Virtual reality, and much more! 

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This week on Privacy Please, we bring back on the fantastic Kelly Finnerty from Start Page for part 2 and she brings big news, real talk and belly laughs.  

Introducing Startpage Privacy Protection Extension, protecting you from cookies and trackers across the web. This thing works beautifully! Check out the link below and go download now! 

https://www.startpage.com/privacy-please/startpage-articles/easy-privacy-control-across-the-internet-introducing-startpage-privacy-protection

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This week on Privacy Please - Short Stories, we talk about the Capital One breach and how it highlights the dangers of insider threats. 

"Incidents show how difficult it is to defend against determined and knowledgeable hackers."

Author credit: James Rundle and Catherine Stupp

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This week on Privacy Please, we enter 2022 with a brand new season (S3) and we also present a brand new series called PP Short Stories.

SolarWinds CEO, Sudhakar Ramakrishna explains to Computer Weekly (Credit for their interview) just how focused he was on transparency which helped the company get safely through a cyber breach.

Author credit: Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

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This week of Privacy Please, we have another great blogcast for you! 

Author credit: Gabe Gumbs

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This week on Privacy Please, we are joined by two very good friends and business partners helping fight against financial crime, Dr. Gary M. Shiffman – Economist and CEO of Giant Oak and Consilient and Juan C. Zarate – co-founder of Consilient. 

-We hope you enjoy this fun and interesting conversation! 

 Backstory: 

Dr. Gary M. Shiffman is an economist and CEO of two machine learning companies, Giant Oak and Consilient. Together, he and Juan C. Zarate co-founded Consilient. They both have really impressive backgrounds as Gary was a former Chief of Staff at U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Juan was also a former national security advisor for combating terrorism. The two have now joined forces to combat financial crime with data privacy-preserving technology. 

 Topics: 

The importance of data privacy within financial institutions and how banks can work together to combat financial crime. 

Shout out to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Please go donate if you get this chance - https://www.missingkids.org/HOME

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This week on Privacy Please, we have a holiday blogcast for you about the FBI and CISA warning that critical infrastructure could be attacked over the holidays.

Article credit: Silicon Angle 
by: Duncan Riley
Also mentioned: James McQuiggan and Chris Clements

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 

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This week on Privacy Please, the gang has the honor of interviewing, Lydia Knab, Global Data Privacy Officer!  We discuss a wide array of topics around Privacy and learn from her very interesting story that found her way into the big world of Pharma. 

Mini CV on Lydia:

• Swiss, Hungarian, and German national – moved to the US less than a year ago (yes, I speak German, Hungarian and French)
• Went to law school, specialized in(bio-) ethics and pharmaceutical law and data privacy governance (risk, data governance, legal, compliance, and operations)
• Spent a few years as an operations officer in a Swiss bank, became the first woman named chief privacy officer in a Swiss bank, and helped build their privacy program
• Started my new role as a global privacy officer in a big pharma company a few months ago – love the return to pharma after my banking experience

DISCLAIMER: Lydia is not speaking on the company’s behalf and that her views are her own

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This week on Privacy Please Cam dive's into a quick article from the team at Helpnetsecurity on AWS ransomware attacks and the inevitability of an attack. 

Article: 
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/10/12/aws-ransomware-attacks/

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