Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 336

Episode 336 of the Kaspersky podcast looks at LockBit’s resurgence, META fights fake news, Wi-Fi scanners and much more!

Episode 336 of the Kaspersky podcast looks at LockBit’s resurgence, META fights fake news, Wi-Fi scanners and much more!

Episode 336 of the Transatlantic Cable Podcast begins with news that Tumblr and WordPress are set to begin selling user data for AI training. From there the team talk about META’s decision to begin helping assist the EU in combatting fake news and disinformation on their platforms.

To wrap up, the team talk about LockBit’s resurgence and a truly bizarre Wi-Fi password scanning tool.

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