{"id":19694,"date":"2022-05-26T23:49:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/transatlantic-cable-podcast-252\/19694\/"},"modified":"2022-05-26T23:49:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:49:34","slug":"transatlantic-cable-podcast-252","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/transatlantic-cable-podcast-252\/19694\/","title":{"rendered":"Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 252"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to episode 251 of the Transatlantic Cable. This week, the team look at some of the more \u2018interesting\u2019 stories in the cybersecurity world.<\/p>\n<p>To kick things off, Dave and Ahmed look at a, seemingly, good news story \u2013 about the closing down of the ransomware gang, Conti. However, things aren\u2019t quite as they appear. From there they move to a story that has to be read to be believed \u2013 it involves banks, ransomware and phalluses. We will leave the link at the bottom if you want to read that one for yourselves.<\/p>\n<p>From that bombshell, the team move to a more concerning story around farming equipment, hackers, and how facial recognition and AI are slowly becoming more and more regulated \u2013 good news? You decide.<\/p>\n<p>If you liked what you heard, please do consider subscribing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/conti-ransomware-shuts-down-operation-rebrands-into-smaller-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Conti ransomware shuts down operation, rebrands into smaller units<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/national-bank-hit-by-ransomware-trolls-hackers-with-dick-pics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">National bank hit by ransomware trolls hackers with dick pics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-61336659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Global food supply chain at risk from malicious hackers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/4awj7j\/lawmakers-urge-ftc-to-investigate-idme-and-its-facial-recognition-tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lawmakers Urge FTC to Investigate ID.me and its Facial Recognition Tech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/facial-recognition-company-clearview-ai-fined-7-5m-for-illegally-using-images-of-brits-scraped-from-online-12619574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Clearview AI fined \u00a37.5m for illegally using images of Brits scraped from online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23234195\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"podcast-subscribe\"><a data-omniture-download-button-type=\"TrialBuilds\" data-omniture-product-name=\"podcast-itunes\" class=\"itunes\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/talk-security\/id909407206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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