Episode 279 of the Transatlantic Cable kicks off with a troubling story about purported Chinese hacker group, APT41 attacking and stealing U.S. Covid relief payments, to the cool tune of $20 million. Whilst details are thin, concerns are being raised around just how much of the nearly $800 billion was actually used by people in need.<\/p>\n
From there, the team move on to discussions around North Korea\u2019s Lazarus group, with details around a malicious app designed to siphon off people\u2019s cryptocurrency. After that, discussion moves to concerns that independent journalists in El Salvador are looking to sue the NSO Group for spying.<\/p>\n
The final story looks at news around LastPass and its recent data breach.<\/p>\n
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