Down The Security Rabbithole

Apologies to anyone who is having issues downloading this episode! In this episode... The ACLU encourages the government to get into bug bounties Read the original letter: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/aclu_-_iptf_recommendations_submitted.pdf Points 1 & 2 are at sane Point 3 makes a hard left into into crazy-town http://thehill.com/policy/technology/243265-aclu-says-government-should-offer-rewards-for-finding-security-flaws-on-its The massive taxpayer data fraud (not really a breach) is believed to be the work of Russia, says the IRS Does it really matter? Was this a breach or an abuse of functionality? Would your company have caught this? http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/27/politics/irs-cyber-breach-russia/index.html CareFirst says their recent breach affects only about 1.1M people Healthcare is clearly in the "bad guys" target zone Quick to point out what the attackers did not get access to Of course it was a sophisticated cyberattack http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireSto