Episode 16

Episode #16 - It's 5:05, Monday, November 21, 2022

It’s 5:05, on Monday, November 21, 2022, the 325th day of the year. This is Pokie Huang, sitting in for Mark Miller while he is in London. This is your daily update of open source and cybersecurity news. We have 20 reporters calling in from around the world. Today’s reports come from Trac Bannon in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Edwin Kwan in Sydney Australia, and DJ Schleen in Golden, Colorado. Let’s get to it!

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia

Medibank Hackers releases 1500 more sensitive records, company faces $1 billion bill

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/medibank-hackers-release-1500-more-sensitive-medical-records-20221120-p5bzpk.html

🇺🇸 Trac Bannon, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

Amazon RDS leakage just isn’t their fault!

https://thehackernews.com/2022/11/researchers-discover-hundreds-of-amazon.html

Extra resource: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_ShareSnapshot.html

🇺🇸 DJ Schleen, Golden, Colorado

The Bird revolt and the move to Mastodon

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/mastodon-private-and-secure-lets-take-look

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/mastodon-social-media-twitter-rcna56288

https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2022/11/13/mapping-the-mastodon-migration-is-it-a-one-way-trip-or-an-each-way-bet-for-science-twitter/