Episode #198 - Australian Government Initiative to Improve Cyber Security Suffers Data Leak; What the fork?; Break the Silos to Achieve Cyberresillience; Connected Cars; This Day, August 2 in Tech History

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Marcel Brown: This Day, August  2 in Tech History

🇺🇸 Marcel Brown, St. Louis, Missouri ↗

August 2nd, 1873. The Clay Street Railroad begins operation, making it the first cable car in San Francisco's now famous cable car system. And for many of us growing up in the 1980's, cable cars also became synonymous with Rice-A-Roni®, the San Francisco treat.

Edwin Kwan: Australian Government Initiative to Improve Cyber Security Suffers Data Leak

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia ↗

The Home Affairs Department suffered a data leak when they accidentally published personal information of more than 50 small businesses who participated in a cybersecurity survey.

Kadi Grigg: What the fork?

🇺🇸 Kadi Grigg,Alexandria, Virginia ↗

As of July 11th, SUSE publicly announced its intention to fork the open source version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, also known as RHEL, and will be developing and maintaining that code in compatible distribution that will be available without any restrictions as per the announcement.

Olimpiu Pop: Break the Silos to Achieve Cyberresillience

🇷🇴 Olimpiu Pop, Transylvania, Romania ↗

The expected investment in cybersecurity is estimated at $1.75 trillion by 2025- equivalent to the GDP of the ninth largest economy in the world, Canada. What beats that? The projected cost of global cybercrime- $10.5 trillion- about half of the GDP of the largest economy, the US.

Katy Craig: Connected Cars

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California ↗

 In today's digital age, it seems our cars aren't just for driving anymore. They're another frontier in the quest for privacy.