News of the Week 25 July 2020

<p>In this week's podcast, hacks abound in multiple sectors, some of which happened months back, and we are only getting details on now.</p> <p><br></p> <p>www.justice.gov: Two Alleged Criminals – A Hezbollah Associated Narco-Money Launderer and a Computer Hacker - Extradited from Cyprus to the United States</p> <p>www.wired.com: Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Crime and Spying Spree</p> <p>www.bbc.com: Blackbaud Hack: Universities lose data to ransomware attack</p> <p>arstechnica.com: Ongoing Meow attack has nuked &gt;1,000 databases without telling anyone why</p> <p>www.reuters.com: Twitter says hackers saw messages from 36 accounts, including Netherlands official</p> <p>www.scmagazine.com: New cryptominer botnet spreads payload, less intrusive</p> <p>www.zdnet.com: Ransomware gang demands $7.5 million from Argentinian ISP</p> <p>www.theregister.com:&nbsp;UK.gov&nbsp;admits it has not performed legally required data protection checks for COVID-19 tracing system</p> <p>www.zdnet.com: Why the internet went haywire last week</p> <p>www.zdnet.com: Two more cyber-attacks hit Israel's water system</p> <p>www.bleepingcomputer.com: Lorien Health Services discloses ransomware attack affecting nearly 50,000</p> <p>www.c4isrnet.com: The new ways the military is fighting against information warfare tactics</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/professor-cyber-risk/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/professor-cyber-risk/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/professor-cyber-risk/support</a>