Episode #165 - Sweeping attack on US Government, New Sextortion Scheme Using Deepfakes, CISA orders Feds to harden devices, The Limitations of Real-Time Social Media Tools, The freedom fighters that want to bring EU Commission back to its senses about open-source

It's 5:05 on Friday, June 16th. 2023. From the Sourced Podcast Network in New York City, this is your host, Pokie Huang. Stories in today's episode come from Trac Bannon in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Edwin Kwan in Sydney, Australia, Hillary Coover in Washington, DC, Katy Craig in San Diego, California, Olimpiu Pop in Transylvania, Romania, Marcel Brown in St. Louis, Missouri. 

Let's get to it.

Breaking News: Sweeping attack on US Government

🇺🇸 Tracy (Trac) Bannon, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania↗

https://amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/15/politics/us-government-hit-cybeattack/index.html

US energy department, other agencies hit in global hacking spree | Reuters

New Sextortion Scheme Using Deepfakes

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia ↗

https://therecord.media/deepfakes-involved-in-sextortion-schemes?_hsmi=261868737

Sextortionists are making AI nudes from your social media images

CISA orders Feds to harden devices

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California ↗

Binding Operational Directive 23-02 | CISA

The Limitations of Real-Time Social Media Tools

🇺🇸 Hillary Coover, Washington, DC ↗

No link - general opinion on conversation about social media surveillance concerns 

The freedom fighters that want to bring EU Commission back to its senses about open-source

🇷🇴 Olimpiu Pop, Transylvania, Romania ↗

Feedback from: OpenForum Europe

This Day in Tech History 

🇺🇸 Marcel Brown, St. Louis, Missouri ↗

http://thisdayintechhistory.com/06/16

http://thisdayintechhistory.com/06/17