Episode 29 - Facebook’s Network Problem, Apple AirTags Threaten Good Samaritans, World’s First Ransomware Death Revisited, IT Admin Steals Power to M...

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got three amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW)

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PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”

Facebook goes offline for more than 7 hours

• https://blog.cloudflare.com/october-2021-facebook-outage/

• https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/05/networking-traffic/outage-details/

Apple AirTag vulnerable to cross-site scripting attack

• https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/09/apple-airtag-bug-enables-good-samaritan-attack/

• https://www.datadoctors.com/help/kenscolumns/22367-Sniffing-Out-Evil-QR-Codes/

An infant in 2019 is believed to be the first death caused by a ransomware attack

• https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hospital-ransomware-attack-led-infants-death-lawsuit-alleges

• https://www.chrislouie.net/blog/2020/9/20/grim-milestone-worlds-first-death-from-ransomware

IT Administrator caught mining cryptocurrency using public power

• https://www.longislandpress.com/2021/09/08/suffolk-it-supervisor-arrested-for-allegedly-mining-bitcoin-at-county-offices/

• https://www.chrislouie.net/blog/2019/9/3/skynet-closer-than-you-think-protecting-users-and-humanity-against-themselves

Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

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