Episode 99 - ChatGPT Becomes a Judge, VaaS, Apple Hardware Upgrades, Russia Blocks Access to CIA Website, Next Generation Credit Card Stealing Malware...

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four 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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Judge uses ChatGPT to write a court decision

• https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7bdmv/judge-used-chatgpt-to-make-court-decision

Iran uses Violence-as-a-Service

• https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/iran-hires-crime-gangs-to-murder-dissidents-abroad-9fdj8j59m

Apple updates hardware

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/01/appl-introduces-new-mac-mini-with-m2-and-m2-pro-more-powerful-capable-and-versatile-than-ever/

Russia blocks access to US FBI, CIA, and State Department

• https://therecord.media/russia-blocks-access-to-us-rewards-for-justice-fbi-and-cia-websites/

Next-generation POS malware blocks tap to pay

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pos-malware-can-block-contactless-payments-to-steal-credit-cards/

Ubiquiti developer pleads guilty to extorting his employer

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-ubiquiti-dev-pleads-guilty-to-trying-to-extort-his-employer/

• https://therecord.media/ubiquiti-nickolas-sharp-guilty-plea-data-extortion/

China balloon talk

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2023/02/07/why-chinese-spy-balloons-flight-path-was-not-an-accident--and-what-it-may-have-been-doing/?sh=3da576c04f86

Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

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