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A Train Hack, $80M Pig Butchering Scheme, and Greg Van Houten of Haynes Boone on the SEC's New Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules
This week on Hacker And The Fed we interview Greg Van Houten of Haynes Boone and policyholderplaybook.com, a seasoned civil litigator who focuses on insurance recovery. We talk to Greg about the SEC's new cybersecurity disclosure rules, which went into effect this month. We also discuss a massive hack that went unreported, a train hack due to a vendor’s geofencing feature, indictments in an 80-million-dollar pig butchering scheme, and a MongoDB security breach.
Links from the episode:
Greg Van Houten of Haynes Boone
SEC’s cyber disclosure rules: Key considerations for the board, C-suite and risk managers. Authored by Greg Van Houten (Haynes Boone), David Franzel (NAXO), and Chris Tarbell (NAXO)
https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/secs-cyber-disclosure-rules-tips/700550/
The Biggest Hack Over the Last Few Years Has Gone Unreported
https://twitter.com/mattjay/status/1735046508242780575
Train Hack Due to Vendor Geofencing Feature
https://social.hackerspace.pl/@q3k/111528165627522619
Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them
Four Men Indicted in $80 million ‘Pig Butchering’ Scheme
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/14/pig-butchering-scam-results-in-four-indictments-two-arrests-doj.html
MongoDB Suffers Security Breach, Exposing Customer Data
https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/mongodb-suffers-security-breach.html
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