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SN 1031: How Salt Typhoon Gets In - What "AI" Really Means

June 24, 2025 3:00:38 33.78 MB ( -33.79 MB less) Downloads: 0
  • China's Salt Typhoon claims another victim (or two).
  • State healthcare portals are tracking and leaking. No kidding.
  • Apple adopts FIDO's Passkeys and other credentials transport.
  • Facebook gets Passkey logon.
  • TikTok continues ticking for at least another 90 days.
  • Canadian telco admits they were infiltrated by Salt Typhoon.
  • Microsoft to remove unwanted (and hopefully unneeded) hardware drivers.
  • The Austrian government legislates court-warranted message decryption.
  • I (Steve) finally get full clarity on what today's "AI" means.
  • A deep dive into the Salt Typhoon's operation and how they got in

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1031-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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