Behind the Shield - Sept 2023

September 2023 Episode (Recorded on 9.21.2023)

Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.

Hot Topics: MGM and Caesar’s Cyberattack, TransUnion Data stolen, Microsoft AI Employee Accidental Leak, Canadian Airports DOS, Clorox Breach

Extras:  CISCO’s $28B purchase of SPLUNK, NaviLogic’s name change to Virtual Guardian

 

Sources:

Topic 1: Bill #1

Article title: MGM and Caesar’s cyberattack

Source: https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/mgm-hackers-could-have-tried-to-get-slots-to-spit-out-money-2907417/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-13/caesars-entertainment-paid-millions-in-ransom-in-recent-attack?embedded-checkout=true

 

Topic 2: Patrick #1

Article title: Law 25 Event in Montreal       

Source: N/A

 

Topic 3: Marco #1

Article title: TransUnion data stolen, but they say their weren’t hacked!

Source: https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/transunions-data-stolen-in-major-data-breach

 

Topic 4: Bill #2

Article title: Microsoft AI Employee Accidentally Leaks 38TB of Data

Source:  https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-ai-employee-accidentally-leaks-38tb-of-data?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=3558823&utm_country_code=CA

 

Topic 5: Patrick #2

Article title: Source: Canadian Airports DOS

 Source: https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/2023-09-19/agence-des-services-frontaliers/la-panne-dans-les-aeroports-provenait-bien-d-une-attaque-informatique.php?utm_campaign=internal+share&utm_content=ulink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=lpp&redirectedFrom=https%253A%252F%252Fplus.lapresse.ca%252Fscreens%252Fbd53d576-4f02-4d19-853b-a9f64e7d1a31__7C___0.html%253Futm_campaign%253Dinternal%252520share%2526utm_content%253Dulink%2526utm_medium%253Dreferral%2526utm_source%253Dlpp

 

Topic 6: Marco #2

Article title: Clorox Breach

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/18/business/clorox-cyberattack-production-disruption/index.html