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In today\u2019s podcast we follow developments in nation-state hacking, from Hainan to Tehran. Australia\u2019s online census is taken offline\u2014the Bureau of Statistics cries DDoS, but observers aren\u2019t so sure. A new strain of ransomware under development in the underworld skips encryption and goes straight for deletion. Issues with Oracle\u2019s MICROS point-of-sale systems may be the root cause of recent store and hotel breaches. Google says, thanks Check Point, we appreciate it, but most of QuadRooter has already been mitigated (they\u2019re working on the rest of it). Joe Carrigan from Johns Hopkins University warns us about side-loading\xa0Android apps, and Leemon Baird from Swirld describes a new trust-based peer to peer software platform.\xa0And we note that yesterday was Patch Tuesday.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices