Podcasts News Tech News CyberWire Daily German police have a suspect in #hackerangriff. Cyber espionage awareness campaign. Cyber cold war in the offing? US political operators learn from Russian trolls. WikiLeaks on the record.

German police have a suspect in #hackerangriff. Cyber espionage awareness campaign. Cyber cold war in the offing? US political operators learn from Russian trolls. WikiLeaks on the record.

Published: Jan. 8, 2019, 8:35 p.m.

In today\u2019s podcast, an arrest has been made in #hackerangriff: a student in the German state of Hessen. The US begins a campaign to heighten businesses\u2019 awareness of cyber espionage. Observers see a coming \u201ccyber cold war,\u201d with China on one side and\xa0a large number of\xa0other countries on the other. Facebook is following a widening investigation into the use of inauthentic accounts, ads, and sites in recent US elections. WikiLeaks\u2019 lawyers tell news media to stop defaming the organization and its founder.\xa0\xa0Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs on the nine lives of a credit card. Guest is Robb Reck from Ping Identity on NIST password guidance.\n For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/November/CyberWire_2019_01_08.html\n Support our show\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices