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Olympic hacking, cryptojacking and other illicit coin mining. Ransomware updates. The curious case of an alleged kompromat buy. Bots turn to ticket scalping.

Published: Feb. 12, 2018, 7:25 p.m.

In today's podcast we hear that the\xa0the\xa0Winter Olympics report ongoing hacking.\xa0Cryptojacker\xa0hits government websites in the UK, Australia, and the US. Engineers use a research institute's supercomputer to mine Bitcoin in\xa0Sarov, Russia. The Equifax breach may be bigger and worse than hitherto believed. The Sacramento Bee deletes encrypted database rather than pay ransom. IBM patches\xa0Spectre\xa0and Meltdown.\xa0Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs\xa0offers\xa0a dark web scorecard on the 2018\xa0Olympics and the 2018 elections, specifically addressing how matters stand in comparison with the last round of games and\xa0voting.\xa0The\xa0CIA says it was no way bilked by a proffered sale of kompromat. And bots scalp airline seats.\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices