Podcasts News Tech News CyberWire Daily The T-Mobile hacker speaks (we think). SparklingGoblin enters the cyberespionage ring. Is someone stealing data to train AI? Cellebrites availability. Ragnarok ransomware says its going out of business.

The T-Mobile hacker speaks (we think). SparklingGoblin enters the cyberespionage ring. Is someone stealing data to train AI? Cellebrites availability. Ragnarok ransomware says its going out of business.

Published: Aug. 27, 2021, 8:30 p.m.

A young man claiming responsibility for the T-Mobile breach talks to the Wall Street Journal. A new cyberespionage group, \u201cSparklingGoblin,\u201d seems particularly interested in educational institutions, especially in Southeast and East Asia. Are governments training AI with stolen data? Mitigations for Microsoft issues. Cellebrite tools may still be available to Chinese police. Kevin Magee from Microsoft wonders if leaders have over pivoted toward technical skill. Our guest is Bill Wright of Splunk on the ongoing geopolitical ransomware trend. And another ransomware gang says it\u2019s going out of business...we\u2019ll wait and see.\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/10/166\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices