Cyberattack leaves dealerships feeling stuck in neutral.

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Over 15,000 car dealerships hit the brakes after a software supplier cyber incident. The EU’s Chat Control gets put on hold. A hacker leaks contact details of over 33,000 Accenture employees. A major forklift manufacturer shuts down operations in the wake of a ransomware attack. IntelBroker claims to have leaked source code from Apple. An investigation questions the ethics of AI firm Perplexity. A radiology practice notifies over half a million people of a data breach. Federal contractors pay millions in fines for inadequate cyber security during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stolen files from the Kansas City Police department are posted online. On our Learning Layer segment, host Sam Meisenberg and Joe Carrigan continue their discussion of Joe's ISC2 CISSP certification journey. Remembering the work of MIT’s Arvind.

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Learning Layer

On our Learning Layer segment, host Sam Meisenberg and Joe Carrigan continue their discussion of Joe's ISC2 CISSP certification journey using N2K’s comprehensive CISSP training course, CISSP practice test, and CISSP practice labs.

With all eight domains wrapped up, Sam and Joe pivot to the homestretch of Joe's studies. With the test about two weeks away, Joe discusses his approach to retaining the information and filling any remaining knowledge gaps.

Selected Reading

Car Dealerships Across US Halt Services After Cyberattack (Bloomberg)

Car Dealers Are Idle Across the US After Second Cyberattack (Bloomberg)

EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control (Stack Diary)

Hacker Leaks Data of 33,000 Accenture Employees in Third-Party Breach (HackRead)

Crown Equipment confirms a cyberattack disrupted manufacturing (Bleeping Computer)

Threat actor claims to have breached Apple, allegedly stealing source code of several internal tools (9to5Mac)

Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine (WIRED)

Radiology Practice Hack Affects Sensitive Data of 512,000 (GovInfo Security)

Federal contractors pay multimillion-dollar settlements over cybersecurity lapses (The Record)

BlackSuit ransomware publishes Kansas City, Kansas, police files (StateScoop)

Arvind, longtime MIT professor and prolific computer scientist, dies at 77 (MIT)

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