This week in InfoSec exonerates those who were accused of being paranoid in the 90’s Rant of the Week explains why you can’t win when you do your job right Billy Big Balls is a textbook example of how to not fire someone Industry News is the latest and greatest news stories from around the world And Tweet of the Week takes a deeper dive into those metrics you’re reporting
This week in InfoSec (09:34)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield
11th January 2000: Newly declassified documents proved the existence of ECHELON, a global eavesdropping network run by the NSA.
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1745518896495390826
13th January 2009: The domain name http://clintonemail.com was registered - the one used for email addresses on the Clinton family's private email server, which drew controversy when it was revealed that then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used it for official communications.
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1746214861091053961
Rant of the Week (15:53)
The 'nothing-happened' Y2K bug – how the IT industry worked overtime to save world's computers
Forty years ago, both Jerome and Marilyn Murray saw their brainchild reach the light of day. In 1984, their book, Computers in Crisis, was published, becoming the first authoritative guide to the Millennium Bug coding problem, which, in the final year of the century, would consume media, political and business attention.
Today, more than 20 years after the date-field imposed deadline passed, the Millennium Bug — or Y2K problem — still gets a mixed reception.
While many in the industry see it as a job well done — or at least adequately done — it has also become a byword for the over-reach of experts.
Billy Big Balls of the Week (26:55)
Woman films herself being fired by HR to expose how cold U.S. corporate culture can be (Link to actual TikTok video in here)
Forbes article: Viral TikTok Video Of Cloudflare Employee Is A Lesson On How To Not Fire Workers
Recently, many of the new workplace trends have emanated from TikTok. Influencers have ushered in new themes, such as bare minimum Mondays, acting your wage, quiet quitting and rage applying. A new phenomenon has arisen where employees are now documenting their layoffs on the social media platform.
This week, Brittany Pietsch, a mid-market account executive at Cloudflare, an Internet infrastructure provider that offers a variety of security, performance and reliability services for websites and applications, went viral after posting a video of her being let go from the tech company.
Pietsch anticipated her firing, as her “work bff” had been given the pink slip 30 minutes prior to her meeting. The account executive was joined on a video call by a member of the human resources team and another individual, who didn’t introduce himself and jumped right into the purpose of the call, “We have an important meeting today. We finished our evaluations of 2023 performance. This is where you have not met Cloudflare expectations for performance. We have decided to part ways with you.”
Industry News (36:02)
1.3 Million FNF Customers' Data Potentially Exposed in Ransomware Attack
HelloFresh Fined £140K After Sending 80 Million Spam Messages
British Library Catalogue Back Online After Ransomware Attack
Senators Demand Probe into SEC Hack After Bitcoin Price Spike
Tool Identifies Pegasus and Other iOS Spyware
Majorca Tourist Hotspot Hit With $11m Ransom Demand
AI, Gaming, FinTech Named Major Cybersecurity Threats For Kids
NCSC Builds New “Cyber League” Threat Tracking Community
Iranian Phishing Campaign Targets Israel-Hamas War Experts
Tweet of the Week (42:01)
