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Risky Business #809 -- Hackers try to pay a journalist for access to the BBC

Risky Business

Published
October 1, 2025
Duration
39:28
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Last updated
Jun 7, 2026

Discusses On this week’s show Patrick Gray is on holiday so Amberleigh Jack and Adam Boileau hijack the studio…

Summary

On this week’s show Patrick Gray is on holiday so Amberleigh Jack and Adam Boileau hijack the studio to discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Hackers learn that trying to coerce a journalist just makes for … a great story? A man in his 40s gets arrested over the European airport chaos. Yep, we’re surprised, too. Adam fanboys over Watchtowr Lab…

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray is on holiday so Amberleigh Jack and Adam Boileau hijack the studio to discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Hackers learn that trying to coerce a journalist just makes for … a great story? A man in his 40s gets arrested over the European airport chaos. Yep, we’re surprised, too. Adam fanboys over Watchtowr Labs while bemoaning Fortra. Academics pick apart Tile trackers and find them lacking CISA tells agencies to patch their damn Cisco gear This epis