Episode 344 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news that Grindr is being sued or sharing sensitive user data with third-parties. From there the team talk about news from the U.K, which shows that a third of 5-7 year old children already have their own mobile phones.

To wrap up, the team talk about news that Meta AI is now inserting itself into Facebook group chats, but it doesn’t always go to plan.

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• Grindr sued for allegedly revealing users' HIV status
• Ofcom: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones
• Meta's AI tells Facebook user it has disabled, gifted child in response to parent asking for advice

Episode 343 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast begins with news that Instagram is testing a tool to help tackle ‘sextortion’, or intimate image abuse. Following that, the team discuss how criminals are increasingly using A.I to defraud consumers out of their money.

The last two stories look at X and ransomware. The first story focuses on how X is automatically removing “twitter” from URLs, providing scammers with a real opportunity – finally, the last story looks at how some ransomware gangs are trying their luck at calling the front desk of businesses, to try to leverage payment out of them – however, it doesn’t always go to plan.

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• Instagram to test new tools to fight so-called sextortion
• Criminals ramp up social engineering and AI tactics to steal consumer details
• X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in users' posts, breaking legit URLs
• Ransomware gang’s new extortion trick? Calling the front desk

Episode 342 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast focuses on political news this week, kicking off with a story that China is being accused of using AI-generated content, in order to sow discontent in the upcoming American election. From there the team look news that YouTube is being accused of complacent in blocking malicious videos advertisements in the upcoming Indian elections. 

To wrap up, the team look at news that a spear-phishing / honey trap campaign is being orchestrated in UK parliament, with several members confessing to being targets – but who’s behind the attacks? 

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• China Using AI-Generated Content to Sow Division in US
• YouTube failed to block disinformation about Indian elections
• UK minister confirmed as 12th target in Westminster ‘honey trap’ scandal

Episode 341 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news that a data broker leak has revealed sensitive data about people who visited the infamous island. From there, the team discuss news that the UN peace keepers are being told to shore up their cyber-defences, after warnings that nation-state attackers are actively looking to target them.

To wrap up the team discuss look at a story which is itself baffling: one of the world’s most wanted men is leaving restaurant reviews on Google, and has done for the last 5 years. The second story is around Elon Musk’s Nuralink project, with the first ever patient using the tool to play Mario Kart with his dad.

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• Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker
• UN Peace Operations Under Fire From State-Sponsored Hackers
• Investigation finds Christopher Kinahan Sr left ‘digital trail’ of Google reviews
• I’m world’s first Neuralink patient