10 Oct 2024

Tech: American water company in cyberattack, Kiwi hearing

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 10 October 2024
American Water's headquarters in New Jersey.

Photo: Wikipedia

Cybersecurity specialist Tony Grasso joins Kathryn to talk about a cyber attack on American Water - one of the largest water and wastewater utilities in the US.

There's also been a data breach at NZ hearing clinic chain Bloom Hearing Specialists affecting thousands of customers, a crackdown by Europol on over 100 servers that have been linked to malware and Apple has released critical updates to fix security vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS.

Tony Grasso is Principal Consultant at cybersecurity firm TitaniumDefence. He worked at GCHQ in the UK and is a former Intelligence Officer in New Zealand.

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