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Mar 2019
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Mueller finds no evidence of Russia coll...

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In today’s podcast, we hear that the  US Attorney General has reported to Congress the results of Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation. The basic finding is that there’s no evidence of collusion with Russian influence operations. ISIS no longer holds any ground. Expect it back in cyberspace. LockerGoga ransomware hits two chemical plants. FEMA mishandles more than two-million disaster victims’ PII. Notes on Cyber 9/12. And there’s a squabble for YouTube subscribers. Robert M. Lee from Dragos on their recent purchase of Next Defense and the subsequent open-sourcing of their tools. Guest is Rohit Sethi from Security Compass on the PCI security framework.

For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief:

https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/March/CyberWire_2019_03_25.html 

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