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Jan 2020
42m 21s

Love, lucky dips, and 23andMe

Graham Cluley & Carole Theriault
About this episode

The man who hacked the UK National Lottery didn't end up a winner, Japanese Love hotel booking tool suffers a data breach, and just what is 23andMe planning to do with your DNA?

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Thom Langford.

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Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.


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Special Guest: Thom Langford.

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