Summary

Progress' MOVEit File Transfer software had a vulnerability exploited by the ransomware gang CL0P. Millions of Americans have had their information exposed, including 4 million who had their SSN, Home Address, Income, and Medical information leaked. The number of companies effected continues to increase, and the last count made two weeks ago had the number at just under 500.

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Sources:

https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/moveit-breach-timeline/687417/

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/clop-gang-steals-personal-health-data-of-4-million-in-colorado-breach

https://cybernews.com/news/td-ameritrade-moveit-data-breach/

https://www.smartbank.com/privacy-policy.pdf

In this episode we discuss what we can learn from 7 eBay employees pleading guilty to stalking and cyberstalking charges. eBay employees targeted an elderly couple running a blog, eCommerceBytes, which published a critical article of then eBay CEO Devin Wenig's salary. What happened next is hard to believe!

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Article Referenced:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/investigation-ebay-employees-stalk-harass-couple-60-minutes-transcript-2023-03-26/

Summary

1) Tape over your camera, plug in a mic lock, and get a privacy screen

2) Use VeraCrypt for your external Hard Drive and any files on your computer

3) Use Linux: Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, or Mint

4) Use Brave Browser with uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger

5) Delete all apps, except for Monero Wallet, VeraCrypt, Brave, Tor, and KeyPassXC

Contact

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Links

I do not have any sponsors or affiliates! These are just my recommendations from personal use.

Test Your Browser Privacy (*I miscalled it CoverMyTracks): https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

Mic Lock: https://mic-lock.com/

VeraCrypt: https://www.veracrypt.fr/code/VeraCrypt/

Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/download

Pop!_OS: https://pop.system76.com/

Mint: https://linuxmint.com/download.php

Monero GUI Wallet: https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/

KeyPassXC: https://keepassxc.org/download/

Tor Browser: https://www.torproject.org/download/

Top 5 computer privacy tips for beginners:

1) Download KeyPassXC [https://keepassxc.org/] – Use a unique password for every online account, and make sure each password is at least 20 characters. Go as high as you can, but make utilize diversity in length, i.e. 50 vs 48 vs 46.

2) Create a Protonmail [https://mail.proton.me] email account that does not use your name as the address.

3) Create a Simplelogin account [https://simplelogin.io/]. Create a new email for every account.

4) Get a VPN and use it everytime you use the internet.

5) Remove all your files, except your KeyPassXC database, from your computer.

"According to reports, 91% of all attacks begin with a phishing email to an unsuspecting victim." - [https://www2.deloitte.com/my/en/pages/risk/articles/91-percent-of-all-cyber-attacks-begin-with-a-phishing-email-to-an-unexpected-victim.html]

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This is the first episode of the Privacy and the Devil podcast. Throughout this podcast, we will explore privacy through politics, philosophy, economics, technology, and religion. Styrbiorn von Cleef introduces himself, the intent of the show, and what will make this privacy podcast unique.

For email inquiries, reach out to contact@privacyandthedevil.com