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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 29

In this podcast, Jeff and Dave discuss the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica debacle, hackers making bomb threats, and more.

Jeffrey Esposito
March 22, 2018

In this week’s edition of the Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I looked to stay on our usual podcast format, covering four or five stories in 20 minutes or less, but we got a bit sidetracked by the latest Facebook news. After the deep dive, we offer some thoughts on hackers sending bomb threats to schools, a lottery hack, and a PSA about Elon Musk imposters on Twitter. Below are links to the stories we discuss:

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