Episode #154 - Ring and Alexa Privacy Violation Charges, Battle Under the Waves, Toyota Customer Data Exposed, Tessa Offline

It's 5:05! Daily cybersecurity and open source briefing

Hey, it's 5:05 on Thursday, June 1st, 2023. From the Sourced Podcast Network in New York City, this is your host, Pokie Huang. Stories in today's episode come from Edwin Kwon in Sydney, Australia, Katy Craig in San Diego, California, Ian Garrett in Arlington, Virginia, Kadi Grigg in Alexandria, Virginia, Marcel Brown in St. Louis, Missouri.

Let's get to it.

Amazon Faces Ring and Alexa Privacy Violation Charges

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia ↗

Amazon faces $30 million fine over Ring, Alexa privacy violations

Battle Under The Waves: Undersea Cables

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California ↗

Exclusive: China plans $500 million subsea internet cable to rival US-backed project | Reuters

U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves - over internet cables

Cloud Service Misconfigurations Expose Toyota Customer Data

🇺🇸 Ian Garrett, Arlington, Virginia ↗

Toyota finds more misconfigured servers leaking customer info

Tessa Now Offline

🇺🇸 Kadi Grigg,Alexandria, Virginia ↗

US eating disorder helpline takes down AI chatbot over harmful advice | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian

Sharon Maxwell on Instagram: “It is beyond time for NEDA to step aside. If I had accessed this chatbot when I was in the throes of my eating disorder, I would NOT have…”

This Day in Tech History

🇺🇸 Marcel Brown, St. Louis, Missouri ↗

http://thisdayintechhistory.com/06/01