Halloween special: Cybersecurity horror stories

It’s All Hallows’ Day, and we’ve still got Halloween on the brain. It’s that time of year when we tell the scariest stories we can – and for those in tech, there are none scarier than that of major cybersecurity incidents.In this episode, Rory and Jane talk to https://www.itpro.com/author/solomon-klappholz (Solomon Klappholz), ITPro’s cybersecurity reporter, about some of the spookiest cyber incidents of 2024 and what businesses can learn from these ghoulish tales.Footnoteshttps://www.itpro.com/software/global-it-outage-crowdstrike-falcon-believed-to-be-source-of-mass-disruption (CrowdStrike CEO confirms update "defect" as the source of mass disruption) https://www.itpro.com/software/millions-of-devices-bricked-and-dollar54-billion-in-losses-the-cost-of-the-crowdstrike-outage-continues-to-mount (Millions of devices bricked and $5.4 billion in losses: The cost of the CrowdStrike outage continues to mount) https://www.itpro.com/security/data-breaches/the-national-public-data-breach-exposed-nearly-three-billion-users-now-the-company-has-filed-for-bankruptcy (The National Public Data breach exposed nearly three billion users – now the company has filed for bankruptcy) https://www.itpro.com/security/data-breaches/national-public-data-breach-lawsuit-claims-nearly-three-billion-people-had-personal-data-exposed (National Public Data breach: Lawsuit claims failed to protect billions of personal records) https://www.itpro.com/security/data-breaches/23andmes-disastrous-data-breach-just-landed-it-a-regulatory-probe (23andMe's disastrous data breach just landed it a regulatory probe) https://www.itpro.com/security/data-breaches/23andme-risks-public-relations-disaster-as-it-blames-customers-for-data-breach (23andMe data breach response has been a public relations disaster as it blames customers for data breach) https://www.itpro.com/security/data-breaches/the-23andme-data-breach-is-getting-messier-by-the-day (The 23andMe data breach is getting messier by the day) https://www.itpro.com/security/world-economic-forum-warns-of-growing-cyber-insecurity-amid-heightened-threat-landscape (World Economic Forum warns of growing ‘cyber insecurity’ amid heightened threat landscape) Subscribehttps://apple.sjv.io/c/221109/473657/7613?subId1=itpro-gb-1243831151189624600andsharedId=itpro-gbandu=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fgb%2Fpodcast%2Fthe-itpro-podcast%2Fid1483810154 (Subscribe to The IT Pro Podcast on Apple Podcasts) https://open.spotify.com/show/7HpYehTy752KmtbwpOAgRZ (Subscribe to The IT Pro Podcast on Spotify) https://www.itpro.co.uk/newsletter-signup (Subscribe to the IT Pro newsletter) https://uk.linkedin.com/company/itpro-uk (Join us on LinkedIn) https://www.youtube.com/@itpro (Follow us on YouTube)