CYBER

Hacking Digital License Plates

Encrypted app for criminals Cipher is rebranding to go above-board, California has got new digital license plates with strange security implications, a researcher made deepfaked demands for a refund to Wells Fargo, and the American military is trying to ply Gen Z gamers with sweet sweet streams. On today’s Cyber, we’re playing catch up with Motherboard reporter Joseph Cox. Stories discussed in this episode: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxn9vx/researchers-track-reviver-digital-license-plate-gps-location" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Researchers Could Track the GPS Location of All of California’s New Digital License Plates</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5ve7q/ciphr-app-rebrands-as-mode-onyxcorp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ciphr, Encrypted App That Served Organized Crime, Rebrands as Enterprise Software</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkg94v/deepfake-voice-do-not-pay-wells-fargo-refund" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Researcher Deepfakes His Voice, Uses AI to Demand Refund From Wells Fargo</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/ake884/us-army-pay-streamers-millions-call-of-duty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">U.S. Army Planned to Pay Streamers Millions to Reach Gen-Z Through Call of Duty</a> We’re recording CYBER live on<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Twitch</a> and<a href="https://www.youtube.com/motherboard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> YouTube</a>. Watch live during the week.<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Follow us</a> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show. Subscribe to<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</a> or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Matthew Gault talks every week to Motherboard reporters about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.