Scammers Arrested for Costly Fraud Scheme Targeting US Citizens

This week on Hacker And The Fed we interview Greg Van Houten of Haynes Boone and policyholderplaybook.com, a seasoned civil litigator who focuses on insurance recovery. We talk to Greg about the SEC's new cybersecurity disclosure rules, which went into effect this month. We also discuss a massive hack that went unreported, a train hack due to a vendor’s geofencing feature, indictments in an 80-million-dollar pig butchering scheme, and a MongoDB security breach.

Links from the episode: 

Greg Van Houten of Haynes Boone

policyholderplaybook.com

SEC’s cyber disclosure rules: Key considerations for the board, C-suite and risk managers. Authored by Greg Van Houten (Haynes Boone), David Franzel (NAXO), and Chris Tarbell (NAXO)

https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/secs-cyber-disclosure-rules-tips/700550/

The Biggest Hack Over the Last Few Years Has Gone Unreported

https://twitter.com/mattjay/status/1735046508242780575

Train Hack Due to Vendor Geofencing Feature

https://social.hackerspace.pl/@q3k/111528165627522619

Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them

https://www.404media.co/polish-hackers-repaired-trains-the-manufacturer-artificially-bricked-now-the-train-company-is-threatening-them/

Four Men Indicted in $80 million ‘Pig Butchering’ Scheme

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/14/pig-butchering-scam-results-in-four-indictments-two-arrests-doj.html

MongoDB Suffers Security Breach, Exposing Customer Data

https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/mongodb-suffers-security-breach.html

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