This Week in Getting Hacked: See Something, Say Something Edition

Well, well, well—it’s time once again for the world’s greatest cybersecurity link roundup: This Week in Getting Hacked!

On to the links!

-North Korea and South Korea aren’t the best of friends, and by that I mean North Korea hates South Korea and South Korea is all like, “What did we ever do to you?” Anyways, it’s long been suspected that North Korea has been launching numerous cyberattacks on South Korea and finally the good people of South Korea have proof in the form of the malicious codes used by NK hackers to access their systems. North Korea responded by saying, “Excuse me? What about our track record of being the worst country in the world would make you think we did it?”

-Has your company been hacked? Well, if you share that info with your fellow corporations and the government, you can get protection against lawsuits for disclosing that data. Here’s a quote: “Companies have resisted providing data to the government about hacking attacks out of concern they could be sued if they accidentally included private information about their customers.” That’s definitely a concern, but now this puts some liability on the companies to make sure that info doesn’t leak when they do share that data. Also, something about anti-trust lawsuits, but those don’t matter, right?

-A new and improved ‘Aaron’s Law’ has been reintroduced to reform CFAA hacking laws. This is good.

-After reports from cybersecurity researchers about the potential hacking threats on airline WiFi, the FBI is warning the FAA to keep a look out for ‘suspicious activity’ in regards to people trying to hack into an airplane. SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.

-And eighth grader was charged with a felony for ‘hacking’ into his teacher’s computer to change their background. This is going to be a strong take, but I think that eighth grader deserved it. (Not really).

-As our world moves even more towards the digital, the big threat is the security of the infrastructures of our cities. People are going to be able to hack into traffic lights, crosswalks, power grids and other utilities. With one click on the keyboard, someone could shut down all the water, or change it so that every light is a red light, backing up traffic for miles. So, basically what it’s like living in LA.

See you next week!