Episode 135 - Better After The Edit

<p><strong>This week in InfoSec (09:55)</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield</p><p>12th January 1996: Apple posts major loss</p><p>Apple Computer <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-01-12/business/9601120060_1_chief-executive-michael-spindler-apple-officials-analysts-and-investors">announces that it will post a US$68 million first quarter loss</a>. It also announces a restructuring plan to reduce the company by a thousand employees. This event leads to the resignation of Apple CEO Michael Spindler, who is replaced by Gil Amelio. Gil Amelio eventually purchases Steve Jobs’ company, NeXT, which leads to the development of Mac OS X as well as the return of Steve Jobs as Apple CEO.</p><p>9th January 2007: Apple introduces iPhone</p><p>Apple introduces the iPhone at Macworld. The phone wasn’t available for sale until June 29th, prompting one of the most heavily anticipated sales launches in the history of technology. Apple sold 1.4 million iPhones in 2007, steadily increasing each year to sell over 230 million in 2015 alone</p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week (17:25)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/11/royal_mail_uk_cyber_incident/">Royal Mail, cops probe 'cyber incident' that's knackered international mail</a></p><p>Royal Mail confirmed a "cyber incident" has disrupted its ability to send letters and packages abroad, and also caused some delays on post coming into the UK.</p><p>The postal service, and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre and National Crime Agency, issued similar statements about the IT SNAFU on Wednesday, with Royal Mail advising customers to stop sending international mail until it fixed the problem.</p><p>"We're experiencing disruption to our international export services and are temporarily unable to dispatch items to overseas destinations," the organisation <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalMail/status/1613208820456558600">tweeted</a>. "We strongly advise customers to hold any export item