Episode 167 - The Special Guest Star Episode

<p><strong>This week in InfoSec (10:26)</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield</p><p>17th June 1997: A group of users organised over the Internet cracked the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Encryption_Standard">Data Encryption Standard</a> — the strongest legally exportable encryption software in the United States to that point — after only five months of work. The United States at the time banned the export of stronger encryption software out of fear that it would be used by terrorists, but companies designing the software claimed such restrictions were worthless because foreign countries offer much stronger programs. The US eventually relaxed certain restrictions but to this day still claims to exert authority over encryption technologies under the commerce clause. </p><p>17th June 1983: The movie "Superman III" was released. Gus Gorman lands a data entry job at Webscoe Industries, hacks into its computer systems, and funnels all of the half-cents into his next check, accruing $85,789.90. This type of crime would later be named "salami slicing".</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1405615484091916294">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1405615484091916294</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week (15:16)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/21/dna_testing_company_ftc_complaint/">FTC accuses DNA testing company of lying about dumping samples</a></p><p>The Federal Trade Commission has alleged that genetic testing firm 1Health.io, also known as Vitagene, deceived people when it said it would dispose of their physical DNA sample as well as their collected health data.</p><p>To make matters worse, the FTC also alleged in a consent order made public last week that the company didn't secure the information properly, and further, that it changed its privacy policy retroactively without properly notifying or getting consent from people whose data the company had already collected – people who had