TSB 148: Nation-State Actors go after cloud providers who have customers that have weak passwords

<p>Welcome to the security box, podcast 148. On this podcast, I may have a complete moron with a company, we&#39;ll have news, notes and more. The topic deals with passwords and it isn&#39;t looking that great. </p> <p><br></p> <p>&lt;h4&gt; Morons &lt;/h4&gt;</p> <p><br></p> <p>We stand in solidarity with you, Reddit users. Reddit is taking advantage of the situation just like Twitter did so many months before. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Apparently, Reddit has decided to do the same thing. One article says they&#39;re only charging $0.24 per 1,000 calls to their API, but people indicate its much different. The cost is $12,000 per month or roughly &lt;u&gt; up to $20 million per year &lt;/u&gt; according to some estimates. Here are the blog posts as of writing in regards to Reddit. </p> <p><br></p> <p>&lt;ul&gt;</p> <p>&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2023/06/11/accessibility-apps-will-be-free-for-api-use-on-reddit/&quot;&gt;Accessibility apps will be free for API use on Reddit &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;</p> <p>&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2023/06/08/reddit-communities-to-go-dark-on-june-12th-setting-themselves-to-private/&quot;&gt;Reddit communities to go dark on June 12th, setting themselves to private &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;</p> <p>&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2023/06/05/reddit-to-charge-12k-for-50k-calls-to-api/&quot;&gt;Reddit to charge $12k for 50k calls to API? &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;</p> <p>&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2023/06/14/its-official-apollo-shutting-down/&quot;&gt;Its Official, Apollo shutting down &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;</p> <p>&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2023/06/14/heres-an-ars-article-on-apollo/&quot;&gt;Here’s an ars article on Apollo &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;</p> <p>&lt;/ul&gt;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Van Nuys is not too far from where I live in a town called Woodland Hills. I go through there every time I take the bus. According to a KNX articl