Suspicion of Chinese hardware manufacturers continues. EU diplomatic cables leaked. Hiding out by dumbing down. Facebook data-sharing. NASA PII exposed. Parrot uses Alexa to advantage.

In today’s podcast we hear of more international skittishness about Chinese hardware manufacturers. Information operations in Taiwan’s elections. EU diplomatic cables hacked, rehacked, and published. Dumbing down cyber craft as a form of misdirection. More Facebook data-sharing practices come under scrutiny. NASA PII exposed; investigation continues. And did you hear the one about the parrot, Alexa, Amazon orders, and sappy dance tunes? Jonathan Katz from UMD describing security improvements in the Signal messaging app. Guest Michael Doran from Optiv with tips on protecting your organization from ransomware. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/November/CyberWire_2018_12_19.html Support our show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices