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Cyber experts start getting called into electric, water, pipeline, railway, and transportation hubs around the country. Hackers have found a clever way to embed in these systems, using a small, unsuspecting device in everyday Americans’ homes. And once these hackers get in, they’re not dropping the usual malware, or sucking much of any data out. Unlike their predecessors, these hackers are very careful to cover their tracks. It appears they’re just lying in wait. Sleeper cells waiting for marching orders. So what’s the trigger? And what happens if they pull it?

The General Manager of an electric and water utility in Littleton, Mass. gets a surprise call from the FBI. At first he suspects the caller is a spammer, but soon he learns the agent is very real. Chinese hackers are lurking deep in his utility’s systems. And his is not the only one. Hundreds of other power, water and pipeline operations across the United States are getting hit. These targets have little to no intelligence value at all. But their potential for sabotage? Enormous.

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Welcome to the Data Security Decoded podcast by Rubrik Zero Labs. In this episode, our host Caleb Tolin speaks with Joe Hladik, a veteran security expert with two decades of experience, to explore the evolving landscape of cybersecurity, incident response, and the critical challenges of data security in today's distributed environments.

During China’s pseudo-cyber-hiatus, the PRC’s hacking operations get a major overhaul. CCP leadership moves responsibility away from the sloppy, brazen hackers at the People’s Liberation Army to the far more stealthy, and strategic, Ministry of State Security. Gone are the “most polite” hackers in the digital world. Here to stay are the gunslingers – the elite of the elite in their field. In Episode 6, host and former New York Times cybersecurity reporter, Nicole Perlroth lays out what it looked like as China’s hackers went underground… and what we missed in Eastern Europe as they did.

For small organizations with limited resources, cybersecurity expert Pavlina Pavlova shares a powerful strategy: collect less data. Minimize what you gather in the first place instead of struggling to protect excessive information you don't actually need.

When healthcare systems are compromised by cyberattacks, women face disproportionate consequences. As primary caregivers and users of reproductive health services, they suffer more when these critical systems fail, explains researcher Pavlina Pavlova.

Attackers just need to succeed once to get your data. As defenders, we need to get it right 100% of the time. That’s why prevention is no longer enough. Let’s build a proactive strategy for securing your data wherever it lives! Subscribe to our channel to learn more about how Rubrik can help.

Cybersecurity expert Pavlina Pavlova reveals that healthcare breaches aren't happening because of sophisticated attacks, but due to basic security failures like missing multi-factor authentication, delayed patching, and phishing vulnerabilities.

Welcome to the Data Security Decoded podcast by Rubrik Zero Labs. In this episode, our host Caleb Tolin speaks with Pavlina Pavlova, a researcher and cybersecurity advocate focusing on data weaponization and its disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations. Pavlina defines data weaponization as using data to manipulate, deceive, coerce, or attack someone to inflict harm. Her research investigates why cyber attacks and their impacts often have gendered dimensions, with certain populations experiencing more severe consequences.