What was the cause of the worst cyber event in history? In Watchtower Weekly, we unpack how a small bug in Crowdstrike software caused an outage apocalypse across the globe. 🌎💻 Agony Aunt Roo also answers all your security woes in #Ask1Password.

Plus, we welcome back friend-of-the-show Geoff White, for story time as he gives a peek into his latest book: Rinsed. Settle in, as Geoff reveals how much technology has revolutionized money laundering, from drug cartels washing their cash in Bitcoin to organized fraud gangs recruiting money mules on social media. 💰🤑

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CrowdStrike IT outage affected 8.5 million Windows devices: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpe3zgznwjno
A Windows version from 1992 is saving Southwest’s butt right now: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/windows-version-1992-saving-southwest-171922788.html
School gets an F for using facial recognition on kids in canteen: https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/24/essex_school_facial_recognition/

🎙 Guest Interview - Geoff White

📚 Rinsed on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0241624835
📚 Rinsed Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/rinsed-how-tech-is-revolutionizing-money-laundering-geoff-white/7618854
📲 Follow @geoffwhite247 on X: https://twitter.com/geoffwhite247
👉 Visit: https://geoffwhite.tech/

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