Episode #71: A Crypto Boss Dies With The Keys to 190 Million

  • 1:05:52
  • 11 February, 2019
  • 60.3 MB
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Host George Rettas and Co-Host Thomas Pageler review a variety of Cyber Security current events in the news, including the recent reported death of Gerry Cotten, the CEO of Quadriga who died unexpectedly in India on December 9th of last year. It is reported that Cotten held the majority of the $250 million in assets from 115,000 Quadriga users in cold wallets. He was the only person who held the keys to access a reported $190 million dollars in crypto currency. Rettas and Pageler also talk about the possibility of E-Voting coming to the U.S. and how the recent government sponsored bug bounties in Switzerland could impact E-Voting in other countries, as well as bug bounty business. The Cyber Security Radio Hosts also talk about the scare tactics used by vendors, the affects the government shutdown has had on the cyber security posture of various government agencies, and lastly they take a look at physical security as an effective mitigating control moving into the future.

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