Hello folks, welcome to the next TSB, pprogram 266.

This week, we are going to talk about a 2025 story dealing with hundreds being detained and several ransomware strains being decrypted through tools available to the public.

The blog post leads to the article. The blog is titled 6 ransomware strains decrypted, hundreds detained which sparked some comment last podcast.

As part of discussion: Here we go again with more domains being registered, sits there with possible plans should be read from our November diatribes list.

We do have videos from Nick Espinosa which include items like the world cup being invaded by AI, breaches of the week, mobile phones being not very secure soon, and a question: Why does your supermarket need your biometrics? Preston Gaylor is along with comments as well.

When we were looking at blogs and articles, we saw something about a CSAM article that talked about a suspect who was involved in CSAM and actually getting some substantial jail time.

CSAM suspect jailed for close to 10 years is the blog post where I take this article apart.

Now to our question from last podcast. Did you get it correct?

The question last week was: Let’s get this Monday moving, Jared. You know how sometimes a name change can make everything feel new? Like when The Artist Formerly Known as Prince became a symbol, or when Dunkin’ ditched “Donuts” and got all minimalist on us.

Well, Mark Zuckerberg had a major rebrand moment, too, swapping out “Facebook” for “Meta” to match his metaverse vision. But in doing so, he triggered an awkward translation situation. Meta, in Hebrew, means what? A) Chaos, B) Nightmare, C) Dead or D) Broken. The answer is chilling at the end.

The answer: C) “Dead.” When Zuckerberg swapped “Facebook” for “Meta,” he might’ve been thinking “next-gen digital frontier,” but Hebrew speakers heard something closer to a funeral announcement. “Meta” sounds like the feminine form of the Hebrew word for “dead” (“מתה”), sparking a wave of memes and mock headstones.

Congrats to those who got this right! See you on another podcast coming soon and make it a great day!

6 ransomware strains decrypted, hundreds arrested, no end in site?