Episode 227 - Cookie Banners Update, Gold Heist After Cyberattack, US Secret Service Raids SIM Farm, Social Norms

PEBCAK Podcast: Information Security News by Some All Around Good People

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW)

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Cookie banners may disappear

• https://www.euractiv.com/news/commission-to-reduce-cookie-banners-in-simplification-push/

Thieves steal $600k worth of gold after cyberattack

• https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/09/17/thieves-steal-600-000-worth-of-gold-from-paris-s-natural-history-museum_6745485_7.html
• https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/gold-worth-600000-euros-stolen-in-paris-museum-heist/
• https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/bay-area-men-named-in-1-million-robbery-at-san-ramon-jewelry-store/
• https://mythresults.com/episode73

US Secret Service dismantles telecom threat

• https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2025/09/us-secret-service-dismantles-imminent-telecommunications-threat-new-york
• https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign-policy/3819278/us-bans-iranian-diplomats-shopping-costco/

Things that were rude but now acceptable

• https://business.yougov.com/content/48028-unacceptable-behaviors-for-people-at-the-movies-americans-have-their-say

Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

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