Scott Schober, Cyber Security Expert, Talks Venmo Scams, Chipped Soccer Ball, Twitter

Both Segments: Scott Schober, Cyber Security Expert.

Scott N. Schober is the President and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems (BVS), a forty-year-old New Jersey-based privately held company and leading provider of advanced, world-class wireless test and security solutions. Schober also invented BVS’s cell phone detection tools, used to enforce a “no cell phone policy” in prisons and secure government facilities. Scott is a highly sought-after subject expert on the topic of cybersecurity.

Today’s Topics Include:

Soccer Ball Vladimir Putin Gave to President Trump Has Built-In Electronic Chip
https://youtu.be/9iPhCRthMVk
How Venmo users are vulnerable to hackers
https://youtu.be/OTnFR1IwjxU
Facebook’s stock market decline is the largest one-day drop in US history
https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/26/17619424/facebook-stock-market-decline-largest-ever

NSA has yet to fix security holes that helped Snowden leaks
https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/28/nsa-has-yet-to-fix-security-holes-that-helped-snowden-leaks/

Idaho inmates hacked prison tablets and stole $225,000
https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/27/inmates-jpay-tablet-hack-email-music-games-idaho/

Twitter reports a million fewer users as a result of ongoing crackdown on bots
https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/27/17620440/twitter-q2-2018-earnings-1-million-mau-fall-in-spam-crackdown

Uber and Lyft are facing a major crackdown in New York City
https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/27/17621344/uber-lyft-nyc-vehicle-cap-city-council
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