Welcome to the episode number 21 of the Authors of Mass Destruction podcast. My name is Natasha Bajema, aka WMDgirl on Twitter. I’m a fiction author, national security expert and your host for this podcast.
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- Personal update – Only two more episodes before I take a one-month vacation. I expect to be back on the air the Sunday after Labor Day and am planning to focus more on biological weapons this next season.
- Two headlines this week highlighting the convergence between hacking and digitization.
- “Bitpoint cryptocurrency exchange loses $32 million in hack,” published on July 12 on the verge.
- “Hacked Autonomous Vehicles: Who May Be Liable for Damages?”report published by RAND on July 12.
- The promises of autonomous vehicles – less traffic, less accidents, more convenient travel by road
- Autonomous or self-driving vehicles – if they have an accident, who is liable? If they are hacked, who is liable?
- Let’s get to the interview. This week, I talk to Kayla Izenman, a Research Analyst for the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at Royal United Services Institute in the United Kingdom. She has a BA in International Relations and has done internships at the U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of State. She’s recently co-written a report on North Korea’s use of cryptocurrency to fund its nefarious activities.