Grab a cup of coffee and join Ryan Kovar, Mick Baccio, and Audra Streetman for another episode of Coffee Talk with SURGe. The team from Splunk will discuss the latest security news, including:

• The DOJ announces charges against two Chinese intelligence officers accused of trying to subvert a U.S. criminal investigation involving a China-based telecom.
• The FTC is taking action against Drizly, an online alcohol delivery service, for failing to take steps to protect consumer data.
• Why Text4Shell is not a Log4Shell-scale vulnerability.

Mick and Ryan competed in a 60 second charity challenge to share their take on the issue of victim-blaming for phishing attacks.

The episode ends with a deep dive on cyber threats ahead of the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 8.