You know about the massive Takata airbag recall story, right?

No?! Maybe?

Well, we've got one helluva story to tell you. Takata was (keyword "was") a Japanese company founded in 1933 that started making airbags in 1988. At one time the company owned 20% of the market, and things were good. At least we thought things were good...

- Honda knew about more than 100 injuries and 13 deaths related to Takata airbags, starting in about 1998.
- In the Spring of 2013, recalls were issued. Not small recalls either, like 3.6 million cars.
- In June 2014, Takata admitted that their Mexican subsidiary mishandled "the manufacture of explosive propellants" used in their airbags.
- Later in June 2014, BMW, Chrysler, Ford, Honda, Mazda, Nissan, and Toyota all announced recalls. The reason? Takata airbags "could rupture and send debris flying inside the vehicle".

Let's stop for a second... What do you call something that uses an explosive propellant to launch a projectile (or "debris")?

It's called a gun.

In July 2014, a pregnant Malaysian woman was killed. A metal fragment sliced into her neck. (she was going 18 MPH).
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Late last year, Janett Perez, a U.S. citizen in Mexico was killed when a Takata airbag shot a metallic fragment into her neck too. Another car accidentally backed into her.

Today, millions of Takata ticking timebombs are still on the road.

More than 30 car manufacturers have been affected, and the NHTSA ordered an (ongoing) US-wide recall of more than 42 million cars (the largest automotive recall in U.S. history). Worldwide, the estimated size of the recall is roughly 100 million cars.

So what does this have to do with information security? Lots actually! The parallels include consumer ignorance, manufacturer negligence, regulatory ineffectiveness, and more. As we integrate technology more and more into our physical world, the parallels become even more frightening.

Let's have a truthful (and downright scary) talk about this shit tonight!

Join us LIVE @10pm CDT, August 26th.

Evan, Ryan, and Chris are sure to have one helluva discussion about this!