What the Hack? Podcast
What the Hack? Podcast
What the Hack? Podcast
What the Hack? Podcast

Data Security

The latest on data breaches and cybersecurity and data security by Adam K Levin.

Multiple data breaches
Hacker Paige Thomson, main suspect in the recent Capital One data breach, may also be responsible for hacking as many as 30 other companies...
FaceApp
If you missed the news about Russian-owned FaceApp going viral, you've probably been vacationing on the coast of a dust pond on the dark side of...
Security researchers have announced the discovery of several election systems across the country connected to the internet that are vulnerable to hacking. As a security...
Russian election interference
A report from the Senate Intelligence Committee released last week concluded that the Russian government extensively interfered in U.S. elections from 2014 to at...
Siri eavesdropping
Consumer audio recorded by Apple’s Siri platform has been shared with external contractors. A whistleblower working as a contractor revealed that the company’s digital voice...
NSA Cybersecurity Directorate
The U.S. National Security Agency announced the formation of a new Cybersecurity Directorate earlier this week. Effective October 1, the directorate’a mission is will be...
Facebook
If ever the shrug wemoji belonged in a blog post, today is the day. The tech giant reached a $5 billion settlement for misrepresenting...
Equifax settlement
Equifax has reached a settlement for the 2017 data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers and personal information of nearly 150 million people. The...
Kazakh intercepting traffic
The Kazakhstan government is intercepting all HTTPS-encrypted internet traffic within its borders. Under a new directive effective 7/17, the Kazakhstan government is requiring every internet...
eavesdrop
Google employees and subcontractors are listening to recordings gleaned from Google Home smart speakers and the Google Assistant smartphone app. A report from Belgian news...