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.

Collection #1
A gigantic trove of email addresses and passwords containing over 2 billion records has been discovered online. The breached data, dubbed “Collection #1” by...
Credit union phishing attempt
A phishing campaign targeting credit unions and other financial institutions recently found its way into the email inboxes of anti-money laundering officers. Credit unions and...
Adam Levin on CBS This Morning
Adam Levin was on a recent episode of CBS This Morning to discuss a police officer accused of using federal databases to prowl for...
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...
iphone hack
Researchers at Google announced the discovery of a hacking campaign that used hacked websites to deliver malware to iPhones. Project Zero, Google’s security research team,...
Ecuador data leak
A misconfigured database has exposed the personal data of nearly every Ecuadorean citizen, including 6.7 million children. The database was discovered by vpnMentor and was...
In the second episode of Third Certainty, Adam Levin explains how consumers can protect themselves in the aftermath of the Capital One data breach.
Peekabo Data Leak
An unsecured database discovered online has leaked thousands of baby photos and videos.  Bithouse, Inc. left unprotected and accessible online an Elasticsearch database containing nearly...
Avast data
Avast will phase out Jumpshot, a subsidiary that sells user browsing data gleaned from its antivirus and security products.  “I – together with our board...
e-skimming
For the last few years, cybersecurity experts have been sounding the alarm on something called e-skimming. In this kind of attack, hackers intercept payment...