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.

data leak
The personal data for up to 14 million Verizon customers was discovered on an unprotected web server in late June by a cyber risk...
LabCorp Diagnostics, one of the biggest medical diagnostic companies in the U.S., disclosed that it was investigating a data breach that may have occurred...
Russian hacking
Russian hackers have successfully infiltrated the control system rooms of U.S. electrical utilities, the Department of Homeland Security announced earlier this week. Suspected hacking...
One of the world’s largest websites has announced a security compromise. Reddit, the self-proclaimed “front page of the Internet,” announced a security breach that...
pacemaker hack
Security researchers at the recent Black Hat and Def Con security conferences in Las Vegas have placed malware on pacemakers as a proof-of-concept hack...
Fax hack
It’s long been known that organizations need to exercise extreme caution when jettisoning old office equipment, especially if it has built-in memory—and that it’s...
Apple hack
A 16-year old private school student in Australia has pleaded guilty to hacking Apple’s network multiple times, downloading over 90GB of secure data from...
Russian hacking
Microsoft Corp. announced that it identified and took action against recent Russian hacking attempts ahead of the upcoming 2018 midterm elections. The attacks seemed...
DNC False Alarm
News of an attempted voter database hack announced earlier this week was a false alarm, the Democratic National Committee announced this morning. It was...
MyHeritage Data Breach
Wireless company T-Mobile suffered a data breach affecting more than 2 million of its 77 million customers. The breach resulted in the compromise of...