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.

One of the most discussed topics of this year’s election cycle is how best to protect the elections themselves from hackers and other outside...
Chinese airline hack
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific discovered a data breach that compromised the information of more than 9 million passengers, the company announced last week. It...
A network-wide infection of Russian malware at the U.S. Geological Survey was traced back to a single employee’s viewing of pornographic content on the...
Chinese aerospace hacking
The U.S. Justice Department announced charges against ten Chinese intelligence agents for hacking into computer systems belonging to U.S. and international companies to steal...
Stuxnet
The Israeli evening news Hadashot reported that Iran “is again facing a attack, from a more violent, more advanced and more sophisticated virus than before.”...

FIFA Hacked Again

FIFA hack
The international soccer league FIFA announced it had been hacked earlier this year and is bracing itself for a potential data breach. This latest...
Facebook
Facebook announced in a blog post on November 5th that it blocked 115 accounts on its platforms after being informed by law enforcement that...
The Girl Scouts of Orange County has sent out letters warning almost three thousand members that their personal information may have been compromised in...
Cyber Risk
The American business and financial services company Moody’s will start factoring risk of getting hacked into their credit ratings for companies. The move is...
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reported a potential new partnership between Apple and the Department of Veterans Affairs that would give military veterans...