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.

Google +
Google announced that it will be shutting down consumer use of the long-ailing social platform Google+ after it was revealed that a security bug...
iPhone hack
Apple’s iOS 12 update includes a workaround that can allow a hacker to access a device’s photos and contacts without having the passcode to...
Facebook Breach
Facebook has had a hard year, and it just got worse. The company announced that it was compromised, and 50 million users were affected....
An email server containing “sensitive but unclassified” data belonging to the State Department was breached, the government agency announced earlier this month. The information...
Email server vulnerability
Email systems used by some county election officials lack rudimentary security settings and are vulnerable to hacking, according to a recent survey conducted by...
The first major piece of cybersecurity legislation to address vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices has passed in California, and is ready to...
The Government Accountability Office released a report detailing last year’s massive Equifax data breach and how hackers were able to infiltrate the company’s systems...
Adam Levin spoke with Columbus Business First at BizJournals about the recent cyber attack which hit an Ohio property management group. "Companies should be very...
Only 34.5 % of the approximately 500 professionals responsible for compliance to the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) report maintaining practices...
British Airways hacked
On the heels of last weeks news that Air Canada suffered a breach affecting thousands of customers, British Airways announced a major breach affecting...