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...
Timehop data breach
Timehop, an app for archiving social media activities, was breached on July 4. The breach compromised data for 21 million users from the company’s...
Piracy
It's been a long compromise-filled road with billions of victims along the way, but businesses are finally embracing the need for creating a culture where good cyber hygiene...
dedox timeline
If you know anyone who maintains social media accounts and works in law enforcement, and they don't use an alias, send them this article....
Personal data theft
If the reports are accurate, a Florida-based marketing and data company exposed sensitive personal data belonging to 340 million records. The gravity of the...
data breach
Event ticketing giant Ticketmaster UK experienced an ongoing data breach affecting 40,000 people over the last several months, many of whom have since fallen...
Hackers may be in your phone right now (or your tablet). Think it’s not possible because your connected device is performing well? Think again....
data leak
If Facebook’s ongoing privacy woes become any more regular, clocks may soon become obsolete. This week’s (first?) news about the increasingly leak-prone company (or increasingly...
cyber insurance
South Carolina became the first state to pass a law requiring all insurance entities to create and maintain a cybersecurity and data breach response...
Chinese hackers
A Chinese hacking group called Thrip has begun a campaign to hack satellite, defense, and communications companies in the United States and Southeast Asia,...