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.

Equifax Data Breach
Until murky details are cleared up, follow best practices for protecting personal information Equifax needs to start answering questions, fast. And this better be a turning...
Credit lockdown
When Equifax announced the historic data compromise that exposed the sensitive personal information of up to 143 million consumers, the company said victims would have access...
From mid-May to July, 143 million U.S. consumers were more vulnerable to hackers than usual. Or rather, they were actively vulnerable. Equifax, one of the...
The announcement of a sixth subterranean nuclear test has the world talking about how to contain the threat of a nuke-ready North Korea, but...
If you're one of those folks who believed that "it will never happen to me," when it comes to identity theft, the hack of...
As political battle lines are drawn over the case of Edward Snowden and the NSA's sophisticated program of electronic surveillance, it's easy to forget...
For those of us who care about privacy, these past seven days have truly sucked. With relatively little fanfare in the midst of a cacophonous...
Last week I expressed my concern over efforts in Congress to delay, defang and ultimately defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. I called upon...
There was a time, when the World Wide Web was young, that many entrepreneurs counted on the idea they could make money the old-fashioned...

Bin Phishin’?

Phishing
Last week, the President and Commander in Chief announced something many Americans had been anticipating (though less and less, as time passed) for nearly...