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.

credential stuffing
Dailymotion is a Paris-based video-sharing rival of YouTube. The site gets about 300 million unique visitors a month who watch an estimated 3.5 billion videos. While that's...
The U.S. Federal Government should pass legislation protecting citizens’ privacy online, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO study...
facebook ftc fine
Facebook’s long string of privacy scandals may (finally) have some meaningful repercussions by way of a multi-billion dollar fine from the Federal Trade Commission....
Facebook in the EU and UK
As Brexit looms, the UK and the EU can still agree that Facebook needs to be reined in. A report published earlier this month...
Chinese surveillance
According to a recent report, information from a leaked database revealed the extent to which China is tracking its citizens, particularly its Uyghur and...
DNS hacking
The infrastructure at the core of the internet is vulnerable to attack from state-sponsored hackers, its governing body warned.  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names...
eero / Amazon
The sitcom "Happy Days" was pretty much doomed when the Fonz, wearing swim trunks and a leather jacket, stepped into that waterski and jumped...
Adam Levin on CBS This Morning
Adam Levin was on a recent episode of CBS This Morning to discuss a police officer accused of using federal databases to prowl for...
Citrix
Citrix, a major network software company, had its internal network compromised by what appears to be an international hacking campaign. The company was alerted to...
IoT security
Congress proposed a bill to improve the security of internet-enabled devices called the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2019. The bipartisan legislation...