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 glitch
Google announced a glitch that stored unencrypted passwords belonging to several business customers, a situation that had been exploitable since 2005. In a blog post...
First American Data Leak
First American Financial Corp. left hundreds of millions of sensitive financial documents unprotected on its website dating back as far as 2003. The security hole,...
Game of thrones
HBO's hit series Game of Thrones is now history, but it will live on in the hearts, minds and social media interactions of its...
Quest data breach
Quest Diagnostics, a leading American clinical laboratory company, announced today that 11.9 million patients may have been compromised in a vendor-related incident. A statement released...
Photo leak
At least 11 million public and private photographs were found on an unsecured database connected to an online photo sharing service. Researchers from VPNMentor discovered...
Russian troll activity
Online activity by Russian trolls in the lead-up to the 2016 election was significantly more widespread than initially estimated, cybersecurity firm Symantec concluded. Symantec announced...
Bad at Cybersecurity
If you're like most people, you feel confident and well-informed about online security, and if you're like most people you have absolutely no reason to...
Evite breach
Online invitation service Evite notified users about a data breach of user data that included names, usernames, email addresses, passwords, and mailing addresses. The company...
Election security obstruction
A bill that would provide a billion dollars to states for election security was blocked by Senate Republicans. The Election Security Act, proposed by presidential...
Equifax prison
The former CIO of Equifax has been sentenced to prison for selling his stock in the company before news of its 2017 data breach...