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.

When Sen. Patrick Leahy (D- VT) gavels the Senate Judiciary Committee to order on Tuesday, four witnesses will sit before the esteemed Senators to...
To listen to some House Republicans at the Target hearing Wednesday, and the Senate Republicans on Tuesday, one would be forgiven for thinking that...
Regular viewers of MTV’s series “Catfish” (in which online-only, deceptive relationships are pulled into the real world, albeit with cameras running) might think that...
If some in the small business community thought to themselves, “better them than us,” after hearing that hackers had breached mega chains Target, Neiman...
I was on ABC News Radio yesterday right after news broke that the University of Maryland had suffered a major data breach involving information...
The storm of consumer-focused data breaches started off as intermittent downpours -- Choicepoint, TJ Maxx, SONY, LinkedIn, Twitter, Adobe Systems -- and is now...
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There is an Apple enthusiast I know – and I'm sure you have a similar friend – who used to gleefully brag about all...
Yesterday a cybersecurity firm reported that 360 million newly stolen credentials were available for sale on the deep web. The breach reportedly includes one...
For those who think I've been beating the war drums about data breaches a lot, take a look at this chart brought to you...
Watch an episode of SVU, Law & Order or CSI on TV, and you’re bound to hear about doctor-patient confidentiality in hushed, almost reverent...