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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's “Weekly Breach Breakdown” for Aug. 7, 2026. I'm Alex Achten, vice president of media relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we review the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. This week, we will discuss some major Microsoft updates. Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_Follow on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 31, 2026. I'm Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to SentiLink for their continued support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week's topic hits a little close to home, literally. We'll be talking about our own devices – and how they may be listening to our conversations without our knowledge. Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_Follow on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IDTheftCenter
Mount Everest is 5.5 miles tall. Can you imagine a stack of paper that would be the equivalent of stacking 16 Mount Everests on top of each other? If you stacked every data breach notice issued in the first half of 2026, that is how tall the stack would be. Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 24, 2026. I'm Alex Achten, Vice President of Media Relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we review the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. Today, we are taking a deep dive into our recently released H1 2026 Data Breach Report. Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_Follow on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 17, 2026. I'm Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to SentiLink for their continued support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we're talking about people borrowing your face without permission, and then, three days later, realizing they were in the wrong.Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_Follow on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 10, 2026. I'm Tim Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their continued support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we are looking at one of the largest data exposures ever recorded, and it comes with a massive dose of irony. Researchers at Cybernews recently uncovered an open database holding a jaw-dropping 24 billion records, totaling more than 8.3 terabytes of personal information left completely unprotected on the web. Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_Follow on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, a podcast by the Identity Theft Resource Center, where we peel back the layers of the latest scams, fraud and identity threats. I’m James E. Lee, President of the ITRC. Can you spot the latest vacation scams? What do you need to know about them? Joining me today is Luis Corrons, a Security Evangelist at Gen and, as usual, the ITRC’s own CEO, Eva Velasquez. At least in the northern hemisphere, it’s officially summer, which means it’s also travel season for many people. It’s also prime scam season too. From fake websites to data breach-fueled phishing scams, the bad guys don’t take holidays like the rest of us. Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_Follow on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IDTheftCenter
Earlier this month, VRChat and Discord suffered data breaches…wait…or did they? Some are wondering! Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for June 26, 2026. I'm Alex Achten, Vice President of Media Relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we review the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. Today, we are going to look at two data breaches that…well…weren’t.Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/ Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_Follow on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for June 19, 2026. I'm Tim Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their continued support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we are looking at a significant shift in how artificial intelligence can be integrated into our daily lives. Specifically, bringing AI into our wallets. Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_Follow on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IDTheftCenter
Programs Officer, Mona Terry, reviewed the findings from the 2026 Trends in Identity Report by ITRC, which is supported by the ITRC’s Alliance for Identity Resilience Advisory Board.Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_Follow on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for June 5, 2026. I'm Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for their continued support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we break down the latest in data security and privacy, and this week, we have a story that's a little different. It's not about criminals targeting everyday people or businesses. It's about ransomware groups targeting each other. Grab your popcorn. Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_Follow on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, a podcast by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), where we peel back the layers of the latest scams, fraud and identity threats. This month, we're speaking with Cliff Steinhauer of the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA), one of the ITRC’s major partners. You can’t move around the internet or social media these days, or engage in just about any form of commerce, without running into artificial intelligence (AI). It’s only been three years since ChatGPT was released, launching the era of generative AI. Now we are rapidly moving into the next phase – Agentic AI. Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_Follow on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for May 22, 2026. I'm Tim Walden. Thanks to Sentilink for their continued support of the podcast and the ITRC.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we’re looking at a growing safety and fraud crisis in the gig economy, uncovered by recent investigations – Uber driver fraud. Hundreds of people are driving for Uber using stolen identities. Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_Follow on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IDTheftCenter
Did you receive a Canvas data breach notice? Do you want to know what happened and how it might impact you? We have all of those answers and more. Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for May 15, 2026. I'm Alex Achten, Vice President of Media Relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we review the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. Today, we will take a look at a data breach dominating the headlines: the Canvas data breach.Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@IDTheftCenter
for full-scale enforcement, and the bill for years of corporate neglect has finally arrived.Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_
Welcome to a special edition of the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown, the podcast where each week, we review the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. I'm James E. Lee, President of the ITRC, and we are going to talk about a conversation I had with Tom Kemp who leads the California Privacy Protection Agency, also known as CalPrivacy.Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/ Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/ Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, a podcast by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), where we peel back the layers of the latest scams, fraud and identity threats. This month, in honor of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and the release of our 2025 Annual Report, we speak with an identity theft victim to gain insights into victimization in the foster care system.Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_
How many data breaches did we see in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026? With 2025 being a record-setting year for data breaches, we can only go up, right? I will tell you! Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for April 17, 2026. I'm Alex Achten, Vice President of Media Relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we review the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. Today, we will examine our Q1 2026 data breach analysis. Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/ Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/ Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterFollow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for April 10, 2026. I'm Tim Walden. Thanks to Sentilink for their continued support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we are reporting on the recent RSA Conference, where the conversation was dominated by one topic: Artificial Intelligence (AI). While many were talking about all that AI can do, ITRC President James E. Lee was raising the alarm about what we’re leaving behind. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Is the dark web a myth? Where is all of this stolen data being stored? Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for April 3, 2026. I'm Alex Achten, Vice President of Media Relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we review the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. Today, we are going to dive into those two questions.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for March 27, 2026. I am Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for their support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy, including IRS scams targeting taxpayers this tax season. This week, we will discuss how tax season creates new opportunities for identity criminals and what that means for protecting your identity and personal data. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for March 20, 2026. I’m Tim Walden. Thanks to Sentilink for their support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the latest news and trends in data security and privacy. Today, we’re talking about something almost all of us have dealt with: those weird, silent phone calls from numbers you don’t recognize. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for March 13, 2026. I'm Alex Achten, Vice President of Media Relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we review the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. Today, we will discuss whether or not consumers are protecting data.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/ Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, a podcast by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), where we peel back the layers of the latest scams, fraud and identity threats. Today, we are diving into one of the most persistent threats facing people and businesses: government imposter scams. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for February 27, 2026. I am Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for their support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we’re taking a closer look at a recently uncovered online database containing billions of records, including a substantial number of Social Security numbers (SSNs), and highlighting ongoing concerns about legacy data breach risks. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for February 20, 2026. I’m Tim Walden, Communications Leader for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Valentine’s Day may have come and gone, but for some, Cupid’s arrow was carrying more malware than magic. This week, we’re talking about romance and relationship scams, the kind that start with sweet messages and end with broken hearts and empty bank accounts. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for February 13, 2026. I'm Alex Achten, Vice President of Media Relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we review the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. Today, we will examine the Marquis data breach. We are not referring to a high-ranking hereditary noble in the European peerage. Rather, the software solutions provider. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC’s) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. Last week, we published our 2025 Annual Data Breach Report by ITRC. ITRC President James E. Lee presented the findings at the Identity, Authentication and the Road Ahead Identity Policy Forum, hosted by the Better Identity Coalition, the FIDO Alliance and the ITRC. The 2025 Annual Data Breach Report by ITRC looks at the number of data compromises, the root cause of the compromises, the types of data compromised, trends, solutions and much more. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. This is the first episode of our seventh season, and we appreciate all of our long-time followers. We’re also glad to have all of our new followers along for the ride. This month’s episode focuses on how to prevent identity theft as it evolves. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 23, 2026. I am Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for their support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we will discuss how artificial intelligence, also known as AI, is reshaping cybersecurity and what that means for businesses and consumers when it comes to AI scams and identity misuse. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 16, 2026. I’m Tim Walden. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we’re talking about something privacy advocates have dreamed of for years — a delete button for your personal data. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 9, 2026. Happy New Year! We are excited to be back for Season 7 of this podcast. I'm Alex Achten, Vice President of Media Relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. I may have a new title this year, but the content on the Weekly Breach Breakdown remains the same. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we are going to take a look back at some of the cybersecurity 2025 headlines and then take the advice of rock band, “Boston” in their 1978 album – Don’t Look Back!Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC’s) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. We’ve once again come to the time of the year when otherwise normal businesspeople throw caution to the wind and turn to fortune-telling about what’s going to happen next year. It is time for the ITRC predictions for 2026. Before we gaze into the future, let’s blow the dust off the 2025 predictions to see how we did. Of the five predictions we made this time last year, we nailed five out of five, although at least one of those was the prediction equivalent of a card trick. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC’s) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. This week, we published our 2025 Business Impact Report by ITRC, supported by Mitek. Typically, on this podcast, we’d introduce a topic, a guest expert, and our CEO, Eva Velasquez. This month, we’re focusing on one of our signature reports, the 2025 Business Impact Report. In a webinar earlier this week, our President James E. Lee reviewed the Business Impact Report, which explores the impacts of identity crimes and cyberattacks on small businesses and solopreneurs.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for December 5, 2025. I’m Tim Walden, Communications Leader for the ITRC. Thanks to SentiLink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’re talking about a major Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cybersecurity policy shift that could affect nearly every phone call, text and data connection in the U.S. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Media Relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. A house of cards can look super cool when constructed well! However, while they may appear majestic to the eye as they tower higher and higher, they can also become unstable and collapse. I am not here to declare that AI will come crumbling down like a house of cards. However, reports suggest that the rapid development and deployment of AI may have created data security and privacy risks for those who use it.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for November 14, 2025. I’m Tim Walden, and thanks to SentiLink for their support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we’re talking about something that rarely makes headlines but is often a damaging form of identity and data crime: hidden identity and insider threats. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for November 7, 2025. I’m Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) search tools can be fooled by fake content, a form of AI manipulation that’s reshaping how systems learn and interpret information.I assume that we are all aware of how AI is reshaping how we access and process information. However, it turns out some of these “smart” systems aren’t as smart as we thought. In fact, new research shows that AI can be fooled easily. Think of it like your mom seeing an AI-generated photo of you and Michael Jackson on Facebook and telling all her coworkers that you actually met the Michael Jackson. The image looks so real that she believes it even though it’s completely fake. That’s exactly how some AI systems get “fooled” by realistic but false information. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. This week, we published our 2025 Consumer Impact Report by ITRC.Typically, on this podcast, we’d introduce a topic, a guest expert, and our CEO, Eva Velasquez. This month, we’re focusing on one of our signature reports, the 2025 Consumer Impact Report. In a webinar earlier this week, Eva reviewed the Consumer Impact Report, which goes beyond the basic financial implications of identity theft, fraud, and scams and explores the emotional and physical impacts as well as lost opportunities experienced by victims resulting from the crimes. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for October 24, 2025. I'm Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we will discuss pixnapping attacks. Never heard of it? Well, let us tell you.A team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, San Diego, the University of Washington and Carnegie Mellon University recently uncovered a new class of Android attacks that can steal sensitive information like multifactor authentication (MFA) credentials displayed by other apps and websites. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for October 17, 2025. I’m Tim Walden, Communications Leader for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today we’re talking about a serious NSA Popup Warning affecting iPhone and Android users. If you see certain popups on your phone, don’t just swipe away, they could be malicious. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Media Relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we will examine our Q3 2025 data breach findings.The last time we inspected the latest data breach trends was in our H1 2025 Data Breach Report. At that time, we were on pace to track a record number of compromises in 2025. Cyberattacks were the primary cause of data breaches where personal information was stolen. Sixty-nine (69) percent of data breach notices did not include information about the root cause of the attack. What changed in the third quarter of the year? The short answer? Not much. Let’s dive into the Q3 2025 data breach numbers.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRCs) Weekly Breach Breakdown for October 3, 2025. I'm Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we are going to break down a warning from the FBI about the phantom hacker scam making the rounds and the financial impacts it is having on consumers. Many people are familiar with the comic book hero The Phantom. In the very first Phantom story, the phrase “The phantom only warns once” was uttered to describe the uncompromising justice of the Ghost Who Walks and the finality of his warnings. There are no acts of justice or heroism to be celebrated regarding the type of phantom we are about to discuss. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 26, 2025. I’m Tim Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we’re discussing a new wave of tools designed to help us combat one of the oldest identity crime tactics: phone scams. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Research’s perspective is their Director of Cybersecurity, Tracy Goldberg. ITRC CEO Eva Velasquez also joins us to highlight the ITRC’s on-the-ground experience with victims.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 12, 2025. I'm Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we are going to talk about rats – not those medium-sized rodents, but rather different types of rats: remote access trojans. A rat can be many different things. It can be the furry rodents that some consider pests and others have as pets. It can also be a term to describe a deceitful person. Some may have heard the term “The Rat Race”, which is a metaphor for the cycle of competition for money, power and status in the pursuit of wealth and success – also a great movie from the 1960s. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 5, 2025. I'm Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we are going to look at how identity criminals are using QR code phishing in new attacks. Many of you probably have heard the phrase “Gone Fishing” before. For those who have not, “Gone Fishing” is another way someone might say one is absent, left or no longer present. It can also be an excuse for not being around. The hackers are not “Gone Fishing”; they are “Gone Quishing”. See what I did there? On a more serious note, that is the title of this week’s podcast because they are weaponizing QR codes in new “quishing” attacks. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. This month’s episode focuses on the hot topic of fake jobs. Chances are that sometime in the past week or this week, you will receive a text from someone claiming to be a job recruiter. It will be fake. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for August 22, 2025. I’m Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we break down the latest data security incidents making headlines. Today, we’re focusing on a recent incident involving Instagram that exposed sensitive information for millions of users through a little-known feature called Instagram Map. Earlier this month, Instagram rolled out a new feature called Instagram Map. The idea sounds harmless enough: a way to see your friends’ real-time locations, similar to Snapchat’s Snap Map or Apple’s Find My. However, here’s the issue: Instagram Map prompts you to share your precise location every time you open the app, even if you’re not posting. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown, supported by Sentilink. I’m James E. Lee, the ITRC’s President, and this is the episode for August 15, 2025. Each week, we take a look at the latest news and trends related to data security and privacy. For 20 years now, the CODB, along with the ITRC’s U.S. Data Breach Report (DBR) and Verizon’s global Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR), have been part of the triumvirate that looks at data breach costs by region around the world, along with how long it takes to find and fix a data breach. The CODB, along with the DBR and DBIR, are proof that those of us in the cybersecurity world love our acronyms. That makes this episode – LITTOB – Love in the Time of Breaches (with apologies to the makers of Love in the Time of Cholera). Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we are going to look at how a weak password at a large corporation led to the exposure of millions of people’s personal information, and explore good password practices. In the past on this podcast, we have joked about the password “123456”. It is a very weak password and, according to the 2025 Hive Systems Password Table, it would be cracked instantly by an identity criminal. This weak password provides no security, and while you’d think no one would use it today, it is still commonly used. In fact, NordPass reports that it is the most commonly used password worldwide, with a count of 3,018,050. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for August 1, 2025. I’m Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we examine the latest events and trends in data security and privacy.This week, we’re looking at an Amazon phishing scam that could impact more than 200 million Amazon Prime members. It’s the latest version of a phishing attack that tries to trick you into handing over your login credentials, payment information and more. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. You’ve probably heard of Ride or Die, one of those slang terms that seems to be everywhere at one time or another. Today, the phrase you can’t escape no matter how hard you try is artificial intelligence, or AI. That’s why we’re calling today’s episode “Ride or AI.” We discuss the impacts of AI. AI is already changing business and social norms and will continue to do so. What will be the impacts of AI on identity theft, fraud and scams? Who will be responsible for protecting people and businesses when AI makes a mistake? Which is the more likely scenario: a Star Trek-style all-knowing computer or Skynet from the Terminator? Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown, supported by Sentilink. I’m James E. Lee, the ITRC’s President, and this is the episode for July 18, 2025. Each week, we take a look at the latest news and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, the ITRC released our H1 2025 Data Breach Analysis that looks at what happened in the first six months of 2025 when it comes to U.S. data compromises. Let’s talk about the trends, but first, some housekeeping with some numbers: A total of 1,732 data compromises were reported in the first half of 2025, resulting in a little more than 165.7 million breach notices. That’s about five percent ahead of where we were at this time last year in terms of compromises. It’s also more reported compromises than at the halfway point in 2023, when we set the current high-water mark for data compromises. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we will take a deeper look at the works of a ransomware group that ITRC President James E. Lee discussed on the podcast just last month. We are discussing Scattered Spider attacks. Have you ever been bitten by a spider? It hurts so bad! The good news is that most spider bites are harmless. However, some are worse than others, especially black widow and brown recluse spiders. As James said in June, not all scary spiders are of the 8-legged freak. There is one that does not have eight legs and can inflict harm as nasty as a black widow or brown recluse bite. We are again discussing the ransomware group Scattered Spider, which continues to dominate the headlines and target companies.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
T customers and underscores the increasing complexities of data breach litigation. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. This week, we published our 2025 Trends in Identity Report by ITRC. The report examines trends based on contacts from victims and individuals seeking prevention information who have contacted the ITRC between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025. For the report, the ITRC examined the wide range of identity crimes, including identity theft, fraud and scams, as well as attempted crimes.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown, supported by Sentilink. I’m James E. Lee, the ITRC’s President, and this is the episode for June 20, 2025. Happy first day of summer! Each week, we take a look at the latest news and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we’re going to talk about a heads-up being issued by cyber threat researchers. However, we’re going to swerve into the rapidly changing cybersecurity policy landscape and ransomware group Scattered Spider – just for fun.If you ask an artificial intelligence bot how many people in the U.S. are afraid of spiders, it will tell you that up to 50 million people suffer from arachnophobia. I’m not one of them, but I’m close. With that said, not all scary spiders are of the 8-legged freak.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for June 13, 2025. I'm Alex Achten, Senior Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we will examine a data event that has dominated the headlines for the last two weeks, its implications for consumers and why it highlights the importance of passkey adoption. You’ve probably heard the phrase “the future is now.” There is a debate over the origin of this term. Some say it was from the back cover of Alvin Toffler’s 1970 book “Future Shock.” Some think its origins may be older, stretching back to a speech given by Robert F. Kennedy in 1966 or a similar phrase from Sir Austen Chamberlain in 1936. Regardless of who coined the phrase, it is relevant to our conversation today, as it pertains to findings recently discovered by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for June 6, 2025. I’m Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we examine the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. This week, we’re discussing a record-setting Google privacy settlement in Texas and what it means when states begin holding Big Tech accountable. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. This month’s episode focuses on whether or not the suspected fraud decline is real and if anti-fraud tools are working. After all the Memorial Day cookouts, proms and graduation ceremonies of the past week, you might have missed some news about cybercrimes, including identity theft, fraud and scams. Just before the long holiday weekend, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a report that noted the number of reported fraud and cybercrime victims experiencing financial losses had dropped. That’s in keeping with a report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the ITRC’s own victim impact report due out in a few weeks.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown, supported by Sentilink. I’m James E. Lee, the ITRC’s President, and this is the episode for May 23, 2025.Earlier this month, I did something I had not done since 2019: I attended the annual geek-fest that is the RSA Conference in San Francisco, which was dominated by discussions on machine identities and data breaches. I spoke on the root causes and impacts of data breaches at a cleverly titled session on “how to cause a data breach.” As it turns out, my host and I stumbled into one of the hot topics of the conference. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for May 16, 2025. I'm Alex Achten, Senior Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we will analyze the newly formed data privacy consortium. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for May 9, 2025. I’m Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we bring you the latest developments in data security and privacy. Today, we’re talking about a phishing campaign that’s both convincing and dangerous—Social Security scam emails. It could end with someone taking complete control of your computer. It starts with a fake email from the ‘U.S. Social Security Administration’ or SSA. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s President and this is the episode for May 2nd, 2025. Future U.S. president John Adams was defending British soldiers accused of opening fire on protesters in what would become known as the Boston Massacre before the American Revolution. In his defense, which was successful, he wrote: “Facts are stubborn things.” As was true in 1770, is still true today.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity compromise, crime and fraud that impact people and businesses. Listen on Apple, Google, Spotify, SoundCloud, Audible and Amazon now. Today, we look at benefits fraud. The massive fraud that has been documented in government benefit programs, much of it tied to compromised identity, has gotten material attention from both Democrats and Republicans. The previous Administration spent three years trying to craft an Executive Order focused on identity theft tied to government benefits, and the Trump Administration’s DOGE Commission has also started to highlight this issue. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for April 18, 2025. I'm Alex Achten, Senior Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we look at our Q1 2025 data breach findings.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for April 11, 2025. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we bring you the latest developments in data security and privacy. Today, we’re going to discuss something that is gaining more traction in the digital world: Chat GPT. More specifically, OpenAI’s new image generator, which is part of the ChatGPT family. If you haven’t heard, this tool can create everything from art in the style of the famous Japanese anime maker Studio Ghibli to images promoting Bitcoin investments. While the tool has gone viral for its creativity, it’s also raising some serious concerns about its potential for misuse, particularly in the hands of scammers.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s President and this is the episode for April 4th, 2025. It will soon be seven years since California’s landmark Consumer Privacy Act or CCPA was signed into law. Since that time, 19 other states have adopted their own versions of the CCPA and it’s companion Privacy Rights Act – known by it’s own set of letters, the CPRA.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity compromise, crime and fraud that impact people and businesses. Listen on Apple, Google, Spotify, SoundCloud, Audible and Amazon now. This month, we speak with an identity theft victim to gain insights into victimization. In this podcast, you will be listening in on a special conversation titled “Perspectives from an Identity Theft Victim.” In the session, which took place at the Identity, Authentication, and the Road Ahead Cybersecurity Policy Forum, ITRC CEO Eva Velasquez sat down with identity theft victim Linda Matchan of the Boston Globe to discuss her victimization experience. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for March 21, 2025. I'm Alex Achten, Senior Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Do we have any Taylor Swift fans that listen to the podcast? I am sure we do. If so, some of you probably attended the highly successful Eras Tour, jamming out to songs like “Miss Americana & The Heartbreak,” “Lover,” “Fearless,” and “Love Story.” You weren’t the only one taking in the tunes. Apparently, so were the bad actors due to a well-executed Taylor Swift ticket scam. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for March 14, 2025. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast. Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’ll discuss some of the most notable data breach exposures from February 2025, focusing on a breach that impacted millions of individuals and a couple of others worth noting. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s President and this is the episode for March 7th, 2025.Last month we talked about how many, if not most, data breach federal court lawsuits are dismissed on technical grounds before they ever get near a jury. This month we’re going to talk about those cases that do survive a motion to dismiss, but still don’t make it to trial because they are settled.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast, where we talk about all things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses. Typically, on this podcast, we’d introduce a topic, a guest expert, and our CEO, Eva Velasquez. This month, we’re listening in on “Identity Crimes Suck. So What Can We Do About it in an Era of Deregulation and Smaller Government?”, a special panel from the Identity, Authentication, and the Road Ahead Cybersecurity Policy Forum last month hosted by the Better Identity Coalition, the FIDO Alliance and the ITRC. Guests on the panel include Kemba Walden, President of Paladin Global Institute; John Breyault, Vice President of Public Policy, Telecommunications, and Fraud at the National Consumers League; Dan Lips, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity; and the moderator, ITRC President, James E. Lee.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for February 21, 2025. I'm Alex Achten, Senior Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we examine a rise in Economic Impact Payment text scams, also known as EIP text scams. I am not sure how many of our listeners have seen the 1996 film, Jerry Maguire. However, I am sure all our listeners have heard the well-known phrase uttered by characters in the film, “Show Me the Money!” That phrase is the title of this episode because we are looking at a new twist on an old scam where scammers are hoping that promises of money will trip up consumers.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for February 14, 2025. I’m Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast. Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’ll focus on the Delaware data privacy law and a recent shift in data breach accountability, particularly how states are stepping up to ensure companies are held responsible for protecting your personal information. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s President and this is the episode for February 7th, 2025. Anyone who has ever watched an episode of Law & Order, Suits, or Court TV is familiar with what happens when a defendant proves a criminal charge or a civil lawsuit is without merit. A very serious looking judge bangs their gavel and declares: Case dismissed! Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.This week, we look at The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2024 Annual Data Breach Report.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 24, 2025. I'm Alex Achten, Senior Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we will examine one data breach that likely impacted students across the country and another full of location data that threatens the privacy of millions.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 17th, 2025. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast. Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss a company I’m sure many of you have heard about or interacted with: T-Mobile. In a significant legal move, Washington State has filed a lawsuit against T-Mobile, alleging the telecommunications giant failed to secure the sensitive personal information of more than two million residents following a major data breach in 2021. This case highlights data security, consumer protection, and corporate accountability in an increasingly digital world.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s President – yep, I got a promotion for Christmas - and this is this the first episode of season six of our weekly podcast that looks at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy.This is the podcast for Friday, January 10th and today we’re going to look at what’s been going on in the wild and whacky world of data breach notices. OK, I exaggerated about latest news about data breaches being wild. Or whacky. But there is some interesting news on two fronts.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.I’m James Lee, the COO of the ITRC and we’ve once again come to the time of the year when otherwise normal business people turn into fortune tellers who try to prognosticate what’s going to happen next year. Joining us in predicting the future is Blair Cohen, Founder & Chief Evangelist at identity verification company AuthenticID, and a member of the ITRC Board of Directors, along with the ITRC’s own CEO, Eva Velasquez. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s COO and this is our final episode for the year, December 6th 2024.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today we’re going to broaden our focus a bit to talk about a copyright scam that’s primarily aimed at small businesses – including the ITRC – that is using some of the latest technology to commit fraud.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for November 22nd, 2024. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss a simple task that has only gotten more complex over the years: properly deleting an app.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for November 15, 2024. I'm Alex Achten, Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Do we have any Marvel fans that listen to the podcast? If so, you know the 2016 film “Doctor Strange”, a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses. I’m James Lee, the COO of the ITRC - thanks for joining us today.In the final week of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the ITRC published one of our signature reports – the Consumer & Business Impact Report….which we call our CIBIR report to play on Cybersecurity and Cyber crimes because….well…that’s just how we roll.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s COO and this is the episode for Friday November 1st, 2024.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today we’re going to talk about passwords…which ones are popular and how long it takes to break them.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for October 25th, 2024. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss threat detection tools and how their overwhelming number of alerts is inundating security teams.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/ Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses. I’m James Lee, the COO of the ITRC - thanks for joining us today.If you want to start a rousing debate about how to reduce the number of identity crime victims, just mention the use of biometrics as a way of proving you are who you claim to be. With identity crimes committed using stolen personal information on the rise, it’s a hot topic that often pits privacy against security.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s COO and this is the episode for Friday October 11th 2024.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today we’re going to look at the data breach trends for the third quarter of 2024 as well as the year to date trends.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for October 4, 2024. I'm Alex Achten, Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Throughout this podcast, we have discussed many scams, ranging from QR and AI voice cloning to Olympic and toll road scams. The latest scam to make the rounds is a perfect example of no low being too low for identity criminals. There are many different variations of funeral scams: Prepaid package funeral scams, impersonation scams and burial insurance scams, to name a few. However, have you heard of funeral streaming scams? We will discuss them.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity compromise, crime and fraud that impact people and businesses. Each year, there are certain signs that Fall has arrived. Pumpkin spice lattes show up at Starbucks, the World Series arrives without the New York Mets or Washington Nationals and October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/ Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 20, 2024. I'm Alex Achten, Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, I will talk about some of the top breaches in August, including the National Public Data breach.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s COO and this is the episode for Friday the 13th of September, 2024.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Let’s start this episode with an apology to all of you who suffer from Triskaidekaphobia. That’s the fear of the number 13. That’s also why we think of Friday the 13th as a bad luck day. It’s a notion that goes all the way back to the Middle Ages in Europe. But we’re here today to talk about another long-followed practice: Don’t shoot the messenger.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 6, 2024. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast. Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss a scam that's been around for a while but has seen a recent resurgence with a twist: QR code scams and, particularly, the parking meter QR code scam.Since the dawn of the Internet, links have always been part of the ecosystem. However, they have only recently jumped from our screens onto artwork, walls, stickers, and almost anywhere else in the form of QR codes. QR codes, or quick response codes, are the little black and white squares we've all been asked to take photos of to see the latest restaurant menu. However, recently, they've taken a darker turn.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity compromise, crime and fraud that impact people and businesses. Listen on Apple, Google, Spotify, SoundCloud, Audible and Amazon now. Normally, each month, we have a conversation with an expert in the field of identity and data protection, cybersecurity or privacy. This month, we feature a presentation from an identity fraud summit hosted by the ITRC and supported by Socure, highlighting research on how consumers view ID verification. Identity fraud has become a national security threat, resulting in $50+ billion in losses, with 400+ million victims suffering the fallout every year. As consumers continue to bring the most essential elements of their lives online, from banking to health care to public services, we must treat digital identity as critical national infrastructure. It is time to unmask the complexities of identity and work together to develop trusted identity processes that change the national narrative and put an end to attacks on U.S. consumers and businesses.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for August 23, 2024. I'm Alex Achten, Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, I will talk about the recent Cash App data breach settlement. We will discuss what it means for you, but first, let's look back at what happened that led to Cash App having to settle a lawsuit – or “score” to quote the title of this podcast.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink – and I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s COO. This is the episode for August 16th, 2024. Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy.Long-time followers know that I am a fan of Shakespeare. When we started this podcast about five years ago, one of the very first episodes was entitled A Breach by Any Other Name in honor of the quote from Romeo & Juliet: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for August 9th, 2024. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss something I’m sure you’ve heard about by now: Crowdstrike.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for August 2nd, 2024. I'm Alex Achten, Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, I am going to talk about two events that you have probably heard about all over the news, and what it ultimately means for our digital footprint. When you think of footprints, many things come to mind. It may be something inspirational and purposeful. Or it could simply be the thought of someone leaving shoe marks in the living room after not following your house rule of no shoes! A lot of people probably think of the popular song “Footprints in the Sand” by Leona Lewis. No matter what comes to mind, there is another footprint we should probably be paying more attention to: our digital footprint.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to The Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses. I’m Tim Walden, the Communications Leader for the ITRC.Normally, each month we have a conversation with an expert in the field of identity and data protection, cybersecurity, or privacy. This month we are featuring a presentation from the 2024 Identivation conference hosted by the ITRC and supported by Socure. This session, led by Eva Velasquez, President & CEO of the ITRC, follows two victims who tell their stories dealing with Identity compromise, how anyone can fall victim, and their difficult path to recovery.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. This is the episode for July 19th, 2024 and I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s COO. Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy.It’s July and the half-way point in 2024…and faithful followers of this podcast know what that means: a review of publicly reported data compromises and related trends for the first six months of the year. Buckle-up, because there’s a lot of interesting data to cover in five minutes or less.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 12th, 2024. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss the ransomware attack that affected Blackbaud and its numerous implications for the world of cybersecurity.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 3rd, 2024. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we update you on all of the contemplated state consumer privacy laws as legislators make their final push before adjourning for the summer.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast, where we talk about all things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.This week, we look at The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2023 Trends in Identity Report.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for June 21, 2024. Thanks to Sentilink for their support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we examine the Snowflake customer attacks, in particular, the Ticketmaster data breach.We’re rapidly approaching the mid-way point of the year when we publish a look at the data breach trends so far in 2024. That’s not this episode. But what we talk about today will have a big impact on what we do talk about in July. That’s because there are a series of cyberattacks leading to data breaches underway that may turn out to be one of – if not the largest – coordinated, supply chain attack in history.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for June 14th, 2024. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss the greatest ongoing show of global sportsmanship, the 2024 Summer Olympic games, and how identity thieves plan on trying to ruin the fun.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for June 7th, 2024. I'm Alex Achten, Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, I will give you the latest on a case about a hospital administrator involved in an identity theft scheme that spanned over 30 years.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. This is the episode for the last week of May 2024 and I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s COO. Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. We started this month talking about the possibility of a national privacy & data security law after the leaders of the House and Senate Commerce Committees agreed to a draft American Privacy Rights Act. A lot has happened since then…but there’s still a long way to go before any bill makes it to the president’s desk.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity compromise, crime and fraud that impact people and businesses. Listen on Apple, Google, Spotify, SoundCloud, Audible and Amazon now. In this month’s episode, we discuss identity crime changes with one of our own.“Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw wrote that when he wasn’t busy writing plays.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for May 17th, 2024. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss the most notable breaches from April and who was affected.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for May 10th, 2024. I'm Alex Achten, Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, I will discuss a new scam spreading like wildfire based on impersonating state tollway collection services.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. This is the episode for the first week of May 2024 and I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s COO. Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy.This week, we going to look at a surprise announcement that Congress may be nearing a compromise on a national privacy and data security law. The key words there are “may” and “nearing.” If our friend William Shakespeare were writing this update, this would be no doubt be Act II, Scene i, because this is just the opening round (scene one) of the second attempt (Act II) in this decade to pass a comprehensive federal privacy law.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for April 26th, 2024. I'm Alex Achten, Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, I will discuss how identity criminals targeted a LastPass employee in a failed deepfake CEO call. I will also provide an update on the much-talked-about AT&T data event that stems back to at least 2021.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for April 19th, 2024. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss Apple's recently launched Journal App and how it could leave your information vulnerable.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. This is the episode for the second week of April 2024 and I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s COO. Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy.This week, we dive into what happened with data compromises in the first three months of this year. As you may recall, we ended 2023 with the highest number of publicly reported data compromises in a single year since the ITRC started tracking breach notices in 2005. All forms of compromises, including breaches where personal information was stolen, totaled 3203 – a 72 percent increase over the previous record high set in 2021.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.I’m James Lee, the COO of the ITRC - thanks for joining us today. April 15th is not just the deadline for filing federal income taxes for individuals, it is a driving force each year for professional identity criminals and tax cheats alike. With about 10 days to file this year’s tax returns or an extension, it’s not too late to become of victim of tax-related identity fraud or avoid becoming one.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. This is the episode for March 29th, 2024. I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s COO and each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy.When it comes to cybersecurity these days, there’s one simple question vexing many people – especially CFOs – and that is this: If we’re spending more on cybersecurity than ever, why aren’t the number of cyber breaches going down?Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for March 22nd, 2024. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss a cyberattack against the UnitedHealth Group.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for March 15th, 2024. I'm Alex Achten, Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, I will discuss one of the most talked about topics in recent months – AI voice cloning scams. The rise in those deceiving scams gives a new meaning to the song "Voices Inside My Head," which debuted in the 1980's. I know I sang in my last episode…but not this time!Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenterTo read Kelcee Griffis’s story for Tech Brew and hear all the audio samples, click here: https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2024/02/02/ai-voice-cloning-robocalls-biden
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.I’m James Lee, the COO of the ITRC - thanks for joining us today. This is National Consumer Protection Week, an annual event led by the Federal Trade Commission to highlight the risks of consumers being a victim of fraud and the resources available to them to prevent or recover from fraud.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. This is the episode for March 1st, 2024. I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s COO and each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy.In history, theology, and literature there are lots of references to items being the “Keys to the Kingdom.” Some item that unlocks treasure or power or knowledge. Sometimes it’s a literal key and other times is a simple gesture or act of kindness.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.I’m Tim Walden and thanks for joining us today. This month’s episode takes us to the recent policy forum in Washington, DC, hosted by the ITRC, the Better Identity Coalition, and the FIDO Alliance – the latter two groups are dedicated to improving identity protection and verification.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for February 16th, 2024. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss a rise in scams involving a tool I’m sure you’re pretty familiar with: Google Search.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for February 9th, 2024. I'm Alex Achten. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, I will talk about how identity criminals are using artificial intelligence to improve English and commit attacks and crimes.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. This is the episode for February 2nd, 2024 and today, the role of James Lee – who is on the injured list - is being played by Tim Walden. Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’re going to catch up on the state of State privacy laws. It’s a rocky road – and not the ice cream kind – to providing privacy protections to all US residents.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.This week, we look at The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2023 Annual Data Breach Report.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 19th, 2024. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss the recent scam spreading on Facebook and other platforms.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 12th, 2024. I'm Alex Achten. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, I will discuss the evolution of Quick Response Codes – also known as QR codes – and give you the latest on the increase in scams around these digital barcodes.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown. This is the episode for January 5th, 2024 and it’s the beginning of our fifth season. Happy New Year and a thanks to Sentilink for supporting this podcast and the ITRC.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’re going to talk about FOMO – the fear of missing out. Specifically, we’re discussing the Attorney General of Michigan who, like many other people, is frustrated when they learn about a data breach from the news media and not from the company that was attacked.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.This week, we look at The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2024 predictions.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for December 8th, 2023. I’m Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of this podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss Apple’s latest feature, NameDrop, and how it will affect your online safety.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast, where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.This month, we are focusing on our latest paper: The Biometric Working Group Discussion Paper.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for November 17th, 2023. I'm Alex Achten. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, I will update you on a podcast we brought you over a year ago about Kochava suing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after a proposed complaint and settlement offer. I will also have the latest on the MOVEit data event and some of the top breaches in October.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for November 10th, 2023. I'm James Lee, and thanks to Sentilink for supporting this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we catch up on one of the most impactful cyberattacks in recent history – the attack against a widely used but not well-known by consumers, enterprise software. That’s why we’re calling this episode – Gone with the Solarwinds, named after the company targeted by Nation/State actors about this same time of year in 2020.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for November 3rd, 2023. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss data breaches, including third-party breaches that can affect personal information.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.Now, normally on this podcast we would introduce a topic, a guest expert, and our CEO Eva Velasquez. But this month, we are focusing on one of our signature Impact reports: The 2023 Business Impact Report.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for October 20th, 2023. I'm Alex Achten. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, I will give you the latest news on passkeys, a topic we have discussed for years here at the ITRC and on this podcast.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for Friday the 13th in October 2023. I'm James Lee and thanks to Sentilink for supporting this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’re going over the data compromise stats for the third quarter and year-to-date. If you’re afraid of heights…I suggest you hold on to something and don’t look over the edge.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for October 6th, 2023. I’m Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of this podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss how identity thieves use third parties to gain access to your information, like the recent cybersecurity issue that MGM Resorts International and other major casino brands faced.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to The Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses. I’m James Lee, the COO of the ITRC.This week, in a 2-part segment, we look at the Identity in Practice Report.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to The Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses. I’m James Lee, the COO of the ITRC.This week, in a 2-part segment, we look at the Identity in Practice Report.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 22nd, 2023. I'm Eva Velasquez. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting this podcast.Each week, you usually hear from James, Tim, or Alex on the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. However, today I want to share a message with you all on why we should take identity crime victimization seriously and the importance of comprehensive support for these victims.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 15th, 2023. I'm Alex Achten. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting this podcast.Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we will look at notable data breaches from August, with all of them coming from the MOVEit data event. This week's podcast title – "Breach of Trust" – comes from the Canadian band formed in 1994. While they have since changed their band name, it is an applicable title for this episode.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 8th, 2023. I’m Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of this podcast. Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss data breaches and how they’re affecting major retail brands, and your wallet.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 1st, 2023. I'm James Lee and thanks to Sentilink for supporting this podcast.
Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, since it's Labor Day weekend, we're going back to school. This is not the recurring nightmare you have of waking up back in your high school biology class where you didn't do your homework and your lab partner ditched you, so you have to present the homework you did not do all alone…not that I have any personal knowledge of such a thing.
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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.
This week, we look at The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2023 Consumer Impact Report.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for August 18th, 2023. I'm Tim Walden in for Alex Achten. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting this podcast.
Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we update you on the MOVEit data breach, which has become very complicated and continues to grow.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for August 11th, 2023. I’m Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of this podcast.
Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss a particular scam that’s rising in popularity, job scams.
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This is the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for August 4th, 2023. I’m James Lee…and thanks to Sentilink for supporting this podcast and the ITRC.
Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’re going to take a look at new data breach reporting rules from the US Securities and Exchange Commission and give you a peek into the hottest topic that the media keeps asking about from ITRC experts. We’re calling this episode – Rules & Rule Breakers.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 28th, 2023. I'm Alex Achten. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting this podcast.
Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we look at the rise in data compromises in the healthcare industry and highlight two specific medical data events that could get messy.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 21st, 2023. I’m Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of this podcast.
Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss the latest AI tool to take the stage, and this time, it’s not very user-friendly.
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This is the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 14th, 2023. I’m James Lee…and thanks to Sentilink for supporting this podcast and the ITRC.
Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’re going to take a look at the data breach trends for the first half of 2023. And to quote Captain Kirk in Star Trek – the JJ Abrams movie, not the original series – Buckle Up, Cupcake.
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Welcome to The Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses. I’m James Lee, the COO of the ITRC.
Last month in Part 1 of our series on the use of biometrics we focused on the different kinds of biometrics and the various uses for biometrics – in particular facial verification - comparing your face to a DMV photo in real-time to prove you are who you say you are to prevent identity fraud. That’s in contrast to the more problematic and complex practice of facial recognition which involves trying to identity someone among masses of photos – the tech equivalent of adding more hay to the haystack while looking for a needle.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for June 30th, 2023. I'm Alex Achten. Thanks to the generous support of Sentilink.
Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we look at one data breach that is already getting messy – and another involving retirement information via a law firm.
Listen to ITRC COO James E. Lee discuss the Oregon DMV breach with the Oregonian here: https://www.oregonlive.com/podcasts/2023/06/this-id-theft-expert-has-advice-for-oregonians-after-dmv-hack-beat-check-podcast.html
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Welcome to The Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses. I’m James Lee, the COO of the ITRC.
In this first of two episodes of The Fraudian Slip on biometrics, we’re going to try to sort the facts from science fiction. Joining us is Stephen Smith from Intellectual Technology Inc also known as ITI. Stephen is the Sr. Vice President of ITI, a company that provides software to motor vehicle agencies to increase speed, visibility, and security of transactions. And, as always, we also joined by the ITRC’s very own CEO – Eva Velasquez.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for June 16th, 2023. I’m Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of this podcast.
Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss the latest credit card phishing attempts targeting a trendy set of businesses: restaurants and diners.
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Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown. I'm Alex Achten…and this is our podcast for June 9th, 2023. Thanks to the generous support of Sentilink.
Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we look back at some of May's most notable data breaches. We will look at one particular breach involving a dental insurance company that has impacted hundreds of organizations and millions of individuals. And, no surprise to our regular followers…it was a third-party data breach.
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Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown. I’m James Lee…and this is our podcast for June 2nd, 2023, thanks to the generous support of Sentilink.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we recorded at the largest gathering of identity professionals in the US – the Identiverse conference in Las Vegas, where the focus is on how you prove a person is who they claim to be.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for May 26th, 2023. I’m Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of this podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll discuss the importance of strong passwords, passphrases and passkey protection.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.This week, we look at The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2022 Trends in Identity Report.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown. I’m Alex Achten…and this is our podcast for May 12th, 2023. Thanks to the generous support of Sentilink.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we focus on some of the top data breaches in April, as well as some trends we identified in the month, such as fourth-party data breaches – yes, fourth-party – and the far-reaching impacts of medical data compromises.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown. I’m James Lee…and this is our podcast for May 5th, 2023, thanks to the generous support of Sentilink.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’re going to talk about a trend you’ve heard mentioned here several times – a lack of actionable information in data breach notices. Let’s call this episode a Case of Hide and Seek.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
In Part 1 of our Fraudian Slip podcast series that looks back at the Summit, we shared a presentation from Linda Miller, former Deputy Director of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee and now Founder & CEO of The Audient Group, about frontline digital identity threats and trends. In Part 2 of our series, we share a panel discussion with Chief Information Officers (CIOs) of two states and from a federal government agency.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll be talking about the dangers of phishing and smishing attacks and how to avoid them.Fishing, with an “F,” is a long-lived pastime all across the globe. Some argue there’s nothing more peaceful than a day out on the lake, waiting for a bite. Well, there’s another kind of phishing, with a “ph,” that is guaranteed to ruin your day. Phishing attacks take advantage of a user’s information and goad them into clicking a fraudulent link, giving them access to the victim’s personal information. If you don’t want to get caught on someone’s hook, check out a few of our tips to stay safe.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/ Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
This is the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for April 14th, 2023. I’m James Lee.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’re going to take a look at the data breach trends for the first three months of this year, which in many respects, they look a lot like the trends in the last three months of 2022. But, that’s not necessarily a good thing.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for April 7th, 2023. I’m Alex Achten. Thanks to Sentilink for their support of the podcast.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we will look at the possibility of stricter rules regarding those in the private sector disclosing cybersecurity incidents and cyber expertise around corporate brands.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to The Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses. I’m James Lee, the COO of the ITRC.Normally, each month we have a conversation with an expert in the field of identity and data protection, cybersecurity, or privacy. This month we are featuring a presentation from a government identity fraud conference hosted by the ITRC and supported by LexisNexis Risk Solutions.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for March 17th, 2023. I’m Timothy Walden.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we'll be talking about how social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter are being targeted by identity criminals who are using various methods to gain access to user accounts.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for March 10th, 2023. I’m Alex Achten.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’re going to focus on some of the most notable data breaches from February, two of which highlight a troubling trend the ITRC continues to see involving a lack of information in data breach notices.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for March 3rd, 2023. I’m James Lee.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today we’re going to focus on data breaches and their impact on businesses. We’re going to start the conversation by turning to a time-worn phrase (or a Nat King Cole song, if you prefer) to talk about the rise in supply chain attacks. Here’s where the phrase (or song title) comes in: “Chances Are…” you do business with a vendor who has had a data breach, but did they tell you?Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for February 17th, 2023. I’m James Lee.Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Last week we turned over the podcast to Open AI’s GPT3 AI engine to talk about the high-level risks & rewards of Artificial Intelligence. I had every intention this week of moving on to another topic, but then this happened – Microsoft launched a version of its BING web search engine powered by OpenAI.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown podcast. I'm your host James Lee and I'm here to talk about the latest privacy issues and concerns surrounding artificial intelligence. AI has been a hot topic in the news lately, and while it offers amazing potential, it also carries with it some serious implications for our personal privacy. In this podcast, we'll discuss the privacy implications of AI, and highlight the potential dangers of using AI without proper security measures in place.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.This week on a special edition of The Fraudian Slip podcast, college students and speakers from the FTC will join Eva Velasquez, President & CEO of Identity Theft Resource Center, to discuss identity theft and scams directed at stealing students’ personal information and money. In a series of five podcasts, we’ll look at a variety of scams. In this episode, we’ll be covering financial aid and student loan scams.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.This week on a special edition of The Fraudian Slip podcast, college students and speakers from the FTC will join Eva Velasquez, President & CEO of Identity Theft Resource Center, to discuss identity theft and scams directed at stealing students’ personal information and money. In a series of five podcasts, we’ll look at a variety of scams. In this episode, we’ll be covering financial aid and student loan scams.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.This week on a special edition of The Fraudian Slip podcast, college students and speakers from the FTC will join Eva Velasquez, President & CEO of Identity Theft Resource Center, to discuss identity theft and scams directed at stealing students’ personal information and money. In a series of five podcasts, we’ll look at a variety of scams. In this episode, we’ll be covering job scams.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.This week on a special edition of The Fraudian Slip podcast, college students and speakers from the FTC will join Eva Velasquez, President & CEO of Identity Theft Resource Center, to discuss identity theft and scams directed at stealing students’ personal information and money. In a series of five podcasts, we’ll look at a variety of scams. In this episode, we’ll be covering impersonator scams.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.This week on a special edition of The Fraudian Slip podcast, college students and speakers from the FTC will join Eva Velasquez, President & CEO of Identity Theft Resource Center, to discuss identity theft and scams directed at stealing students’ personal information and money. In a series of five podcasts, we’ll look at a variety of scams. In this episode, we’ll be covering identity theft basics.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.This week, we look at The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2022 Annual Data Breach Report.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 20th, 2023. I’m James Lee.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week’s episode takes its title from J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan: “All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”That’s important this week as a series of cyberattacks and data breaches at highly recognizable brands are leading consumers, business leaders, and government officials to ask the same question: Can we trust the tech that is so engrained in our lives?Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 13th, 2023. I’m James Lee…and this is the first episode of our fourth season. Thanks for joining us for another year.Each week on this podcast, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. When last we left the data breach ranch before the holidays, all was quiet. We were on a glide path to end 2022 with a significant drop in data breach victims and a far cry from the record-breaking pace of compromises from 2021.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.I’m James Lee, the COO of the ITRC and I know we said two weeks ago that we were finished with podcasts for the year. But, in the spirit of the holidays, we’re offering this bonus edition of the Fraudian Slip to dig a little deeper into part of the conversation we had about instant payment & transfer apps like Venmo, Zelle, and Cash during our annual predictions episode.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.This week, we look at The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2023 predictions and how they point towards a rise in scams targeting specific ethnic groups with limited English proficiency.Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for November 18th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we review the data breach trends in a very important sector of our economy and society.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for November 10th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we look at a very important court decision that has been more than five years in the making that could have a profound impact on the collection and use of personal information. We’re calling this episode “Scraping By” for reasons that will become obvious in just a second.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for November 4th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to talk about five state privacy laws as we move closer to the day when those laws go into effect in 2023. All of these laws have similar, but not identical, requirements to give consumers more access and control over their personal information that businesses collect, use, share, sell, or store.
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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.
Now, normally on this podcast I would introduce a topic, a guest expert, and our CEO Eva Velasquez. But this month, as we did last month, we are focusing on our or our signature Impact reports. In September, our CEO Eva Velasquez reviewed our Consumer Impact Report that’s based on information gathered from victims of identity crimes and how those events have affected them both financially, but more importantly, non-financially.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for October 21st, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week – as Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues - we’re going to dig deeper into one of the statistics from the ITRC’s Q3 Data Breach Report we talked about last week. Specifically, phishing has been the leading cause of publicly reported data compromises for 15 straight quarters.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for October 14th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week – as part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month - we’re looking at the data compromises that were publicly reported in the three months that ended on September 30th – otherwise known as the Third Quarter.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for October 7th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re talking about the proposed regulations supporting a new state privacy law…in a state that isn’t named California.
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Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to discuss a case of dueling lawsuits over the sale of personal information.
The textbook definition of “what is news” has always been this: A dog bites a man is not news; a man bites a dog, that’s news! What that means for today’s episode is there is no news when the Federal Trade Commission takes action against a company selling personal information…but it’s big news when one of those companies sues the FTC.
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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.
Now, normally on this podcast, I would introduce a topic, a guest expert, and our CEO Eva Velasquez. This month, though, we're doing something a little different. This week, the ITRC published our Consumer Impact Report based on information gathered from victims of identity crimes and how those events have affected them financially, but more importantly, non-financially.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 16, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re talking about the first enforcement action taken under California’s Consumer Privacy Act, also known as the CCPA.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 9, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to talk about the new features in the latest iPhone and operating systems from Apple that will help protect your information. We’re calling this episode…Pass-key the privacy.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 2, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’re looking at a particularly effective kind of attack against businesses that has emerged in the past month or two that is leading to a lot of data breach notices.
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Welcome to The Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime and fraud that impact people and businesses.
For nearly 20 years, the ITRC has published reports about the impact of identity crimes on people. In 2005, we started publishing information about data breaches and the link to identity crimes. Last year, we published our first report on how identity crimes and cyberattacks impact small businesses and solopreneurs.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for August 12th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. There are two bits of breaking news today that deserve some attention: a major data breach that apparently we’re going to need a DNA test to find its parent…and word from the Federal Trade Commission that the agency may be ready to overhaul privacy regulations as we know them.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for August 5th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today we’re going to go phishing…not the kind where you use a boat…but the kind of cyberattack that is making something of a comeback. Phishing – in all its forms – has never really gone away – but who doesn’t love a good phish tale?
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 29th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. On our last episode we looked at how the Law of Supply & Demand impacted the going rate for stolen personal information in identity marketplaces. Supply is up, demand is steady, so prices are generally down. Inflation has not yet found its way into the illicit identity marketplaces
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 22nd, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re looking at the economics of stealing and selling identities – or if you will – the Supply & Demand for Your Data.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 15th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re looking to Bon Jovi for inspiration as we discuss the data compromise trends for the first six months of 2022. Like Tommy & Gina in Livin’ on a Prayer...we’re halfway there.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 8th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re talking about supply chains, and probably not the way you’re thinking.
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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.
Welcome back to Part II of our discussion of privacy laws. Last week we talked about the movement to pass comprehensive privacy laws at the state level. Five states have done so already – California, Virginia, Colorado, Utah, and Connecticut – with as many as a dozen more working toward the same goal.
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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.
More often than not these days, the conversation at work & home centers on data privacy – what personal information is collected about us, by whom, and how is it used? How is it stored and for how long? Who has access to it and is it sold to third parties?
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for June 10th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re talking about the bane of most people’s online existence – the password.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for June 3rd, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re taking a look at new research that points to a continuing challenge to preventing data breaches…the number of small businesses that don’t think they are likely to be attacked by cybercriminals.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for May 27th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re taking a look at a statement from a major federal regulator that looks innocent on its face…but could have far-ranging implications.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for May 20th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re focusing on one of those “ghosts in the machine” that make internet advertising work.
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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast, where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.
Here to help us learn more about the world of Biometrics is Simon Marchand, the Chief Fraud Prevention Officer for Nuance; and the ITRC’s own CEO Eva Velasquez.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for May 6th, 2022. I’m James Lee.
Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re focusing on new laws & regulations designed to improve privacy, security, and notice of a security or data breach.
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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.
Here to help us find the line between fact & fiction is Diana Rothfuss, a Principal, Global Product Marketer in the Fraud and Financial Crimes space for the SAS Institute; and the ITRC’s own CEO Eva Velasquez.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for April 15th, 2022.
Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week the ITRC published our analysis of the US data compromises reported in the first quarter of 2022. Before we get to the latest numbers, let’s briefly revisit what happened in 2021.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for April 8th, 2022.
Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. For the second time in a month, the US Congress has sent a bill to President Biden that will create new tools to help fight against the rising tide of identity crimes.
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Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week’s episode takes inspiration from one of my favorite scenes in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. After pursuing Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia…and failing to capture them…the commanding officer of an Imperial Star Destroyer volunteers to tell Darth Vader the bad news. The next time we see the officer, he is crumbling to the floor as Lord Vader walks away…muttering the title of this week’s discussion – Apology accepted, Captain Needa.
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Welcome to The Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.
This week on Fraudian Slip, Eva Velasquez, CEO of ITRC, turns the tables and takes over the Fraudian Slip!
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Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. In the 3rd century, Greek philosopher Sextus Empiricus wrote “The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind small” referring to the fact that the administration of justice takes a while. More recently, the saying has been updated to a more modern context of “The wheels of justice grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine” or the even shorter – “Justice delayed is justice denied.”
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- NOTE: On 3/14/22 the proposed Florida privacy law died in Commerce and Tourism
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Last week we talked about the possibility of Georgia’s legislature passing the strongest state privacy law in the country. Since then, two other states have moved closer to adopting state privacy laws, and a major federal regulator has put down a marker sure to get the attention of publicly traded companies.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for March 4th, 2022. I’m James Lee…and our podcast today is possible thanks to support from Experian.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This time of year, sports fans have shifted from football to basketball and soon to baseball. But there is another season that starts in January each year – legislative season when about half of the state legislatures are in session to take up the People’s business.
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Welcome to The Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime and fraud that impact people and businesses.
Here to help change that is Seth Sattler, Co-Founder of the Cryptocurrency Compliance Cooperative, a collaborative association that advocates for universally accepted compliance standards within the cash-to-cryptocurrency industry; and the ITRC’s own CEO Eva Velasquez.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for February 18th, 2022. I’m James Lee…and our podcast today is possible thanks to support from Experian. Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. We are nearing the two-year mark for the global pandemic sending most of the US workforce home spend to hours a day on Zoom calls. Which has given rise (finally) to some really bad puns about working from home – most of them are not remotely funny. Get it? Remotely funny…work from home…any way…
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for February 11th, 2022. I’m James Lee…and our podcast today is possible thanks to support from Experian. Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week I was looking through some news items when I came across this headline from the Washington Post: SEC is hopping on the Cybersecurity Bus. I will freely admit that my first thought was “Why does the Southeastern Conference care about cybersecurity?”
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for February 4th, 2022. I’m James Lee…and our podcast today is possible thanks to support from Experian. Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week also happens to be Identity Theft Awareness Week…which follows last month’s Data Privacy Week. Among the reports issued these past two weeks was the ITRC’s own annual data breach report that shows a number of troubling, but not surprising trends, including a dramatic increase in the lack of transparency about data breaches.
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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip…the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.
Joining us today to talk about what we all need to do as part of ID Theft Awareness Week is Kelle Slaughter from the Federal Trade Commission, the agency of the federal government with responsibility for helping consumers protect their privacy and identities; and the ITRC’s own CEO Eva Velasquez.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 14th, 2022. I’m James Lee…and our podcast today is possible thanks to support from Experian.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. As we move further into the new year, we’re getting a better picture of just how bad 2021 was when it comes to cybersecurity – and in ten days, we’ll find out how many data compromises we suffered last year. With report after report, year after year pointing to little or no progress against cybercrimes, it begs a question that Shakespeare raised in Hamlet, giving us today’s episode title, “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 7th, 2022. I’m James Lee…and our podcast today is possible thanks to support from Experian.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This is the first episode of our third season and a lot has happened since we last visited in late December. We are in the midst of another global cyberattack against an obscure, but near-universal software component known as Log4j. The Federal Trade Commission this week warned organizations it will take action if they fail to fix the flaw on a timely basis…similar to the $700M in fines and remediations aimed at Equifax following its 2017 security & data breach.
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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime, and fraud that impact people and businesses.
It's that time of the year where we predict what’s going to happen in 2022. Joining us to talk about what to watch out for in the next 12 months is Jason Kratovil from Sentilink and the newest member of the ITRC Board along with the ITRC’s own CEO, Eva Velasquez.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for December 10th, 2021. Our podcast today is possible thanks to support from Experian.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today we’re going to stroll down the list of the worst passwords of 2021. Password Manager provider NordPass publishes a list each year of the 200 easiest to break passwords in the world…a roster containing so many codes that can be broken in less than one second, we’ve named this episode PassWord Up with apologies to the 1980s band Cameo because far too many people are waving their “hands in the air like they don’t care!”
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Welcome to The Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime and fraud that impact people and businesses.
Joining us to talk about how you can protect yourself and your holiday haul from the Grinches that want to steal little Cindy Lou Who’s gifts and roast beast, is Julie Fergerson, the CEO of the Merchant Risk Council and the ITRC’s own CEO Eva Velasquez.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for November 12, 2021. Our podcast is possible thanks to support from Experian.
Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we explore a theoretical question: which would you rather be – a drug trafficker in 1992 or one of the ransomware operators in 2021. Don’t answer just yet because we are going to do the math.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for November 5th, 2021. Our podcast today is possible thanks to support from Experian.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Last week we focused on the findings from the ITRC’s inaugural Business Aftermath Report that shows how small businesses, including solopreneurs, are impacted by data & security compromises. In the entertainment business, the saying goes that there are no small parts, only small actors.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for October 29th, 2021. Our podcast today is possible thanks to support from Experian.
Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. And since this is the last business day of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’re going to focus on the latest ITRC report – our Business Aftermath Report - on how small businesses, including solopreneurs are impacted by data & security compromises.
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Welcome to The Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime and fraud that impact people and businesses.
Joining us to talk about cyberattack events and how you can protect your business, your family, and yourself is the ITRC’s CEO Eva Velasquez and Zarmeena Waseem, Director of Cyber Education at the National Cyber Security Alliance.
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Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, though, we turn to a different classic for inspiration – Bob Dylan - in honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This is time each year when we focus on protecting ourselves and others from the wide variety of identity attacks. That’s why we’re calling today’s episode: The crimes, they are a changin'.
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Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to look at the data breach trends for the third quarter of 2021 and we’re going to talk about a congressional hearing this week. That’s why we’re calling this episode – The ITRC Goes to Washington.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for October 1st, 2021. Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 24th, 2021. Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to revisit a favorite topic that’s been in the news lately - passwords.
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Welcome to The Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime and fraud that impact people and businesses.
Why should you freeze your credit? This month, September, we look at one of the most powerful weapons we have in the fight against identity crimes (one of the most under-utilized tools in our arsenal) and why it’s so important. We are talking about credit freezes.
Helping us explore the conundrum of credit freezes is the ITRC’s CEO Eva Velasquez and Tom O’Malley, a former federal prosecutor who has taken his experience as a victim of identity theft and turned it into Frozen Pii, a service devoted to making it easy to protect yourself with a credit freeze.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 10th, 2021. Each week we take a look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we’re going to talk about a data breach involving children and the special risks that are created when a child’s personal information is exposed.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 3rd, 2021. Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to #datasecurity and #privacy. Last week we talked about what it takes to file a successful lawsuit after a data breach.
This week we’re talking about what to do when your personal information has been exposed and you receive a breach notice and later when you get a notice after a data breach lawsuit has been settled.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for August 27th, 2021. Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy.
Today we’re going to dive into a subject we haven’t really explored before and for good reason; the legal concept of standing and what recent court rulings mean when it comes to the ability for data breach victims to sue for damages in federal courts.
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown for August 20th, 2021. Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today we’re going to talk about what is one of the most significant data breaches so far this year, T-Mobile, and what you should do in response even if you are not impacted by it.
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Welcome to The Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast where we talk about all-things identity compromise, crime and fraud that impact people and businesses.
This month, August, we look at the ever-changing landscape surrounding personal privacy, particularly protecting your privacy online in an economy fueled by personal data.
Helping us to navigate the troubled waters of online privacy is the ITRC’s CEO Eva Velasquez and Rob Shavell, Co-Founder and CEO of Abine, an online privacy company that makes tools for consumers that control what personal information companies, third parties, and other people see about them online.
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Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today we’re going to talk about the ever-increasing cost of data breaches including direct costs to businesses that are breached and the indirect expenses to consumers who are the ultimate victim of the breaches.
Mark Twain once wrote the “the cost of living hasn’t effected its popularity.” The same can be said of data breaches.
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Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today we’re going to talk about one the primary causes of cyberattacks that lead to data compromises – known, but unpatched software flaws.
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Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. On our last episode we talked about the dramatic rise in data compromises so far this year. Today we’re going to talk about the one-year anniversary of the state law that gives consumers a way to push back against data breaches – the California Consumer Privacy Act or CCPA.
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This month, July, we will look deeper into an issue that has dominated news headlines – unemployment identity fraud – and frustrated hundreds of thousands of identity crime victims. We are talking about the unprecedented levels of identity fraud that we have seen during the pandemic as people applied for various government benefits – ranging from unemployment benefits to small business loans.
Helping us explore the murky world of identity fraud is Eva Velasquez, president and CEO of the ITRC, and Naftali Harris, Co-Founder and CEO of SentiLink, a company that helps businesses reduce identity-related fraud.
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Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to look at the data breach trends for the second quarter of this year and what they tell us about how we may end 2021.
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Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to talk about those annoying cookie preference notices that pop up when you visit a website.
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This week we’re going to look into some new research that tackles an issue we’ve been pondering at the ITRC for a while now: What do people do when they receive a data breach notice?
Most people don’t know how many times they have been breached and even when they learn their information is in the wild, they don’t do much about it.
If you think you have been the victim of an identity crime or a data breach and you need help figuring out what to do next. You can speak with an expert advisor on the phone, chat live on the web, or exchange emails during our normal business hours. Just visit www.idtheftcenter.org
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On this month’s Fraudian Slip podcast, we’re going to dig into a trend that is impacting consumers, businesses, government agencies and other institutions. That trend is the steady growth of cybercriminals using stolen information to commit identity fraud. Helping us to make sense of how to prevent identity fraud is the ITRC’s CEO Eva Velasquez and Haywood J. “Woody” Talcove, CEO of LexisNexis Special Services, a leader provider of information used to mitigate risks.
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This week we’re going to talk about how your parents, grandparents, and teachers were wrong when you were young at least when it comes to cybersecurity. Sharing is definitely not caring especially when you’re forced to give up a piece of your internet bandwidth to your neighbors. We're talking about Amazon's new mesh network known as #Sidewalk.
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Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to talk about an emerging threat to data security…and by default, personal information…that most people are unaware it even exists. It’s part of the alphabet soup of tech terms that can seem like a cure for insomnia.
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Each week we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Most weeks we focus on some threat to privacy or a new cybersecurity risk. This week, we going to focus on something unusual – solutions to the seemingly endless race against cybercriminals.
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On this month’s Fraudian Slip podcast, we are talking about the evolution of privacy, data minimization, and their impact on consumers. Joining us today to talk about these issues is the ITRC’s CEO Eva Velasquez and Rick Davis, Sr. Vice President & Chief Privacy Officer for Synchrony, one of the leading financial services companies based in the US.
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. We’re calling this week’s episode “Too Fast, Too Furious” because of the pace, scope, and impact of identity compromising events over the past 45 days – some of which are still ongoing.
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to focus on the seismic event that happened in the data privacy world earlier this week.
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. In the movie version of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy Gale of Kansas, along with the Scarecrow and Tin Man are following the Yellow Brick Road through a dark and scary forest on their way to the Emerald City. They fear that wild animals are present as they chant: Lions! And Tigers! And Bears! Oh, My! Apply that principle to data security, and you get the title of today’s episode - “Data Breaches! Exposures! Leaks! Oh, My!
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For April, we’re going to talk about one of the hottest topics in the world of cybersecurity, privacy, and identity. Namely, the shift from what we think of as traditional identity theft to what is increasingly more common today – identity-based fraud.
This week we celebrated Identity Management Day to raise awareness of the importance of identity management, of securing digital identities, and sharing best practices to help organizations and consumers…Be Identity Smart.
Joining us today to talk about these issues is the ITRC’s CEO Eva Velasquez and Julie Smith. Julie is the Executive Director of the Identity Defined Security Alliance, the organization that hosted Identity Management Day.
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. President Harry Truman once said that if you put all the government experts in a straight line, they’d point in all directions. That might be a good title for this week’s episode where we look at the data compromise and cybersecurity trends for the first quarter of 2021.
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. Last week we talked about the FBI’s most recent cybercrime report that shows an exponential increase in cybercrime and the losses associate with it. Today, we’re going to talk about how you can assess what that really means for you or your business.
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today we’re going to take a stroll through the FBI’s annual report on cybercrime. It’s been 21 years since the Bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center or IC3 was formed to track cyber-crime.
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. Back in the early days of infomercials, there would invariably come a point in a television ad selling the latest knife or blender when the person making the pitch would stop, look earnestly into the camera…and shout, “but wait- there’s more!” And that’s the title of our episode today where we look at the latest changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act or CCPA and update you on a major data breach from 2019.
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’re going to talk about the challenges of doing just that – protecting data. The title to this week’s episode is: Don’t shoot the messenger.
Yet, this is the position where many businesses find themselves now as they are sending out data breach notices to customers – even though they did not cause the problem. A vendor did...
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This month, March, we will explore one of the key issues at the root of the tsunami of fraudulent unemployment benefit claims prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The level of benefit fraud has gone from truly unprecedented to staggering. ID.me CEO, Blake Hall, tells the Identity Theft Resource Center® on the monthly “The Fraudian Slip” podcast that unemployment benefits fraud could top $200 billion.
Blake Hall is the Founder and CEO of ID.me, the next-generation digital identity network that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with ID.me once and seamlessly login to more than 400 leading brands without creating a new password and verifying their identity again. Government agencies, healthcare organizations, financial institutions, and retailers use ID.me to verify the identity of customers. Blake was named CEO of the Year for 2019 by One World Identity. Prior to founding ID.me.
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to focus on state laws that are fundamentally changing the legal and regulatory landscape across the country. Under the new Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), consumers will have the right to access personal data that a business collects and uses about them and correct inaccuracies in that data.
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to talk less about security and more about privacy, specifically about major changes that are about to happen to mobile device privacy and how that relates to our travels around the Internet.
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to talk about what seems to be your average cybercriminals favorite pastime – phishing. Our newly released annual data breach analysis pointed out that 62% of cyberattacks that led to data breaches in 2020 involved phishing and ransomware.
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By the end of the 3rd quarter in 2020, more than 3 million people already had contacted the FTC. Of them, 916,215 reports – 30% of the total number of reports – concerned with identity theft. The FTC and the ITRC have both seen growing numbers of people reporting identity theft involving unemployment benefits, government stimulus checks, and other COVID-19-related areas. So what does all this mean for consumers?
Joining us today to talk about these issues is the ITRC’s CEO Eva Velasquez and Shameka Walker, the Identity Theft Program Manager from the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, DC. Now’s a great time for this conversation because the first week of February is Identity Theft Awareness Week.
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week is a replay from our webinar on Data Privacy Day, hosted by our partner the National Cybersecurity Alliance, where we revealed our new 2020 Data Breach Report including the top trends in cyberattacks. Download a copy of the ITRC's 2020 Data Breach Report here: notified.idtheftcenter.org/s/
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. Here, we are interested in the trends that impact consumers and businesses when it comes to data privacy and security.
And the first major report on those topics concludes that ransomware is now the single biggest cyber threat to businesses based on what happened last year. And if it’s a threat to businesses, it’s a threat to consumers.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of everyday life and one of the first changes in 2020 was the delay in the traditional income tax filing date. Soon thereafter millions of out-of-work Americans began to receive enhanced unemployment benefits and special small business loans. This caused an unprecedented spike in unemployment benefits fraud and what we now forsee will also impact the 2021 tax season.
Host: James Lee, ITRC COO Guests: Jim Robnett, Deputy Chief of the IRS Criminal Investigation Division and Eva Velasquez, ITRC CEO
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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. One of the trends that the ITRC has identified, and will explore in report this Spring, is the rise in the number of repeat data breaches, even as the overall number of data events is declining. And that leads us to the title of this week’s episode – Second verse, same as the first.
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This week we learned that a highly sophisticated attack was launched by threat actors believed to be affiliated with Russia’s state security service. The event that has turned the cybersecurity community on its head involves two of the largest and most widely used tech companies – FireEye, a cybersecurity provider – and SolarWinds – a software company.
If you have questions about how to protect your information from data breaches and data exposures, visit www.idtheftcenter.org where you’ll find helpful tips on this and many other topics.
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Each Friday we take a look at the most recent and interesting data events. This week, we’re going to look at one of the behaviors that is increasingly at the foundation of many, if not most, data compromises in 2020.
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The Fraudian Slip Podcast by ITRC - 2020 Holiday Shopping Season & COVID-19 - SMB Edition Host: James Lee, ITRC COO Guests: Gleb Reznik, CISO of Synchrony Financial and Eva Velasquez, ITRC CEO
Thieves go where the money is…which means there are lots of opportunities for bad actors to take advantage of consumers and businesses during the shopping season. We’re focusing on what will be certainly one of the most unusual holiday shopping seasons thanks to the dramatic shifts in online transactions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Fraudian Slip Podcast by ITRC - 2020 Holiday Shopping Season & COVID-19 - Consumer Edition Host: James Lee, ITRC COO Guests: Gleb Reznik, CISO of Synchrony Financial and Eva Velasquez, ITRC CEO
Thieves go where the money is…which means there are lots of opportunities for bad actors to take advantage of consumers and businesses during the shopping season. We’re focusing on what will be certainly one of the most unusual holiday shopping seasons thanks to the dramatic shifts in online transactions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ITRC CEO, Eva Velasquez and COO, James Lee took a look into their crystal ball and predict to see four of the most significant issues expected to impact identity crimes and compromises in 2021. Read the full predictions list here: https://idtheft.center/2021Predictions
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This is the full version of this podcast. Access just the consumer edition here: https://soundcloud.com/idtheftcenter/the-fraudian-slip-podcast-itrc-2020-holiday-shopping-season-covid-19-consumer-edition Or just the SMB edition here: https://soundcloud.com/idtheftcenter/the-fraudian-slip-podcast-itrc-2020-holiday-shopping-season-covid-19-smb-edition
Host: James Lee, ITRC COO Guests: Gleb Reznik, CISO of Synchrony Financial and Eva Velasquez, ITRC CEO
Thieves go where the money is…which means there are lots of opportunities for bad actors to take advantage of consumers and businesses during the shopping season. We’re focusing on what will be certainly one of the most unusual holiday shopping seasons thanks to the dramatic shifts in online transactions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Each Friday we take a look at the most recent and interesting data events. This week we’re going to talk about a significant data compromise involving something that most every adult has in their pocket – a driver’s license.
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Each Friday we take a look at the most recent and interesting data compromises. Today we’re going to talk about an all too frequent event in the world of data - repeating history.
In the context of data protection, repeating the same mistake can have significant consequences – which is why cybersecurity professionals tend to be singularly focused on preventing data breaches.
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Each Friday, we take a look at the most recent and interesting data compromises and the occasional privacy issue. This week, we're looking at the nation's toughest privacy law, the California Privacy Rights Act or “CPRA”, recently passed by California voters.
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Each Friday we take a look at the most recent and interesting data compromises. This week we’re going to look at two new research papers that show how consumers’ views of privacy and security are evolving in the US.
One report focuses on recent changes in consumer attitudes…and the second report takes a longer-term look at how privacy and cybersecurity views have changed in the 25 years since the modern commercial internet was born. Read more in our post: https://www.idtheftcenter.org/reports-show-consumer-privacy-and-cybersecurity-views-have-evolved/
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown where each Friday we take a look at the most recent and interesting data compromises.
It's important to remember all that glitters is not gold, especially when it comes to well-know brands being spoofed as bait in phishing attacks. One company has jumped to the top of the heap when it comes to fake emails and fake websites.
Data Breach Resources to Help Make Better Decisions - notified is the ITRC’s comprehensive database of information about publicly reported data breaches since 2005. Consumers and businesses use notified to help make informed decisions about personal and company data security. For more information about the latest data breaches, check out our new look at breaches with notified: notified.idtheftcenter.org/s/
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Host: James Lee, ITRC COO Guests: Crystal Sargent, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Invested Advisors, Inc. and serves on ITRC Board of Directors
One of the significant trends in 2020 is the shift by cybercriminals away from primarily stealing highly personal consumer information to using the data they’ve already stolen. Among those attacks are cybercriminals hijacking the unemployment benefits of people who may or may not be unemployed.
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Each Friday we take a look at the most interesting data compromises of the past week.
Not all data breaches are the result of professional cybercriminals hacking their way into a company. Sometimes, data compromises happen because of malicious insiders who are looking to make a quick buck. That’s what happened a few weeks ago to the popular online e-commerce platform used by small retailers and global brands alike…and that’s why we’re calling this episode - Shopify ‘til You Drop.
Tune in to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s newest podcast – the Weekly Breach Breakdown with host, James Lee, Chief Operating Officer.
Data Breach Resources to Help Make Better Decisions - notified is the ITRC’s comprehensive database of information about publicly reported data breaches since 2005. Consumers and businesses use notified to help make informed decisions about personal and company data security. For more information about the latest data breaches, check out our new look at breaches with notified: notified.idtheftcenter.org/s/
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