Adam Levin
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Consumer advocate. “What the Hack with Adam Levin” podcast. Author of Swiped. Co-founder , and founder @CyberScout
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The IRS never calls, nor would a legitimate official threaten a taxpayer. Learn more about the IRS imposter scam:
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NEW EPISODE:
@alfranken
joins fellow SNL alum
@larainenewman
with a cameo by
@SiriouslySusan
(the real Siri) on What the Hack.
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@realDonaldTrump
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@realDonaldTrump
Sir, you have no soul. And you have no family values. To Americans they are core beliefs. To you they represent a punchline. Her grandmother did not win by not seeing her granddaughter.
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@washingtonpost
@realDonaldTrump
I fail to see the humor in election meddling. You’ve just humiliated those working tirelessly to make elections more secure. Rather than defend democracy, Trump jokes with Putin - The Washington Post
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Beware of FAKE CEOs sending emails to payroll offices requesting employee info including SSNs. Learn more:
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STUDENTS, beware! Fraudsters are tricking students & demanding they pay a “federal student tax”. Learn more:
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@thehill
I applaud the Senate for passing a bill to deny US entry to those who would meddle in our elections. When will Mitch McConnell actually allow Senators to vote on legislation to better secure our election system from foreign meddling?
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@realDonaldTrump
I am curious as to why we have heard nothing from you personally in response to reports of the mega breach of US Government agencies.
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@MalcolmNance
on
@Lawrence
tonight when discussing Chinese and Russian spies eavesdropping on
@realDonaldTrump
when he calls friends and “advisors” using non-government iPhone - Your cellphone is “an intelligence aggregator.”
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@nytimes
IMHO, If Bill Barr thinks America’s going to Hell, he should know since he’s the Devil’s Advocate.
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With all due respect, whoever doesn’t find this situation disgraceful and dangerous is clueless.
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Is Mark Zuckerberg’s rebranding of Facebook an attempt to downplay negative publicity or the first steps toward a larger vision of the future?
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It’s easy to overspend with a credit card, but it’s easier for someone else to empty your bank account with a debit card. On a recent episode of the What the Hack
#podcast
, I explain why you should always use credit when buying anything online.
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Four widely installed browser extensions have been caught collecting a lot more data on its millions of users than they are intended to, including your detailed browsing history.
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NEW EPISODE: Misinformation is the ultimate hack. Check out this week’s episode to find out how it works.
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NEW EPISODE:
@CharlieCW
tells us a disturbing story about a young woman who scammed an entire community.
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@realDonaldTrump
- “Mueller investigation was an attempted coup. But we beat ‘em!” Well, that’s like saying “Russian hacking, what hacking?”
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Hey everyone! Good news 🎉🚨🎉🚨🎉 Our episode with
@alfranken
has been nominated for a Webby Award!!! Please vote for us:
#Webbys
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Help me here. It’s “cancel culture” for MLB to refuse to play All-Star game in Georgia in protest over restrictive new voting law but the regressive law designed to suppress the vote - which led to the protest - is not. Curious
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NEW EPISODE: Think you can spot misinformation? Learn from one of the best with this week’s guest,
@TheDailyShow
correspondent
@roywoodjr
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NEW EPISODE: This week on What the Hack, we talk to Jake, a world-traveling journalist who runs afoul of a sextortion scam. Now available wherever you get your audio.
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@realDonaldTrump
If only you were as concerned about protecting US from disinformation campaigns, election system hacks and cyber attacks on critical infrastructure as you are about making July 4th DC event into a
#Trumpganza
- The Washington Post
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Perhaps we can focus on actual facts rather than “alternative facts” kids. Thank you Michigan Department of State: SOS - False claims from Ronna McDaniel have no merit
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@MollyJongFast
Feels like a GEICO commencial, no? Complaining about the lack of witnesses when your party voted not to allow witnesses. Surprising!
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@realDonaldTrump
Didn’t you say during your 2016 campaign, “Wikileaks. I love Wikileaks?” via
@nytimes
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NEW EPISODE: This week's episode of What the Hack features Noah, who ran afoul of scammers when trying to buy a boat. Hear his story of skullduggery averted, and learn how be like Noah when it comes to online scams.
#podcast
#whatthehack
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NEW EPISODE: This week’s episode on sextortion is a must-listen for parents.
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Scammers are using confusion about Obamacare to rob people of their hard earned cash. Learn more about this scam:
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@realDonaldTrump
Doubtless with have his Twitter finger at the ready! via
@nytimes
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I shared with
@CBS
this morning my thoughts on Leonel Marines, a former Florida police officer accused of using federal databases to prowl for women. It's a violation of privacy, ethics, and code of conduct of every police department.
#cyberstalking
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Outages, whistleblowers, alleged data breaches and worse have made this a very bad week for Facebook. Here’s what we know for sure.
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NEW EPISODE:
@MalcolmNance
is a signals intelligence guy. In other words, not the best target for a scam.
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NEW EPISODE: The former Chief of Staff of the Secret Service pulls back the curtain on an international counterfeit credit card fraud ring.
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We need to fight disinformation campaigns regardless the source. And disinformation that leads to threats against election officials is not what America or Americans should be about. Why are we doing Putin’s work for him?
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NEW EPISODE: If you think you’re too smart to get scammed, psychologist
@profsimons
has a bridge to sell you.
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Remember when Facebook was known for being a harmless way to connect with people and not its insatiable appetite for data?
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NEW EPISODE: Sometimes the best stories are the ones we can’t tell. But sometimes we tell them anyway.
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NEW EPISODE: So you found the perfect pet? It might be a scam.
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NEW EPISODE: This week, we speak with Ed, who found himself locked out of his Facebook account but saw no other indication of foul play -- until he noticed an unfamiliar email address attached to his account. Now available wherever you get your audio.
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If we only put as much energy into strengthening our defenses against ransomware attacks, as the clown show is putting into worthless audits of audits, in an election that is over as per sane people on both sides, imagine the progress.
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@realDonaldTrump
There is that pesky co-equal branch thing. Shame that democracy & American people end up as collateral damage. Trump to Dems: No deals on infrastructure, drug prices until they drop investigations via
@USATODAY
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We’ve entered a new phase in cybersecurity that is literally life and death, where any number of hacks can be used for the very worst purposes. It’s never been more crucial to get your cybersecurity in order.
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@nypost
is even criticizing
@realDonaldTrump
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@TuckerCarlson
calling a Black member of the
#USCapitolPolice
who risked their lives v the mob on 1/6 “an angry, left-wing political activist” is akin to Trump saying he trusted Putin more than US Intelligence. Alternate universe my friends.
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"Consent is the bedrock of ethics. Datasets built on non-consensually obtained data present a clear risk to owners and users of that model."
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FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center published the 2019 Internet Crime Report which reveals that cybercrime was behind individual and business losses of $3.5 billion as shown by the 467,361 complaints received during the last year:
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NEW EPISODE: Can you spot a jury duty scam? Listen to this week’s show.
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Facebook has now explicitly said that it will refuse to fact-check misinformation and disinformation as American heads into the 2020 election.
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@LokkerPrivacy
CEO Ian “They’re Watching You” Cohen wants you to be much more paranoid than we do (and we want you to hide under a rock). Listen to this week’s episode to learn about all the creepy trackers watching everything you do online.
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NEW EPISODE:
@JackRhysider
of
@DarknetDiaries
talked to us about the weird world of NFTs. Now available wherever you get your audio.
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“[Putin] cultivated a strongman image for decades, yet not only is he unable to stop the cyberattacks and leaks hitting his government and key industries, he’s the one causing it to happen.”
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Facebook “is literally fanning ethnic violence” in countries like Ethiopia and Myanmar, according to a whistleblower.
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As the next presidential election approaches, I've found myself thinking about the potential for a well-produced
#deepfake
video: a video that has been significantly altered using digital means. Read my article on the threat.
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Before you buy that fancy new gadget this holiday season, consider the implications for your
#privacy
:
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Top investors in SolarWinds, the Texas-based company whose software was breached in a major Russian cyberattack, sold millions of dollars in stock in the days before the intrusion was revealed.
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@realDonaldTrump
From the same stable genius who gave us “Russian hoax” comes “climate hoax!” via
@nytimes
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Think you can spot misinformation? Learn from one of the best as we revisit our episode with White House Press Correspondents' Dinner headliner
@roywoodjr
. Check out the full episode at:
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If you’re among the billions of people using Chrome, then Google’s stark new data harvesting disclosures should come as a nasty surprise.
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China hid data behind INSIDE a digital image of Donald Trump using something called “steganography." But what is
#steganography
, and how do hackers use it? Find out more on Episode 1 of What the Hack!
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@voxdotcom
Leader, you claim you love America yet brazenly refuse to do what’s necessary to protect democracy. Sounds like dereliction of duty to me. Election security bills in the Senate are hitting one big roadblock: Mitch McConnell - Vox
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Question: What do you get when you mix toxic male behavior, Turkish hackers and a phished influencer’s Instagram account?
Answer: This week’s episode with model/writer
@lisaseiffertluv
. Available wherever you get your audio.
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A new
#phishing
scam is targeting celebrity Instagram accounts --
@ondrejkrehel
of
@LIFARSLLC
explains how it works and how other accounts are at risk.
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NEW EPISODE: A catfisher searching for targets to swindle on dating sites got more than he bargained for when he met Mary, this week's guest. Now available wherever you get your audio.
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Important to keep our eye on the ball kids. Russia is the greater threat.
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@realDonaldTrump
“Blaming Russia isn’t a chant, but rather a data driven analysis of intelligence professionals...”
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NEW EPISODE: Teenagers are a favorite target for scammers -- this week's guest learned this the hard way. Now available wherever you get your audio.
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NEW EPISODE: This week, we talked to the victim of a
#catfishing
scam in which he figured (post-identity theft) as the catfish. Worse yet, he was scammed by his lover. Available wherever you get your audio.
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Germany just banned its schools from using cloud-based productivity suites from
@Microsoft
,
@Google
, and
@Apple
for privacy reasons:
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@facebook
“We don’t have a policy that stipulates what you post on Facebook must be true.” How special for
@realDonaldTrump
and Russian Trolls! for the Trump and Putin crowds. Facebook won't block faked Pelosi video - The Washington Post
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Everyone loves a good unveiling, unless of course the veil is actually a hood and there’s a KKK member on the OMG side of the reveal.
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Thanks to
@MarcoCiappelli
and
@sean_martin
@ITSPmagazine
for having my What the Hack co-host
@BeauFriedlander
and I on the most recent episode of the Redefining Society
#podcast
. We had a great time!
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Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about!!!
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Theatrical audits of election audits, insane conspiracy theory videos and a rush to enact laws “to protect” against non-existent voter fraud. Would we not be better served by spending our time and money making American gov and business more cyber secure?
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With online scams at an all-time high, consumers should be on the lookout for the usual suspects dressed in new disguises. Find out more on the latest episode of What the Hack. Available wherever you get your audio.
#podcast
#scams
#whatthehack
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NEW EPISODE: This week’s guest scammed a scammer (accidentally). But still…. And he also sells flamethrowers.
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NEW EPISODE: This week’s What the Hack features Dan, a CIO who successfully fended off a
#ransomware
attack by EvilCorp. Find out how quick thinking and a solid cybersecurity plan helped save the day. Now available wherever you get your audio.
#podcast
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NEW EPISODE: Chinese spy balloons are part of a dragnet that started almost a decade ago. Learn more in this week’s episode.
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THAT long-forgotten bank account might be gone. Listen to hear a story about it.
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NEW EPISODE: There's a troll lurking under every bridge in the internet. In this week's episode of What the Hack, we speak with
@megancarpentier
for a crash course in how to avoid, ignore and shun the internet's worst denizens.
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NEW EPISODE: Privacy champ
@mdennedy
explains the “panties rule” of passwords and why you should follow it.
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‘Tis the season to get hacked, scammed and otherwise bamboozled. Here are twelve hacks you may not be familiar with.
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NEW EPISODE: Is getting hacked by a middle schooler enough of a wake-up call to change your password hygiene? Not if you’re
@standupdan
.
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NEW EPISODE: A reformed catfisher helps senior citizens stay safe, only to get catfished herself, but what does it have to do with AI?
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@USATODAY
Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t this crew deny a hit job on a
@washingtonpost
reporter too? We saw how that went. via
@USATODAY
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When it comes to safeguarding data, Facebook is the least trusted major tech company, poll finds
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By providing a thousand little details about your likes, dislikes, inclinations and intelligence level, you’re helping quiz sites assemble a more nuanced mosaic of who you are — the sort of information that data companies use to target ads.
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The
#Equifax
breach impacted more than 140 million people. Stay
#cybersafe
with insights from my book,
#SWIPED
:
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NEW EPISODE: Our guest on this week's "What the Hack with Adam Levin" narrowly avoided a wire fraud scam that nearly cost his company hundreds of thousands of dollars. Find out more wherever you get your audio.
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McConnell : “I’ve taken a look at all the new state laws — none of them are designed to suppress the vote.”
Putin: We aren’t hacking you.
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Using a three-word password system to protect your accounts is a good idea, but it overlooks a major security issue.
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NEW EPISODE: What happens when you combine an actor, an early morning alert, a master cleanse and a hacker? You’re going to get hacked, of course! “Banshee” star
@ivanamilicevic
tells a tale of Insta-hell averted. Now available wherever you get your audio.
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Federal prosecutors announced charges Monday against four Chinese intelligence officers for hacking the credit-reporting giant Equifax in one of the largest data breaches in history.
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Everyone overshares on social media, but when children post too much about themselves online it can be dangerous. Check out part three of our series on how the digital world can be a dangerous place for young people:
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