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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 3, 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 significant lawsuit settlement— the AT&T data privacy settlement. This settlement affected millions of AT&T cu...

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, 2...

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 researcher...

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 hea...

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 a...

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 ha...

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 bre...

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...

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...

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 successf...

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 iden...

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 L...

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 i...

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...

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 c...

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?...

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...

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 survi...

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 Gov...

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 s...

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 accountabili...

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 b...

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...

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 si...