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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...

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 litt...

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...

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. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/ Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDThef...

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 ca...

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...

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 Ve...

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, phishin...

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 T...

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. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/ Follow...

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 Co...

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 ba...

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. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/ Follow...

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....

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. Follow on LinkedIn: www...

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 publi...

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 Commissi...

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...

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 general...

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. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/ Fo...

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. Fo...

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. 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. 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, Ut...

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 i...

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. Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/ Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCente...