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 …

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 sensitiv…

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 Br…

Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for August 8, 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 a…

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…

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 …

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 th…

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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 settle…

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 informat…

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 …

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 wi…

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 …

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 gr…

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 …

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 wil…

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—Soci…

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 Ameri…

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 ben…

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 loo…

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 …

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 vers…

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 thi…

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 …

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 …

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…

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 …

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, w…

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 …

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 lawsui…

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: twitt…

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 exam…

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…

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 po…

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…

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 …

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 …

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 fan…

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 C…

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 …

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…

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 menti…

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 fo…

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 pod…

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 Washingto…

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…

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 …

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…

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 …

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 th…