Episodes

  • The Fraudian Slip Podcast: Gen – ITRC Predictions for 2026 - S6E12

    The Fraudian Slip Podcast: Gen – ITRC Predictions for 2026 - S6E12
    Dec 15 2025
    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
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    28 mins
  • The Fraudian Slip Podcast: Identity Theft Resource Center - 2025 Business Impact Report - S6E11

    The Fraudian Slip Podcast: Identity Theft Resource Center - 2025 Business Impact Report - S6E11
    Dec 11 2025
    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
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    29 mins
  • The Weekly Breach Breakdown Podcast: Dialing Back Security – The FCC Cybersecurity Vote - S6E37

    The Weekly Breach Breakdown Podcast: Dialing Back Security – The FCC Cybersecurity Vote - S6E37
    Dec 4 2025
    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
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    4 mins
  • The Weekly Breach Breakdown Podcast: A(I) House of Cards – ChatGPT Issues Impact Users - S6E36

    The Weekly Breach Breakdown Podcast: A(I) House of Cards – ChatGPT Issues Impact Users - S6E36
    Nov 20 2025
    Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for November 21, 2025. I'm Alex Achten, Senior Director of Communications & 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
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    4 mins
  • The Weekly Breach Breakdown Podcast: Finding NIMO – The Hidden Identity Threats Inside Your Organization - S6E35

    The Weekly Breach Breakdown Podcast: Finding NIMO – The Hidden Identity Threats Inside Your Organization - S6E35
    Nov 13 2025
    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
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    4 mins
  • The Weekly Breach Breakdown Podcast: The Great AI Manipulation - Fake Content Fools Systems - S6E34

    The Weekly Breach Breakdown Podcast: The Great AI Manipulation - Fake Content Fools Systems - S6E34
    Nov 6 2025
    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
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    4 mins
  • The Fraudian Slip Podcast: Identity Theft Resource Center – 2025 Consumer Impact Report - S6E10

    The Fraudian Slip Podcast: Identity Theft Resource Center – 2025 Consumer Impact Report - S6E10
    Oct 31 2025
    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
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    24 mins
  • The Weekly Breach Breakdown Podcast: The Stolen Goods – Pixnapping Target Android Devices - S6E33

    The Weekly Breach Breakdown Podcast: The Stolen Goods – Pixnapping Target Android Devices - S6E33
    Oct 23 2025
    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
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    4 mins