BoardEx collects “actionable people intelligence” without your permission. That means your personal info could be in their database right now. Want out? Our quick guide shows you how to opt out in three steps. 📍 https://t.co/wSmmyyJaIZ

Seth Godin invented permission marketing, so you can guess what he thinks about spam. He joined Beau Friedlander on "What the Hack?" to talk about the best and the worst ways to get attention online. 🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/zIZGLtRQ6i

Your home address is probably online. That’s a privacy and a safety risk. In her latest 30-Day Security Challenge video, Shannon Morse shows how to: 📬 Check for exposed info 📦 Set up a safer mailing address 📱 Use burner numbers 🎥 Watch here:

Public data is a national security blind spot. Due to the exposure of property records and brokered personal info, government officials face rising threats like doxxing, harassment, and swatting. Data removal is no longer a luxury. It can help ensure safety.

Data brokers don’t just collect your info. They dox you for profit. In Cybernews, our CEO Rob Shavell described how brokers scrape your data, build profiles, and sell them to anyone with zero accountability. Learn how we’re responding. https://t.co/IwJKO80dHc

Everyone’s focused on regulating AI models. How about the data? AI tools train on scraped, brokered, or user-submitted data. DeleteMe found many can still share personal info in chats. Without data regulation, AI safeguards will never work right. Privacy must come first.

1.7% - that's how much eight months of phishing training improves recognition, according to researchers at Black Hat 2025. Training has limits. Reducing employee data exposure online shrinks the attack surface and makes phishing campaigns far less effective.

Scammers now use fake CAPTCHAs to mask phishing sites. Step 1: You get an urgent email or text. Step 2: You click, solve a CAPTCHA. Step 3: You’re redirected to a fake site that steals your info. These attacks often find you because your personal data is already exposed online.

Deepfakes don’t just hack systems. They hijack trust. Rob Shavell of DeleteMe joined experts from Gartner, Fisher Phillips & more in this @cyberlawreport feature on how companies can fight back. Detection isn’t enough. Learn how data privacy can help defend teams. 🔗

Here's something you should be aware of this National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: SpamGPT = a “CRM for cybercriminals.” It automates phishing, rotates servers to bypass filters, and uses AI to write convincing scams. Protect yourself: ✔️ Enable MFA ✔️ Watch for

Arizona's Prop 211 could force nonprofits to disclose donor names, addresses, and employers, creating a searchable database for malicious actors. With personal info already exposed by data brokers, the risks to staff and donors are amplified. Protecting privacy is protecting

💻 Every click, swipe, and search you make feeds a shadowy data economy. In a recent What the Hack? episode, Identity Theft Resource Center CEO Eva Casey-Velasquez breaks down the “data grift” hiding in plain sight. Listen here: https://t.co/m2jyXAhIIz

Not all data-removal services work the same. Some just audit your data, others send risky blanket requests known as blind opt-outs. The best services confirm where your info is exposed and make secure, targeted removals. Learn more: https://t.co/SawUheJqKG

Steppingblocks is a online career exploration tool, but it also collects and shares detailed personal data. Learn how to remove yourself and reduce your exposure to scams: https://t.co/00CH1KMAfZ

Hackers used spoofed calls and texts to target filmmaker Dan Sturman — a fake sister’s voice, messages that felt too personal, etc. It’s a reminder that protecting your data mean you're paranoid. 🎧 Full podcast episode: https://t.co/vRr6vvsCGe

Scammers use real company domains to send emails that look legit - and they’re stealing millions. Ex-CIA officer Jason Hanson reveals three major scams in 2025: 1️⃣ Lookalike emails from PayPal, AmEx, etc. 2️⃣ Fake toll road texts ($5–$20 charges) 3️⃣ Phony e-commerce purchase

📊 Gartner says 62% of organizations faced deepfake attacks in the past year. These scams work because attackers feed on employee data, using it to mimic leaders’ voices, faces, and emails. The less data available, the harder these attacks become.

This week on "What the Hack?" we explore sponsored ads placed by scammers offering to recover lost social media accounts, and what you need to know to stay safe.

With a falling job market, hiring scams are exploding. Scammers use data broker info to pose as recruiters, trick applicants, and steal money or identities. This National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, reduce your risk by limiting what data about you is available online.

Scams surge during government shutdowns, and this time, the Federal Trade Commission won’t be taking fraud complaints or helping block spam calls. That means fewer protections for consumers just as scammers ramp up fake job offers, benefit scams, and phishing attacks. Stay alert.