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What the Hack?

“What the Hack?” is the award-winning true cybercrime podcast–the place to hear memorable stories and get good advice.

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Episode 242: Surveillance in America, Pt 2: Flock You Very Much Mar 10, 2026

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Flock Safety says their cameras have never been hacked. Benn Jordan and Jason Koebler watched themselves on one from their homes. This week: a deep dive into the vulnerabilities, the no-opt-out tracking, and a simple question: Does any of it makes us safer?

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Al Franken Holds a Mock Senate Hearing on Privacy with Siri and Alexa (Bonus) Mar 05, 2026

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No deep fake here. This week, Al Franken does his own impersonations of Bernie Sanders, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Sherrod Brown and Susan Collins in this mock Senate Hearing featuring Siri (played by the actual voice-over talent Susan Bennett) and Al’s fellow SNL alum Laraine Newman playing the part of Alexa.

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Episode 241: Surveillance in America, Pt 1: Somebody's Watching You Mar 03, 2026

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Benn Jordan—musician, acoustic scientist, and one of the sharpest minds on surveillance technology—joins 404 Media’s Jason Koebler and the ACLU’s Jay Stanley to trace how surveillance went ambient— and what it means when everyone’s being watched.

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Episode 240: Who’s Watching the Watchers? Feb 24, 2026

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Feeling watched? Join us as Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark breaks down the new reality of digital surveillance. From school apps to AI scams, we dive into how companies collect your data and how to take control of your online privacy. The war for privacy is real—and it's a fight you can't afford to lose.

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Episode 239: Is AARP Doing More than the FBI to Stop Scams? Feb 17, 2026

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Online fraud isn’t just annoying. It’s a national crisis, one that may have drained $158 billion from the U.S. economy last year alone. In this episode, AARP’s Kathy Stokes joins us to explain how fraud has evolved into a sophisticated, global operation and why we’re still blaming the victims instead of stopping the crime.

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Episode 238: The Phone Call that Broke the Bank Feb 10, 2026

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MGM lost $100 million in 2023. Then Caesars paid $15 million ransom. A few phone calls shut down Vegas, highlighting the destruction that one fast talker can unleash in a zero trust environment. This week we explore what that means in the here and now.

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Episode 237: The Internet is Groundhog Day Feb 02, 2026

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This week, we're going to the movies. Virginia Heffernan joins us to talk about Groundhog Day (the movie), surveillance, and why online systems reward repetition over reflection and connection with a special cameo by marketing maestro Seth Godin.

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Episode 236: The Con: Part Two, Asian Scam Compounds Jan 27, 2026

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After exposing the scam compounds and human trafficking behind today’s fraud economy, we follow the money, the power, and the few pressure points—from crypto seizures to sanctions—that might actually help spell the end of Southeast Asian scam compounds.

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Episode 235: The Machine: Part One, Asian Scam Compounds Jan 20, 2026

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You’ve seen the scam texts. This week we go inside a global scam economy to expose human trafficking networks, lawless economic zones, and fortified compounds where victims are forced to target victims in a world of crime bosses and corrupt politicians.

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Episode 234: The Ralph Naders of Cybercrime? Jan 13, 2026

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Bob Lord (Yahoo, DNC, CISA) and Lauren Zabierek (Harvard’s Belfer Center, CISA) don't think cybersecuirty (or lack of it) should be the customer’s problem. Drawing parallels to Ralph Nader’s fight against unsafe cars, they explain how to fix the root of the problem.

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