Massive AT&T Data Leak, The Danger of Thread Hijacking

Episode 324 features discussions on a significant AT&T data breach affecting 73 million customers and a sophisticated thread jacking attack targeting a journalist. Co-host Scott Wright joins the discussion, highlighting how millions of AT&T customer account passcodes, along with personal information, were compromised due to a leak discovered by a security researcher and reported by TechCrunch. The episode also details the thread jacking phishing attack, emphasizing the importance of recognizing unexpected email threads and the potential dangers of malicious attachments. …

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