This weeks "Hack of the Week" is the Coca-Cola Companies and their SECOND data breach of PII (Personally Identifiable Information) in 3 years. This time is only includes 8000 employees at a subsidiary whose PII walked away on an external hard drive EIGHT MONTHS AGO. Of course, true to form the Coca-Cola companies is giving out a free year of Identity Theft Protection - Yeah for them - they are such a good steward of employee information! Come on Coke - this is getting stupid.

Don't freak out! Personal VPNs are simple, easy to use, cheap and a requirement for your personal privacy. This episode has some upgrades to the format and stay tuned next week for the new format Matt discussed.

Yes, another Education Hack - They are getting worse, but in this episode, Matt talks about a High School in MI that was hacked by students and why those students aren't as bad as the Superintendant and the local media are making them out to be.

In today's episode, Matthew talks about what Privacy is, what you can expect and how nothing is private online, unless you blindly trust "Big Data".

 

Matthew also shares a story about Alexa and how she's listening to everything you do, the FCC and the Commissioners stupidity as well as tries to understand why anyone would trust carriers to not share the data they collect on each and every one of us, all day, every day.

The Atlanta hack has exposed small and big governments to the liability of protecting our information. Atlanta's "Breach" is a lesson in stupidity, ignorance and all-out criminal negligence. The checkbook is still open and the PR firm hired has done a great job of keeping updates away from the public. Listen to what happened and why this Cluster is bad news for everyone.

As Promised, here is your BONUS, the 10 Apps you need to protect your information on your iPhone or Android (*Cough*). Check out the full list @ www.blackbirdcss.com/dgh

Protecting yourself from Ransomware is easy and anyone can do it. In this episode Matthew asks for your rate / review / subscribe and gives you a present for doing so - completely free by visiting http://www.blackbirdcss.com/dgh. The 3 things you need to do TODAY to make sure that you aren't hacked, or if somethings slips through, how you can ensure you don't lose everything. Also checkout the blog post for businesses on protecting themselves from Ransomware here.

This week Matt discusses the Baltimore 911 Breach and is suprised by what was done right. Unfortunately this hack could have been prevented.

Email is one of the biggest threats to your Personal Information as well as your Business's Data Security. Learn how you can protect yours and what you need to watch out for in your mailbox so you Don't Get Hacked!

Spotlight on a school district in MA that paid $10,000 in Bitcoin to get their systems operational again (after two weeks) and where we think they went wrong.