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 month’s episode focuses on whether or not the suspected fraud decline is real and if anti-fraud tools are working.

After all the Memorial Day cookouts, proms and graduation ceremonies of the past week, you might have missed some news about cybercrimes, including identity theft, fraud and scams. Just before the long holiday weekend, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a report that noted the number of reported fraud and cybercrime victims experiencing financial losses had dropped. That’s in keeping with a report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the ITRC’s own victim impact report due out in a few weeks.

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Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown, supported by Sentilink. I’m James E. Lee, the ITRC’s President, and this is the episode for May 23, 2025.

Earlier this month, I did something I had not done since 2019: I attended the annual geek-fest that is the RSA Conference in San Francisco, which was dominated by discussions on machine identities and data breaches. I spoke on the root causes and impacts of data breaches at a cleverly titled session on “how to cause a data breach.” As it turns out, my host and I stumbled into one of the hot topics of the conference.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for May 16, 2025. I'm Alex Achten, Senior Director of Communications & Media Relations of 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 analyze the newly formed data privacy consortium.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for May 9, 2025. I’m Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast.

Each week, we bring you the latest developments in data security and privacy. Today, we’re talking about a phishing campaign that’s both convincing and dangerous—Social Security scam emails. It could end with someone taking complete control of your computer. It starts with a fake email from the ‘U.S. Social Security Administration’ or SSA.

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Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s President and this is the episode for May 2nd, 2025.

Future U.S. president John Adams was defending British soldiers accused of opening fire on protesters in what would become known as the Boston Massacre before the American Revolution. In his defense, which was successful, he wrote: “Facts are stubborn things.” As was true in 1770, is still true today.

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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity compromise, crime and fraud that impact people and businesses. Listen on Apple, Google, Spotify, SoundCloud, Audible and Amazon now. Today, we look at benefits fraud.

The massive fraud that has been documented in government benefit programs, much of it tied to compromised identity, has gotten material attention from both Democrats and Republicans. The previous Administration spent three years trying to craft an Executive Order focused on identity theft tied to government benefits, and the Trump Administration’s DOGE Commission has also started to highlight this issue.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for April 18, 2025. I'm Alex Achten, Senior Director of Communications & Media Relations of 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 look at our Q1 2025 data breach findings.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for April 11, 2025. I'm Timothy Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their support of the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we bring you the latest developments in data security and privacy. Today, we’re going to discuss something that is gaining more traction in the digital world: Chat GPT. More specifically, OpenAI’s new image generator, which is part of the ChatGPT family.

If you haven’t heard, this tool can create everything from art in the style of the famous Japanese anime maker Studio Ghibli to images promoting Bitcoin investments. While the tool has gone viral for its creativity, it’s also raising some serious concerns about its potential for misuse, particularly in the hands of scammers.

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Welcome back to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown – supported by Sentilink. I’m James Lee, the ITRC’s President and this is the episode for April 4th, 2025.

It will soon be seven years since California’s landmark Consumer Privacy Act or CCPA was signed into law. Since that time, 19 other states have adopted their own versions of the CCPA and it’s companion Privacy Rights Act – known by it’s own set of letters, the CPRA.

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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity compromise, crime and fraud that impact people and businesses. Listen on Apple, Google, Spotify, SoundCloud, Audible and Amazon now. This month, we speak with an identity theft victim to gain insights into victimization.

In this podcast, you will be listening in on a special conversation titled “Perspectives from an Identity Theft Victim.” In the session, which took place at the Identity, Authentication, and the Road Ahead Cybersecurity Policy Forum, ITRC CEO Eva Velasquez sat down with identity theft victim Linda Matchan of the Boston Globe to discuss her victimization experience.

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