Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, a podcast by the Identity Theft Resource Center, where we peel back the layers of the latest scams, fraud and identity threats. I’m James E. Lee, President of the ITRC. Today we are going to do something a little different as we discuss identity crime.

I’m joined, as always, by ITRC CEO, Eva Velasquez, and today, our Chief Operating & Programs Officer, Mona Terry, is joining us.

We usually pick a topic and have a subject-matter expert join us for a conversation about it. Not this month. Today, we’re going to explore the many different ways people talk about identity theft, scams and fraud, along with privacy and cybersecurity.

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OpenAI. Anthropic. Meta. What do they all have in common? Apparently, some artificial intelligence models that are about as elusive as my cat if I leave the front door open too long. Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's “Weekly Breach Breakdown” for Aug. 21, 2026. I'm Alex Achten, vice president of media relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we review the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. This week, we look at what has really been the story dominating the headlines lately.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for Aug. 14, 2026. I'm Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to SentiLink for their continued support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we’re talking about how your favorite brands may not be who you think they are.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's “Weekly Breach Breakdown” for Aug. 7, 2026. I'm Alex Achten, vice president of media relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we review the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. This week, we will discuss some major Microsoft updates.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 31, 2026. I'm Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to SentiLink for their continued support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week's topic hits a little close to home, literally. We'll be talking about our own devices – and how they may be listening to our conversations without our knowledge.

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Mount Everest is 5.5 miles tall. Can you imagine a stack of paper that would be the equivalent of stacking 16 Mount Everests on top of each other? If you stacked every data breach notice issued in the first half of 2026, that is how tall the stack would be. Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 24, 2026. I'm Alex Achten, Vice President of Media Relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we review the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. Today, we are taking a deep dive into our recently released H1 2026 Data Breach Report.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 17, 2026. I'm Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to SentiLink for their continued support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week, we're talking about people borrowing your face without permission, and then, three days later, realizing they were in the wrong.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for July 10, 2026. I'm Tim Walden. Thanks to SentiLink for their continued support of the podcast and the ITRC. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy.

This week, we are looking at one of the largest data exposures ever recorded, and it comes with a massive dose of irony. Researchers at Cybernews recently uncovered an open database holding a jaw-dropping 24 billion records, totaling more than 8.3 terabytes of personal information left completely unprotected on the web.

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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, a podcast by the Identity Theft Resource Center, where we peel back the layers of the latest scams, fraud and identity threats. I’m James E. Lee, President of the ITRC. Can you spot the latest vacation scams? What do you need to know about them?

Joining me today is Luis Corrons, a Security Evangelist at Gen and, as usual, the ITRC’s own CEO, Eva Velasquez. At least in the northern hemisphere, it’s officially summer, which means it’s also travel season for many people. It’s also prime scam season too. From fake websites to data breach-fueled phishing scams, the bad guys don’t take holidays like the rest of us.

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Earlier this month, VRChat and Discord suffered data breaches…wait…or did they? Some are wondering! Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for June 26, 2026. I'm Alex Achten, Vice President of Media Relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we review the latest events and trends in data security and privacy. Today, we are going to look at two data breaches that…well…weren’t.

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