Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for February 20, 2026. I’m Tim Walden, Communications Leader for 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. Valentine’s Day may have come and gone, but for some, Cupid’s arrow was carrying more malware than magic. This week, we’re talking about romance and relationship scams, the kind that start with sweet messages and end with broken hearts and empty bank accounts.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for February 13, 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 will examine the Marquis data breach. We are not referring to a high-ranking hereditary noble in the European peerage. Rather, the software solutions provider.

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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC’s) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. Last week, we published our 2025 Annual Data Breach Report by ITRC.

ITRC President James E. Lee presented the findings at the Identity, Authentication and the Road Ahead Identity Policy Forum, hosted by the Better Identity Coalition, the FIDO Alliance and the ITRC. The 2025 Annual Data Breach Report by ITRC looks at the number of data compromises, the root cause of the compromises, the types of data compromised, trends, solutions and much more.  

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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 is the first episode of our seventh season, and we appreciate all of our long-time followers. We’re also glad to have all of our new followers along for the ride. This month’s episode focuses on how to prevent identity theft as it evolves.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 23, 2026. I am Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for their 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 will discuss how artificial intelligence, also known as AI, is reshaping cybersecurity and what that means for businesses and consumers when it comes to AI scams and identity misuse.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 16, 2026. I’m Tim Walden. 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. This week, we’re talking about something privacy advocates have dreamed of for years — a delete button for your personal data.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for January 9, 2026. Happy New Year! We are excited to be back for Season 7 of this podcast. I'm Alex Achten, Vice President of Media Relations for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. I may have a new title this year, but the content on the Weekly Breach Breakdown remains the same. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we are going to take a look back at some of the cybersecurity 2025 headlines and then take the advice of rock band, “Boston” in their 1978 album – Don’t Look Back!

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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC’s) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. We’ve once again come to the time of the year when otherwise normal businesspeople throw caution to the wind and turn to fortune-telling about what’s going to happen next year. It is time for the ITRC predictions for 2026.

Before we gaze into the future, let’s blow the dust off the 2025 predictions to see how we did. Of the five predictions we made this time last year, we nailed five out of five, although at least one of those was the prediction equivalent of a card trick.

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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC’s) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. This week, we published our 2025 Business Impact Report by ITRC, supported by Mitek.

Typically, on this podcast, we’d introduce a topic, a guest expert, and our CEO, Eva Velasquez. This month, we’re focusing on one of our signature reports, the 2025 Business Impact Report. In a webinar earlier this week, our President James E. Lee reviewed the Business Impact Report, which explores the impacts of identity crimes and cyberattacks on small businesses and solopreneurs.

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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC’s) Weekly Breach Breakdown for December 5, 2025. I’m Tim Walden, Communications Leader for 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’re talking about a major Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cybersecurity policy shift that could affect nearly every phone call, text and data connection in the U.S.

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