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Episode 270
September 23, 2026
42 MIN

This Week on What the Hack: Data Breach Exposed 153 Million IDs

A driver’s license breach didn’t just leak data—threat actors now have access to a universal key to every identity verification system that relies on state-issued identification. DeleteMe’s Rob Shavell joins us to explain what happens when the document designed to prove you’re you can no longer be trusted.

Episode 270

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Multiple driver's licenses available for sale, depicting the recent IDScan breach investigation.

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Episode 268
September 9, 2026
52 MIN

This Week on What the Hack: Who Uses Surveillance Pricing?

This Week on What the Hack: Who Uses Surveillance Pricing?

Same store, same day, different price. David Dayen takes us on a deep dive into the murky cyberscape of surveillance pricing, we enlist young people to prove it’s real, and Grace Gedye lays out a future law that might actually stop it.

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