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Episode 243
March 18, 2026
49:51 min

This Week on What the Hack: DEF CON 33 Unpacked

In this second installment of our DEF CON two-parter, we talked to SocialProof Security CEO Rachel Tobac about how and why people are often the weakest link in so many cybersecurity protocols and how making yourself a harder target will cause most threat actors to move on to an easier mark.

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