How Hacks Happen

By Many Worlds Productions

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Hacks, scams, cyber crimes, and other shenanigans explored and explained. Presented by your friendly neighborhood cybersecurity gal Michele Bousquet.  


Episode Date
It's Official: Facebook is Scammy
Dec 03, 2025
Signing Your Life Away: Subscriber Agreements
Nov 12, 2025
Personal Pest Control: Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Oct 06, 2025
AI Gone Rogue: Delusional Chats Lead to Heartbreak
Sep 28, 2025
Quick Tip: Protecting Your Money With Face ID
Sep 21, 2025
Bug Bounties: Getting Paid to Hack
Sep 14, 2025
Red Team: The Best Job in Cybersecurity (Until You Get Arrested)
Sep 07, 2025
Random Number Generators Pt 3: Under the Hood
Aug 31, 2025
Random Number Generators Pt 2: Unsecure Devices
Aug 24, 2025
Random Number Generators Pt 1: Cheating at Video Games
Aug 19, 2025
Payday Loans: A Very American Scam
Aug 10, 2025
Welcome to Season 5!
Aug 10, 2025
Summer 2025 Tour of Scams: Job Scams, Sextortion, and Threats
Jul 27, 2025
Hacks Ain't What They Used to Be
Jul 06, 2025
Who owns your trash? It's probably not you.
Jun 19, 2025
The Amanda Knox Case: How To Get Arrested for Being Weird
May 31, 2025
Send Me a Text! I'd love to hear from you.
May 31, 2025
Coinbase Hack and Impending Crypto Doom
May 22, 2025
Stingray Part II: The Fight for Privacy
May 15, 2025
Stingray Part I: Does Cell Phone Surveillance Violate Your Rights?
May 07, 2025
Identity Theft: Three Stories | Replay
Apr 30, 2025
Social Media Smoke: Razzlekhan, Dutch, and the $4 Billion Heist
Apr 23, 2025
Social Media Smoke: Andrew Tate and The Real World
Apr 16, 2025
Social Media Fraud: Hushpuppi and the Designer Lifestyle
Apr 11, 2025
April Fool's Day Exclusive: The Blackberry at the End of the Universe
Apr 01, 2025
Social Media Fraud: Fyre Festival
Mar 27, 2025
Hacker, Broker, Scam: Following Stolen Data
Mar 20, 2025
AI Part 3: Tools, Technology, and Magical Connections
Mar 12, 2025
Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road | Replay
Mar 05, 2025
AI Part 2: Recognizing Scams
Feb 26, 2025
AI Part 1: Deepseek
Feb 20, 2025
Equifax | Replay
Feb 12, 2025
Shady Cousins: Hacks and Scams
Feb 05, 2025
Wildfire Clickbait: Milking a Disaster on Social Media
Jan 23, 2025
2025 World Tour of Scams
Jan 16, 2025
Honey's Funny Money
Jan 09, 2025
Catfishing 3: The Money Mule
Jan 02, 2025
Catfishing 2: Money for Love
Dec 26, 2024
Catfishing 1: Social Engineering for Profit
Dec 19, 2024
What is a Password Leak?
Dec 05, 2024
Ashley Madison Breach | Replay
Nov 28, 2024
Change Healthcare Breach
Nov 20, 2024
Credit Card Fraud: 2024 Update
Nov 13, 2024
Are QR Codes Scammy?
Nov 06, 2024
Your SSN Is Out There. Deal With It.
Oct 23, 2024
Get Outta My Business! Bank Fraud Regulations
Oct 16, 2024
Pump and Dump: Typical Cryptocurrency Scam
Oct 09, 2024
Telemarketing: Spam or Scam?
Oct 02, 2024
The Pig Butchering Scam
Sep 25, 2024
ChatGPT's Web of Lies
Sep 18, 2024
Scammy AI Wants Your Money
Sep 11, 2024
Easy Money! Get Rich Schemes
Aug 28, 2024
How the WWII Enigma Machine Impacts Modern Cryptography
Aug 14, 2024
CrowdStrike Special
Aug 01, 2024
Sneaky Phone Downloads
Jul 10, 2024
Apple vs. The FBI and Your Right to Privacy
Jun 26, 2024
Buzzword Bingo: Deciphering the Lingo
Jun 12, 2024
Job Scams: Too Good to Be True
May 29, 2024
Is my phone spying on me? | Social Media Part III
May 15, 2024
Data Mining | Social Media Part II
May 01, 2024
How to Get Your Data | Social Media Part I
Apr 17, 2024
NFTs, Fraud, and Crazy Cats
Apr 03, 2024
Silk Road, the Illegal Drug Website
Nov 14, 2023
I Got Scammed! The White Van Scam
Sep 27, 2023
F12 is Not a Crime! Except in Missouri.
May 24, 2023
The Refund Scam: How it Works
Dec 16, 2022
Tor Browser and the Dark Web
Oct 26, 2022
TVU: Staying Safe Through Entertainment
Mar 04, 2022
The Tinder Swindler: 7 Red Flags
Feb 20, 2022
Sony Hack
Feb 01, 2022
Technology Peak: Why the Elderly Fall for Scams
Jan 15, 2022
Identity Theft: Three Stories
Jan 01, 2022
Quick Tip: Bike Thieves and Hackers
Dec 15, 2021
Quick Tip: Black Friday Shopping
Nov 24, 2021
Blockchain and Bitcoin
Nov 15, 2021
Quick Tip: Don't Scratch! Gift Card Scams
Nov 01, 2021
Quick Tip: Alarming Phone Calls
Oct 15, 2021
Ashley Madison Breach
Oct 01, 2021
Credit Card Fraud
Aug 15, 2021
Crypto Wars
Jul 01, 2021
Equifax Breach
May 15, 2021