Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW)

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25% of community college students are AI bots

• https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/04/financial-aid-fraud/
• https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1916365142918300053

Microsoft makes accounts passwordless by default

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-makes-all-new-accounts-passwordless-by-default/

Scattered Spider ransomware crew lives on

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/despite-arrests-scattered-spider-continues-hacking

Data Protection

• https://www.zscaler.com/products-and-solutions/data-protection

Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

Find the hosts on LinkedIn:

Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/

Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/

Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

Raja - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajazkhalid/

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW)

Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast

Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!

Disney employee sentenced for menu hacking

• https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-disney-employee-sentenced-3-years-hacking-menus-remove-allergy-information-add-profanities

FBI IC3 report shows record losses for 2024

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-us-lost-record-166-billion-to-cybercrime-in-2024/
• https://www.ic3.gov/AnnualReport/Reports/2024_IC3Report.pdf

Spain and Portugal suffer major power outage

• https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/05/spain-might-not-cyberattack-blackout-power-outage-electric-grids-vulnerable/
• https://www.networkworld.com/article/955626/cisco-yes-cosmic-radiation-could-have-caused-router-bug.html

Cybersecurity CEO implants malware on customer devices

• https://x.com/vxunderground/status/1916323054063432026?s=46
• https://cybernews.com/cybercrime/cybersecurity-firm-ceo-arrested-malware/
• https://www.hipaajournal.com/cybersecurity-firm-ceo-charged-with-installing-malware-hospital-computer/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20240917151914/https://www.linkedin.com/company/veritaco/

RSA 2025 recap

• https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-cybersecurity/2025/04/28/whats-different-about-this-years-rsa-conference-00312059

Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

Find the hosts on LinkedIn:

Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/

Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/

Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

Olivia - https://www.linkedin.com/in/olanaras/

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW)

Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast

Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!

TikTok algorithm manipulation

• https://www.news18.com/explainers/why-are-the-chinese-exposing-luxury-goods-on-tiktok-9299692.html
• https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/16/the-platform-where-bot-farms-are-still-effective

Hospital worker hacked computer to watch webcams

• https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/matthew-bathula-umd-hospital-hack-32KWAHLG2RBNLFFVX5BAFILRCM/

France phishes 2.5 million students

• https://cyberinsider.com/france-sends-2-5m-phishing-emails-to-test-students-1-in-12-took-the-bait/
• https://www.wired.com/story/2025-4chan-hack-admin-leak/

RSAC 2025 predictions

• https://www.csoonline.com/article/3965415/10-key-questions-security-leaders-must-ask-at-rsa-2025.html

Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

Find the hosts on LinkedIn:

Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/

Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/

Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

Mark - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markleague/