ADT Breached by a Phone Call, AI Wipes a Startup in 9 Seconds, and 85% of UK Breaches Are Phishing

This week on The Awareness Angle, we hit 1.2 million views on a single video across TikTok and Instagram, which is pretty wild for an independent podcast. Thank you to everyone who watched and shared.

ADT gets breached for the third time in under a year and it all started with a phone call. An AI coding agent wipes a startup's entire database and all its backups in nine seconds, then writes its own incident report admitting it broke every safety rule it had. The supply chain attack that started with Trivy has now hit Checkmarx and Bitwarden, with three criminal groups teaming up to turn supply chain access into ransomware. And the UK government's annual cyber report says 43% of businesses were breached last year, phishing was behind 85% of them, and despite M&S, Co-op and JLR making national headlines, nothing's really changed. Plus Instructure's Canvas LMS breached again, Itron's smart meters filing quietly on a Friday night, Microsoft Teams helpdesk impersonation going wild, 610,000 Roblox accounts stolen by three lads in Ukraine, QR code scams in Toronto, and a toaster with a touchscreen that nobody asked for.

The Awareness Angle is an independent cybersecurity podcast covering cyber news, data breaches, phishing, social engineering, and security awareness. New episodes every week.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:30 Welcome
01:52 ADT Breached Again by ShinyHunters Vishing Attack
07:23 Instructure / Canvas LMS Hit by Another Cyber Attack
13:38 Critical Infrastructure Giant Itron Confirms Cyberattack
17:56 AI Coding Agent Deletes Startup Database in 9 Seconds
25:28 Supply Chain Attack Hits Checkmarx and Bitwarden
28:40 Roblox Account Theft: 610,000 Accounts Stolen
36:56 UK Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025-26
43:06 Microsoft Teams Helpdesk Impersonation Attacks
52:21 QR Code Scams in Toronto
57:03 Smart Toasters and Unnecessary IoT
1:01:09 Hannah Fry on AI Agents Going Rogue

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