The Awareness Angle

Fired on a Teams Call, Deleted 96 Databases While Still Recording

May 18, 2026·53 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

This week the Canvas story is back. Instructure has paid ShinyHunters and says the stolen student data has been destroyed, but nobody in the security industry believes them. A telehealth platform breach exposed over 700,000 patients from a company most of them have never heard of.Twin brothers got fired on a Teams call, forgot it was still recording, and deleted 96 government databases while talking through their plan out loud. Kids are beating age verification with a drawn-on mustache. A fake Claude Code installer is stealing developer credentials through Google search ads. And Google has confirmed for the first time that hackers used AI to find and exploit a zero-day.Plus, a stoner just recovered $400,000 in Bitcoin after losing his password while high in 2015.Chapters00:00 Intro01:42 Breach Watch: Canvas Pays ShinyHunters05:56 Breach Watch: OpenLoop Health Breach10:20 Twin Brothers Delete 96 Government Databases14:03 Kids Bypass Age Verification With a Fake Mustache19:18 Fake Claude Code Installer24:34 Hackers Used AI to Find a Zero-Day30:20 Stoner Recovers $400K Bitcoin With AI33:57 Audi VIN Vulnerability40:32 Security Socials47:24 UK Banks Storing Biometric Data51:47 Waymo Cars Driving Into FloodsSubscribe to the weekly newsletter at riskycreative.com or find us as The Awareness Angle on LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.📩 Newsletter🎧 Spotify🎧 Apple Podcasts📸 Instagram🎵 TikTok: @infosecant▶️ YouTube🎵 Music: "16" by Falling ForeverCreative Commons Attribution 4.0

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