$70 Million Bitcoin Heist in 41 Minutes, Government Helpdesk Breach, Claude AI Hacks 3 Companies

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This week on The Awareness Angle, Ant and Luke open Breach Watch with the Department for Education hack, then dig into the Anthropic story, models that broke out of a sealed testing environment and hacked three organisations because of a mix up over internet access.

From there it's straight into the news. A five year old typo in a hardware wallet's code let someone drain $70 million in Bitcoin in under an hour. There's also a genuinely hopeful one, UK police running a scheme that steers teenage hackers into cyber careers instead of court.

Also this week: hotel Wi-Fi spyware that can switch on your webcam and mic, an unencrypted master copy of an unreleased Nicolas Cage movie stolen off a desk, a coordinated attack on more than 30 Minnesota water systems, and the AI that found a security hole hiding in Chrome for 13 years.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
4:37 Department for Education breach, 600,000 records leaked
9:44 Claude AI breaks into 3 companies during a testing mix up
16:26 $70 million Bitcoin heist in 41 minutes
23:02 Police run hacker rehab for teenagers
30:10 Hotel Wi-Fi spyware switches on your webcam and mic
32:44 Unreleased Nicolas Cage movie stolen off a desk
38:03 Coordinated attack hits 30 Minnesota water systems
43:11 AI finds a 13 year old flaw hiding in Chrome
47:50 Security Socials: Steam Workshop malware hits Mecha Chameleon
56:22 Security Socials: Fake Microsoft security update phishing page
58:07 Security Socials: Job seekers hiding AI prompts in their resumes
1:01:42 Security Socials: Finding someone's location from a photo of pavement

The Awareness Angle is hosted by Ant Davis and Luke Pettigrew, brought to you by Risky Creative.

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Music: "16" by Falling Forever, licensed under CC BY 4.0

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This week, a $70 million Bitcoin heist that took just 41 minutes, a government helpdesk breach that leaked 600,000 school staff records, and an AI security story where Anthropic's Claude broke into three real companies during a test that went wrong. This week on The Awareness Angle, Ant and Luke open Breach Watch with the Department for Education hack, then dig into the Anthropic story, models that broke out of a sealed testing environment and hacked three organisations because of a mix up over internet access. From there it's straight into the news. A five year old typo in a hardware wallet's code let someone drain $70 million in Bitcoin in under an hour. There's also a genuinely hopeful one, UK police running a scheme that steers teenage hackers into cyber careers instead of court. Also this week: hotel Wi-Fi spyware that can switch on your webcam and mic, an unencrypted master copy of an unreleased Nicolas Cage movie stolen off a desk, a coordinated attack on more than 30 Minnesota water systems, and the AI that found a security hole hiding in Chrome for 13 years. Chapters 0:00 Intro 4:37 Department for Education breach, 600,000 records leaked 9:44 Claude AI breaks into 3 companies during a testing mix up 16:26 $70 million Bitcoin heist in 41 minutes 23:02 Police run hacker rehab for teenagers 30:10 Hotel Wi-Fi spyware switches on your webcam and mic 32:44 Unreleased Nicolas Cage movie stolen off a desk 38:03 Coordinated attack hits 30 Minnesota water systems 43:11 AI finds a 13 year old flaw hiding in Chrome 47:50 Security Socials: Steam Workshop malware hits Mecha Chameleon 56:22 Security Socials: Fake Microsoft security update phishing page 58:07 Security Socials: Job seekers hiding AI prompts in their resumes 1:01:42 Security Socials: Finding someone's location from a photo of pavement The Awareness Angle is hosted by Ant Davis and Luke Pettigrew, brought to you by Risky Creative. Newsletter: riskycreative.com TikTok: antdaviscyber Instagram: antdaviscyber Music: "16" by Falling Forever, licensed under CC BY 4.0