GTA V Cheaters Just Got Exposed!

About this episode

This episode discusses the hacking of a GTA V cheat service and various cybersecurity issues involving Microsoft and Meta.

GTA V cheat service Atlas Menu just got hacked exposing thousands of gamers as cheaters, Microsoft is under fire for threatening a security researcher who disclosed vulnerabilities, hackers are using Meta's AI chatbot to seize control of Instagram accounts and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #56. 0:00 Intro 0:43 Start of podcast 1:47 Grand Theft Auto V cheat service gets hacked, exposing thousands of gamers 18:08 Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation 33:49 Site updates 43:38 Hackers used Meta's AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts 58:29 Meta Silenty Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones 1:16:21 Dashlane explains how attackers managed to download encrypted password vaults 1:34:45 Forum updates 2:13:46 Q&A 2:25:08 Outro (00:00) - Intro (00:43) - Start of podcast (01:47) - Grand Theft Auto V cheat service gets hacked, exposing thousands of gamers (18:08) - Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation (33:49) - Site updates (43:38) - Hackers used Meta's AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts (58:29) - Meta Silenty Added Face-Recognition Code…

People in this episode

Host: Privacy Guides

Topics covered

• GTA V
• cheating
• cybersecurity
• vulnerabilities
• Instagram
• AI
• privacy

Keywords

• GTA V
• cheat service
• Atlas Menu
• Microsoft
• Meta
• Instagram
• AI chatbot
• Dashlane
• security researcher
• privacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Atlas Menu, Microsoft, Meta

Products: Dashlane

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