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$70 Million Bitcoin Heist in 41 Minutes, Government Helpdesk Breach, Claude AI Hacks 3 Companies
<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><b>Chapters</b><br>0:00 Intro<br>4:37 Department for Education breach, 600,000 records leaked<br>9:44 Claude AI breaks into 3 companies during a testing mix up<br>16:26 $70 million Bitcoin heist in 41 minutes<br>23:02 Police run hacker rehab for teenagers<br>30:10 Hotel Wi-Fi spyware switches on your webcam and mic<br>32:44 Unreleased Nicolas Cage movie stolen off a desk<br>38:03 Coordinated attack hits 30 Minnesota water systems<br>43:11 AI finds a 13 year old flaw hiding in Chrome<br>47:50 Security Socials: Steam Workshop malware hits Mecha Chameleon<br>56:22 Security Socials: Fake Microsoft security update phishing page<br>58:07 Security Socials: Job seekers hiding AI prompts in their resumes<br>1:01:42 Security Socials: Finding someone's location from a photo of pavement</p><p>The Awareness Angle is hosted by Ant Davis and Luke Pettigrew, brought to you by Risky Creative.</p><p>Newsletter: riskycreative.com<br>TikTok: antdaviscyber<br>Instagram: antdaviscyber</p><p>Music: "16" by Falling Forever, licensed under CC BY 4.0</p>