Nate Bartram
Nate is a member of Privacy Guides' video and news team. He has been advocating for privacy on his own website The New Oil since 2018, and is the former host of Surveillance Report, a popular cybersecurity podcast he published with Techlore.
Data Breach Roundup (August 7 - 13, 2026)
A spike in attacks on shipping and logistics companies is likely to result in a lot of exposed data.
This Billion-Dollar Network Is Secretly Tracking Your Car
If you drive in America today, you've almost certainly been scanned by a Flock camera, maybe even hundreds of times. Your location, along with a timestamp and photo, all stored in a cloud database accessible to police departments across the country.
California City Declares State of Emergency After Cyberattack
Suisun City's public safety systems - including 911 - were shut down Friday morning.
The Secret War on Encryption: Inside Bullrun
This is the story of Bullrun, the National Security Agency's probably-ongoing effort to have eyes into every single digital service on the planet, and how you can you defend yourself against it.
Data Breach Roundup (July 31 - August 6, 2026)
This week featured only two data breaches from the UK and from Switzerland. Both affected federal governments, however.
North Korean Hackers Breached Over 1,600 Organizations Worldwide
New research shows the shocking extent of North Korea's state sponsored hacking team.
Data Breach Roundup (July 24 - 30, 2026)
People's AI chats have once more been exposed online, multiple updates to previously reported data breaches, and more.
Data Breach Roundup (July 17 - 23, 2026)
After last week's lack of news, the breaches are back with a vengeance.
Data Breach Roundup (June 26 - July 2, 2026)
ShinyHunters continue to run amock in the latest cascading data breach.
Data Breach Roundup (June 19-25)
This week bad luck (or poor planning) struck LastPass, Polymarket, Meta, and an "AI-powered healthcare company."
It's Time to Ditch Plex Media Server...
Plex just announced they are raising the price of their lifetime Plex Pass, in this video we explain how to switch & setup Jellyfin a free and open source alternative.