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AI assistants that talk like your best friend are impressive. But @TrackerPayton wants to know: Where do weeks, months, & years of your conversations go?
Theresa broke down the privacy questions to ask before handing your life to an AI companion. Link: omny.fm/shows/good-morning-b…
The #1 reason breaches escalate from bad to catastrophic? People wait too long before saying something.
· "I wasn't sure whether it was real."
· "I didn't want to bother IT."
· "I thought I could fix it myself."
None of those are good enough reasons. 🧵
Reporting doesn't mean diagnosing.
Your job:
✅ Flag it
✅ Note what you saw (or clicked)
✅ Report to your IT or security team through the proper channels
NOT your job:
🚫 Investigate it
🚫 Fix it
🚫 Decide if it's "real enough" to mention
Speed beats certainty every time.
The organizations with the fastest breach response times all share one thing: a no-blame culture.
Employees who click a phishing link are thanked for reporting it, not punished.
"The click isn't the failure. The silence is."
— @TrackerPayton
#CyberAwarenessMonth
You know it’s a 'bonkers' week when @TrackerPayton joins @GoodMorningBT 2x. Rogue AI agents making banking decisions. AI-political ads. Website "security" certificates.
Sometimes 'things go haywire in digital land.' Sometimes=this week. TP breaks it all down. Links 🔗 in 🧵
Theresa Payton explains this week's issue with Website Security Certificates and talks even more A.I. Political Ads omny.fm/shows/good-morning-b…
A.I. Agents acting "independently" 👀 with User banking information: @TrackerPayton provides the context. Definitely worth a listen. omny.fm/shows/good-morning-b…
Fortalice Solutions retweeted
An eye-opening story on why we must press harder on social media platforms to flag photos and videos that appear edited or created with AI. The lack of digital trust is becoming one of our most important challenges. Seeing is no longer believing.
theguardian.com/technology/2…
Her voice...or a deepfake? @INTERPOL_HQ just launched an awareness campaign on AI deepfake scams, and the videos themselves are AI-generated to prove the point.
Their message: “Wait. Validate. Don’t take the bait.”
🔗youtu.be/em_YZaZ10c4?si=_VFh…
#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
We know you’re not memorizing 100 unique passwords.
Nobody is.
Get a password manager. Problem solved.
#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #MemeMonday #PasswordSecurity
Your password is the lock on the front door of your digital life.
Problem: most people are using the same lock on every door.
It's #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth; let's fix that now. A🧵:
The fix is simpler than you think:
Password manager → remembers unique passwords for every account
MFA → even if a password leaks, attackers still can't get in
Passkeys → the passwordless future is already here on Apple, Google, and Microsoft
Don't be the next victim. 🛡️
This week, we'll break down each of those: password managers, MFA, passkeys, and how to check whether your data is already exposed. Watch this space...
Start here: haveibeenpwned.com
Check your email. Change anything compromised.
#CyberAwarenessMonth #DontMakeItEasy
Defense playbook in the AI era:
1. Verify high-stakes requests through a SEPARATE channel
2. Establish code words with your leadership team
3. Update your training: "spot the typo" is outdated
4. Report anything that feels off, even if it looks perfect
#CyberAwarenessMonth
AI didn't invent phishing.
But it made phishing faster, cheaper, more personalized, and harder to detect.
The typos are gone. The grammar is perfect. The only defense left is process.
Verify. Every. Time.
#AIThreats #CyberAwarenessMonth #Phishing #CyberTips
A moment to share, forever out there...
Kids: Remember @TrackerPayton's warning on @NewsNation: "The internet never forgets."
Two GOATs. One green room. 🐐🐐 @TrackerPayton hanging with Coach K backstage at @Experian Vision in San Antonio. 💙
Just Theresa & the winningest coach in college basketball history comparing notes on strategy, preparation & winning. No big deal. 💅
🔗 experian.com/events/vision
Fortalice Solutions retweeted
Kids and teens were beta-testers for infinite scroll, push notifications, and recommendation feeds before risks to developing brains were understood. Posts made at 14 could follow people into adulthood and careers. Modern legislation is a retroactive attempt to fix a 15-year gap.