12-Aug-2025: M&S Cyber Recovery, Connex Data Breach, TETRA Encryption Woes, AI Hallucination Concerns

Welcome to Hacked dAily, the FIRST AI-Driven Cybersecurity Podcast crafted by Cytadel Cyber! Today, we serve you a fresh dose of digital drama with a side of irreverence. M&S has survived a cyber attack but their Click & Collect service is back—sadly, still trying to wake granpa from his Thanksgiving nap. Connex Credit Union inadvertently turned themselves naughty by nearly doing identity theft party favors. Great job, folks! Meanwhile, TETRA radios clearly didn't get the memo about encryption, which means law enforcement might have to start shouting their secrets from a rooftop—or revert to smoke signals for that old-world charm. In other news, Howard Financial & Associates unwittingly auditioned for a cybercrime movie by landing on the INC Ransomware group’s egregious highlight reel. Their sensitive data might as well have been scattered in confetti at a digital parade. Lastly, in the whimsical world of AI, our beloved tech is crafting tales as imaginative as your favorite novelist. Experts are now learning the hard way how to rein in these digital muses before they turn Skynet on us all. Lend us your ears and join us daily for a cybersecurity dance through the matrix—powered by AI, seasoned with humor, and bound by professionalism. Let’s keep those firewalls strong and those passwords stronger. This episode is sponsored by Cytadel Cyber. Specialist in Ransomware Readiness Assessments, Threat Intel-Led Red Teaming, AI DeepFakes, AI Voice Cloning and AI Vishing Simulations. Cyatdel helps you test your cyber resilience against the threats of today, keeping your data secure. Checkout cytadel.co.uk for more information.