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Jan 14, 2026 1 hr 1 min

BreachForums Doomsday - 2026-01-12

from Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News Hosted by Black Hills Information Security

Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴live-chat 🔗 Register for FREE webcasts, summits, and workshops - https://poweredbybhis.com In this episode, we break down the “Doomsday” incident: a major breach forum gets breached, reminding everyone that even cybercriminal communities suffer constant OPSEC failures. We cover what leaked, why these underground markets keep imploding, and how infighting, reused infrastructure, weak authentication, and sloppy identity hygiene turn “elite hackers” into easy targets. Then we connect the dots to law enforcement’s latest crypto actions—how DOJ seizures and mixer investigations work, why blockchain tracing matters, and what criminals try (and fail) to do to hide money flows. Finally, we translate the news into practical defense: validate breach intel, monitor for credential stuffing, enable MFA, use unique passwords, and tighten access logs. Whether you’re a defender, creator, or online, this is the real-world cybercrime story behind the headlines. Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Task Overflow (02:29) - BreachForums Doomsday - 2026-01-12 (05:09) - Story # 1; Did DOJ Prosecutors Violate Trump’s Executive Order by Selling the Forfeited Samourai Wallet Bitcoin? (15:42) - Story # 2: Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS (23:04) - Story # 3: California bans data broker reselling health data of millions (28:13) - Story # 4: Apple picks Google’s Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year (36:00) - Story # 5: Ragebait as a phishing tactic (38:00) - Story # 6: Doomsday For Cybercriminals — Data Breach Of Major Dark Web Forum (40:31) - Story # 7: The Great VM Escape: ESXi Exploitation in the Wild (45:39) - Story # 8: OpenAI says ChatGPT won't use your health information to train its models (46:23) - Story # 8b: Anthropic brings Claude to healthcare with HIPAA-ready Enterprise tools (50:15) - Story # 9: Max severity Ni8mare flaw lets hackers hijack n8n servers (53:05) - Story # 10: Instagram Denies Data Breach, Fixes Unsolicited Password Reset Requests (56:49) - Reporter remembers saving animals a year after L.A. wildfires (57:52) - CTF Winners Links Story # 1; Did DOJ Prosecutors Violate Trump’s Executive Order by Selling the Forfeited Samourai Wallet Bitcoin? Story # 2: Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS Story # 3: California bans data broker reselling health data of millions Story # 4: Apple picks Google’s Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year Story # 5: Ragebait as a phishing tactic Story # 6: Doomsday For Cybercriminals — Data Breach Of Major Dark Web Forum Story # 7: The Great VM Escape: ESXi Exploitation in the Wild Story # 8: OpenAI says ChatGPT won’t use your health information to train its models Story # 8b: Anthropic brings Claude to healthcare with HIPAA-ready Enterprise tools Story # 9: Max severity Ni8mare flaw lets hackers hijack n8n servers Story # 10: Instagram Denies Data Breach, Fixes Unsolicited Password Reset Requests Reporter remembers saving animals a year after L.A. wildfires Brought to you by: Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com Antisyphon Training https://www.antisyphontraining.com/ Active Countermeasures https://www.activecountermeasures.com Wild West Hackin Fest - Join us for our Hybrid Conference and Pre-Conference Training https://wildwesthackinfest.com

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  1. 0:00 PreShow Banter™ — Task Overflow
  2. 2:29 BreachForums Doomsday - 2026-01-12
  3. 5:09 Story # 1; Did DOJ Prosecutors Violate Trump’s Executive Order by Selling the Forfeited Samourai Wallet Bitcoin?
  4. 15:42 Story # 2: Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS
  5. 23:04 Story # 3: California bans data broker reselling health data of millions
  6. 28:13 Story # 4: Apple picks Google’s Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year
  7. 36:00 Story # 5: Ragebait as a phishing tactic
  8. 38:00 Story # 6: Doomsday For Cybercriminals — Data Breach Of Major Dark Web Forum
  9. 40:31 Story # 7: The Great VM Escape: ESXi Exploitation in the Wild
  10. 45:39 Story # 8: OpenAI says ChatGPT won't use your health information to train its models
  11. 46:23 Story # 8b: Anthropic brings Claude to healthcare with HIPAA-ready Enterprise tools
  12. 50:15 Story # 9: Max severity Ni8mare flaw lets hackers hijack n8n servers
  13. 53:05 Story # 10: Instagram Denies Data Breach, Fixes Unsolicited Password Reset Requests
  14. 56:49 Reporter remembers saving animals a year after L.A. wildfires
  15. 57:52 CTF Winners

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