# Scam Losses Surge - Cybersecurity Today

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Podcast: [Cybersecurity Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cybersecurity-today-65508)
Published: 2026-06-17T04:12:00+00:00
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Cybersecurity Today host David Shipley reports that the FTC says Americans lost $3.5 billion to imposter scams in 2025—nearly triple 2020—with social media tied to $2.1 billion in losses and total fraud reaching about $16 billion, while the FBI estimates cyber-enabled losses nearer $21 billion and potentially far higher. Security researchers, including Katie Moussouris, argue the U.S. government's forced Anthropic model shutdown over an alleged guardrail bypass was hasty and largely about prompt phrasing, with Axios citing personality differences as a driver. The DOJ seized deepfake pornography sites cfake.com and sock.com under the Take It Down Act after a three-country operation involving Italy and France. Finally, Varonis details "SearchLeak" (CVE-2026-42824), a now-fixed critical Copilot attack chain enabling one-click data exfiltration via prompt injection, a sanitizer race condition, and CSP bypass through Bing. 00:00 Today's Cyber Headlines 00:29 Imposter Scams Surge 01:29 Fraud on Social Platforms 02:47 Anthropic Jailbreak Debate 04:15 Export Controls Fallout 05:05 DOJ Seizes Deepfake Sites 06:44 SearchLeak Copilot Attack 07:36 How SearchLeak Works 09:18 Why Old Bugs Return 10:08 Wrap Up and Sign Off

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