How Hacks Happen

About How Hacks Happen

Hacks, scams, cyber crimes, and other shenanigans explored and explained. Presented by your friendly neighborhood cybersecurity gal Michele Bousquet.

Publisher

Many Worlds Productions

Category

news · technology · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 May 2021

Latest episode

10 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

89 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Sept 2026

   AI Gone Rogue! OpenAI Agents Hack Hugging Face

   Ajeya Cotra discusses how OpenAI agents exploited security flaws to hack Hugging Face, revealing critical insights into AI agent behavior.

2. 

   26 Aug 2026

   Lawyers Abusing ChatGPT

   Host Alex Stamos interviews legal experts on how lawyers misuse ChatGPT, leading to fabricated legal precedent and skewed expert reports.

3. 

   5 Jul 2026

   Actors Behaving Badly

   Host [Host Name] interviews convicted fraudster Alison Gu, actor Zach Horowitz, and TV producer Mary Carole McDonnell about their Hollywood-fueled scams and deceptions.

Who has been a guest on How Hacks Happen

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Alison Gu
• Zach Horowitz
• Zach Avery
• Mary Carole McDonnell

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

588,163

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

4.3 / 5

23 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

56

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

85

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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