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The podcast that tells true stories about the people making and breaking our digital world. We take listeners into the world of cyber and intelligence without all the techie jargon. Every Tuesday and Friday, former NPR investigations correspondent Dina Temple-Raston and the team draw back the curtain on ransomware attacks, mysterious hackers, and the people who are trying to stop them.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 269
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
68. SPECIAL FEATURE: 'The Slave Armies Powering a New Kind of Golden Triangle Cybercrime' from The Underworld Podcast
From “The Underworld” podcast, a conversation about casino towns, gangster owners, and a new twist on scamming operations. Nathan Paul Southern and Lindsey Kennedy took a trip along the Mekong River …
00:23:24 |
Tue 23 May 2023
67. Hive’s WeWork experiment — and what went wrong
When the FBI and Justice Department took down a collective of cybercriminals known as Hive earlier this year, it targeted a group that made a name for itself, in part, by holding hospital and healthc…
00:18:49 |
Tue 16 May 2023
66. ‘Operation Cookie Monster' and the Genesis takedown
The Department of Justice says last month’s effort to bring down the Genesis Marketplace represents a departure from traditional law enforcement actions. ‘Operation Cookie Monster' wasn’t about nabbi…
00:21:08 |
Tue 09 May 2023
65. Morality in Iraq: You should worry because there’s an app for that
The Iraqi government has unveiled an app that helps ordinary citizens report “indecent” content online. Since its introduction, the Ballegh app has received some 144,000 reports. And the Iraqi app is…
00:25:01 |
Tue 02 May 2023
64. Portrait of Bassterlord as a young man
What makes a hacker tick? That’s what we wanted to find out when we reached out to Bassterlord, a 27-year-old hacker in Ukraine who joined some of the most infamous hacking crews of our time. Researc…
00:24:09 |
Tue 25 Apr 2023
63. Tracers on the stage: Andy Greenberg, Michael Gronager and Tigran Gambaryan talk cryptocurrency tracking
We go behind the scenes of the new book by WIRED’s Andy Greenberg, "Tracers in the Dark." It explains how a handful of entrepreneurs and investigators demystified cryptocurrency tracking. Recently, w…
00:30:19 |
Tue 18 Apr 2023
62. How a mathematician and an entrepreneur helped law enforcement take a bite out of crypto crime
When cryptocurrency burst on the scene in 2008, it was touted as anonymous — a boon to cyber criminals all over the world. Then a few mathematicians and some federal agents proved otherwise, in a way…
00:23:07 |
Tue 11 Apr 2023
61. Snowmen in the park and Iran’s quiet viral dissent
Six months after demonstrators took to the streets of Iran hoping to end its draconian hijab laws and push for a change in the leadership, the protests have moved online — into a quiet civil disobedi…
00:21:46 |
Tue 04 Apr 2023
60. Clear the runway: Ukraine's model pilots
Drones of all shapes and sizes are part of the war effort in the skies above Ukraine. Some are helping kill the enemy; others spy on formations and guide bombs to their targets. We take you inside a …
00:21:01 |
Tue 28 Mar 2023
59. What the cyber war in Ukraine is teaching us
In a recent conversation on WAMU’s nationally syndicated show 1A, we talked about lessons learned one year into the world’s first truly hybrid war. The conversation happened amid a report from Micros…
00:22:51 |
Tue 21 Mar 2023
58. Enemy of the State (Part 2) : ¿Quién es Guacamaya? (Who is Guacamaya?)
We follow up last week’s episode on spyware and the Mexican military with a look at Guacamaya, the hacktivist collective that helped provide key documents that showed the army purchased Pegasus spywa…
00:24:13 |
Tue 14 Mar 2023
57. Enemy of the State (Part 1): Mexico, spyware, and a secret military intelligence unit
A new report has published classified documents and internal memos that make clear the Mexican Army bought Pegasus spyware and systematically deployed it against journalists and activists in Mexico. …
00:21:46 |
Tue 07 Mar 2023
56. Ukraine’s drone whisperers: What the weapons are telling us
Russia has deployed the Iranian-built Shahed drone to wreak havoc on Ukraine’s infrastructure. We speak to a man who is a kind of drone whisperer. After years of taking these Shahed drones apart, he …
00:18:50 |
Tue 28 Feb 2023
55. Oyez, Oyez, Oyez: Twenty-six words get their day in the High Court
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in a case that will consider a 1995 law that shields social media companies from liability. Gonzalez v. Google could allow people to sue tech com…
00:22:05 |
Tue 21 Feb 2023
54. Miss Lonelyhearts and the money mules
In a special Valentine’s Day episode, we look at the evolution of romance scams. They aren’t just about bilking lonely people out of their life savings anymore – scammers have diversified, and they’r…
00:23:35 |
Tue 14 Feb 2023
53. Xi's brave new world
At a time when an errant spy balloon has raised new questions about President Xi Jinping’s absolute control over all things Chinese, we take a look at how his regime quelled last year’s Covid protest…
00:23:46 |
Tue 07 Feb 2023
52. SPECIAL FEATURE: Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder & Pegasus Spyware
“Shoot The Messenger” from Exile Content Studio and PRX looks at what happened to the murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The first weapon used against him was digital - a sophistica…
00:41:54 |
Tue 31 Jan 2023
51. Exclusive: Axon still wants to put Taser drones in your kid’s school
This week, Axon, the company that developed the Taser, is hosting a conference in Las Vegas called TaserCon. The event is billed as an opportunity to talk about law enforcement and public safety. Axo…
00:27:51 |
Tue 24 Jan 2023
50. LockBit Diaries: A researcher's year undercover with the world’s most dangerous ransomware gang
After spending more than a year undercover with the notorious ransomware gang LockBit, one researcher explains how the group revolutionized the business of ransomware.
00:22:26 |
Tue 17 Jan 2023
49. Genshin Impact: trying to balance mass appeal with Beijing's blessing
Genshin Impact put the Chinese video gaming industry on the map. While the game has delighted players, it begs the question: Can China’s Communist Party and a massively popular video game peacefully …
00:20:56 |
Tue 10 Jan 2023
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