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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.

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362 episodes
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Nov 8, 2024 · 19 min
181. A hacker’s final frontier — Space
Recently, a lot of smart people who work on space problems gathered at the Value of Space Summit in Colorado Springs and talked to us about the things that keep them up at night. At the top of their list? Earthlings hacking satellites and speeding bits of space junk.
Nov 5, 2024 · 18 min
180. Mic Drop Exclusive: Gen. Nakasone says reports about influence campaigns are ‘a sign of success’
We sit down one-on-one with Retired General Paul Nakasone, the man who dreamed up the US response to the latest iteration of foreign election chicanery. He explains why he’s so confident the 2024 vote will be safe and secure.
Nov 1, 2024 · 11 min
179. Mic Drop: Guardians of the Galaxy are sitting in Colorado Springs
While the world was taking selfies against the colorful backdrop of solar storm auroras this past spring, officials at the Space Watch Center in Colorado Springs were searching for something more nefarious.
Oct 29, 2024 · 22 min
178. Saving Odie: A team of space geeks, a scrappy lunar lander and today’s hackable space race
NASA has off-loaded much of the space program onto the private sector. Companies are building space suits and moon buggies and lunar landers. We tell the story of a scrappy little lander — and how earthlings had to hack it to save it.
Oct 25, 2024 · 12 min
177. Mic Drop: NSA’s David Luber on Russia, China and the power of partnerships
We talk to the NSA’s Director of Cybersecurity, David Luber, about Ukraine, adversaries in cyberspace, and the importance of partnerships.
Oct 22, 2024 · 20 min
176. Spamouflage: Is China’s best known disinformation gang taking new aim at the US?
176. Spamouflage: Is China’s best known disinformation gang taking new aim at the US?
Oct 18, 2024 · 8 min
175. Mic Drop: Kraken CSO Nick Percoco’s unusual anti-scamming campaign
We talk to Nick Percoco, Kraken’s chief security officer, about joining forces with a popular YouTube scambaiter.
Oct 15, 2024 · 26 min
174. Beyond Ukraine: Russia wages low-grade, hybrid attacks on Europe
174. Beyond Ukraine: Russia wages low-grade, hybrid attacks on Europe
Oct 11, 2024 · 11 min
173. Mic Drop: Hear ye, Hear ye, the Hacker’s Court is in session
We re-visit our conversation with Analyst1 senior researcher Jon DiMaggio about how hackers settle their disputes – think People’s Court without all the robes.
Oct 8, 2024 · 23 min
172. Want a crypto education? A new WhatsApp scam is tailor-made just for you.
When Stephanie joined a WhatsApp group to get advice on cryptocurrency investing, it began a wild ride that included the CEO of a large investment firm, cybercriminals half a world away, and a brush with a rag tag team of computer nerds in Alabama chasing a $5 billion problem.
Oct 4, 2024 · 12 min
171. Mic Drop: Andrew Ferguson says AI’s introduction into the simple police report, isn’t that simple.
In the U.S. criminal justice system, a lot of things hinge on the simple police report. As departments begin to use AI and large language model software to help cops write them, American University law professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson worries people don’t understand the possible downstream effects.
Oct 1, 2024 · 30 min
170. AI is writing police reports: Should we be worried?
170. AI is writing police reports: Should we be worried?
Sep 27, 2024 · 12 min
169. Mic Drop: Election security? Slovakia’s cautionary tale
Leaders from Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft told the Senate Intelligence Committee that they were doing all they could to combat foreign interference ahead of the November election. The senators weren't convinced.
Sep 24, 2024 · 31 min
168. Exclusive: Senator Mark Warner on election fears and all things cyber and intelligence
We sat down with US Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia to talk about election interference, his recent hearing with tech execs on misinformation and disinformation, and the future of cybersecurity.
Sep 20, 2024 · 11 min
167. Mic Drop: TikTok’s day in Appeals Court
167. Mic Drop: TikTok’s day in Appeals Court
Sep 17, 2024 · 30 min
166. The curious case of Esma Memtimin’s disappearing TikTok videos
166. The curious case of Esma Memtimin’s disappearing TikTok videos
Sep 13, 2024 · 9 min
165. Mic Drop: FIN7 is hiring
The Russian-speaking cyber gang, FIN7, has fooled red team hackers into doing their dirty work by masquerading as legitimate cybersecurity companies just looking for talent. Silent Push’s Zach Edwards talks about the scam.
Sep 10, 2024 · 33 min
164. The Hunt for FIN7: Hot on the trail of a notorious cyber gang
Investigators have been chasing the Russian-speaking cyber gang for years — and they’ve stayed just one step ahead. Threat researcher Zach Edwards lays out why bringing gangs like this to justice has always been so hard.
Sep 6, 2024 · 10 min
163. Mic Drop: From banned to beloved, the Taliban’s unexpected embrace of the Internet
Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership may have smashed TVs in the 1990s, but these days their embracing slickly-produced videos and social media influencers to try to rehab their image abroad. Afghan anthropologist Omar Sharifi unpacks whether its working.
Sep 3, 2024 · 29 min
162. Ehtesab in Afghanistan: an app’s struggle to survive under the Taliban
Technology has changed the way countries wage war, and today, we look at an app in Afghanistan that wanted to change the way people on the ground experienced it.

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181. A hacker’s final frontier — Space

180. Mic Drop Exclusive: Gen. Nakasone says reports about influence campaigns are ‘a sign of success’

179. Mic Drop: Guardians of the Galaxy are sitting in Colorado Springs

178. Saving Odie: A team of space geeks, a scrappy lunar lander and today’s hackable space race

177. Mic Drop: NSA’s David Luber on Russia, China and the power of partnerships

176. Spamouflage: Is China’s best known disinformation gang taking new aim at the US?

175. Mic Drop: Kraken CSO Nick Percoco’s unusual anti-scamming campaign

174. Beyond Ukraine: Russia wages low-grade, hybrid attacks on Europe

173. Mic Drop: Hear ye, Hear ye, the Hacker’s Court is in session

172. Want a crypto education? A new WhatsApp scam is tailor-made just for you.

171. Mic Drop: Andrew Ferguson says AI’s introduction into the simple police report, isn’t that simple.

170. AI is writing police reports: Should we be worried?

169. Mic Drop: Election security? Slovakia’s cautionary tale

168. Exclusive: Senator Mark Warner on election fears and all things cyber and intelligence

167. Mic Drop: TikTok’s day in Appeals Court

166. The curious case of Esma Memtimin’s disappearing TikTok videos

165. Mic Drop: FIN7 is hiring

164. The Hunt for FIN7: Hot on the trail of a notorious cyber gang

163. Mic Drop: From banned to beloved, the Taliban’s unexpected embrace of the Internet

162. Ehtesab in Afghanistan: an app’s struggle to survive under the Taliban