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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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Aug 22, 2023 · 28 min
81. Ilya Sachkov v. the Kremlin
Ilya Sachkov co-founded the cybersecurity company Group-IB to make the world safe from Russian-speaking cybercriminals. Then he asked Russian authorities to help round them up, and things went spectacularly wrong.
Aug 15, 2023 · 23 min
80. Meet ChatGPT’s evil twin
Wave “goodbye” to those pesky emails from Nigerian princes and say “hello” to the latest generation of AI enabled email scamming. It’s smarter, faster and, by the way, looks like it’s coming from your boss. The only thing that might stop them? AI itself.
Aug 8, 2023 · 25 min
79. One woman’s Orwellian experience with disinformation
We look at an American disinformation campaign that makes clear online abuse directed at women goes far beyond a couple of mean tweets. And, an update on a Syrian activist who was on the receiving end of a misinformation crisis of her own.
Aug 1, 2023 · 18 min
78. Trouble in the cloud
78. Trouble in the cloud
Jul 25, 2023 · 39 min
77. SPECIAL FEATURE: ‘The internet is at the bottom of the sea’ from Things That Go Boom
77. SPECIAL FEATURE: ‘The internet is at the bottom of the sea’ from Things That Go Boom
Jul 18, 2023 · 24 min
76. The Mexican army’s love affair with spyware
76. The Mexican army’s love affair with spyware
Jul 11, 2023 · 34 min
75. SPECIAL FEATURE: 'Life, death and AI' from Endless Thread
From WBUR's “Endless Thread" podcast, a story on a growing segment of artificial intelligence: immortalizing the dead through predictive AI text and how bots can help us understand grief.
Jul 4, 2023 · 22 min
74. Reality Winner and the handling of secret documents
74. Reality Winner and the handling of secret documents
Jun 27, 2023 · 28 min
73. Can satellite surveillance save Sudan from itself?
73. Can satellite surveillance save Sudan from itself?
Jun 20, 2023 · 28 min
72. Exclusive: Inside an American Hunt Forward Operation in Ukraine
72. Exclusive: Inside an American Hunt Forward Operation in Ukraine
Jun 13, 2023 · 19 min
71. A return to model drone pilots and Ukraine’s spring offensive
As Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive begins, we revisit a story we did last winter about some unusual Ukrainian women training to become part of the nation’s Army of Drones.
Jun 6, 2023 · 26 min
70. An unlikely teacher: What Wagner Group learned from ISIS
70. An unlikely teacher: What Wagner Group learned from ISIS
May 30, 2023 · 21 min
69. Wazawaka: ‘Most Wanted’ and, he says, undeterred
This month, the FBI added Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev to their Most Wanted hacker list for his alleged role in a number of ransomware attacks against U.S. targets. In a rare interview shortly after the FBI announcement, he talked about the new designation and what he wants to do next.
May 23, 2023 · 23 min
68. SPECIAL FEATURE: 'The Slave Armies Powering a New Kind of Golden Triangle Cybercrime' from The Underworld Podcast
68. SPECIAL FEATURE: The Slave Armies Powering a New Kind of Golden Triangle Cybercrime from The Underworld Podcast
May 16, 2023 · 18 min
67. Hive’s WeWork experiment — and what went wrong
67. Hive’s WeWork experiment — and what went wrong
May 9, 2023 · 21 min
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 nabbing masterminds. It was about making it harder for JV hackers to enter the world of cybercrime.
May 2, 2023 · 25 min
65. Morality in Iraq: You should worry because there’s an app for that
65. Morality in Iraq: You should worry because there’s an app for that
Apr 25, 2023 · 24 min
64. Portrait of Bassterlord as a young man
64. Portrait of Bassterlord as a young man
Apr 18, 2023 · 30 min
63. Tracers on the stage: Andy Greenberg, Michael Gronager and Tigran Gambaryan talk cryptocurrency tracking
63. Tracers on the stage: Andy Greenberg, Michael Gronager and Tigran Gambaryan talk cryptocurrency tracking
Apr 11, 2023 · 23 min
62. How a mathematician and an entrepreneur helped law enforcement take a bite out of crypto crime
62. How a mathematician and an entrepreneur helped law enforcement take a bite out of crypto crime

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81. Ilya Sachkov v. the Kremlin

80. Meet ChatGPT’s evil twin

79. One woman’s Orwellian experience with disinformation

78. Trouble in the cloud

77. SPECIAL FEATURE: ‘The internet is at the bottom of the sea’ from Things That Go Boom

76. The Mexican army’s love affair with spyware

75. SPECIAL FEATURE: 'Life, death and AI' from Endless Thread

74. Reality Winner and the handling of secret documents

73. Can satellite surveillance save Sudan from itself?

72. Exclusive: Inside an American Hunt Forward Operation in Ukraine

71. A return to model drone pilots and Ukraine’s spring offensive

70. An unlikely teacher: What Wagner Group learned from ISIS

69. Wazawaka: ‘Most Wanted’ and, he says, undeterred

68. SPECIAL FEATURE: 'The Slave Armies Powering a New Kind of Golden Triangle Cybercrime' from The Underworld Podcast

67. Hive’s WeWork experiment — and what went wrong

66. ‘Operation Cookie Monster' and the Genesis takedown

65. Morality in Iraq: You should worry because there’s an app for that

64. Portrait of Bassterlord as a young man

63. Tracers on the stage: Andy Greenberg, Michael Gronager and Tigran Gambaryan talk cryptocurrency tracking

62. How a mathematician and an entrepreneur helped law enforcement take a bite out of crypto crime