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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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Newest first

Jun 28, 2022 · 20 min
21. Son of Conti
21. Son of Conti
Jun 21, 2022 · 23 min
20. North Korea’s cryptocurrency obsession
20. North Korea’s cryptocurrency obsession
Jun 14, 2022 · 28 min
19. Gilman Louie and the dance with wolf warriors
19. Gilman Louie and the dance with wolf warriors
Jun 7, 2022 · 23 min
18. The dog-eat-dragon world of Chinese gaming
Genshin Impact put the Chinese video gaming industry on the map. But while the game has delighted players, it begs the question: Can China’s Communist Party and a massively popular video game peacefully co-exist? Plus, we hit the ground at this year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco.
May 31, 2022 · 25 min
17. REvil and the Texas hack that changed ransomware as we know it
An encore performance of the Click Here pilot episode on REvil and how it landed on a new business model. It happened in an unlikely place: Texas.
May 24, 2022 · 22 min
16. Roe v. Wade in a world of digital dust
16. Roe v. Wade in a world of digital dust
May 17, 2022 · 24 min
15. At war with facial recognition: Clearview AI in Ukraine
Facial recognition technology is changing the war in Ukraine. It is finding infiltrators, providing evidence for war crimes and, more darkly, providing fodder for propaganda. We talk to Clearview AI’s CEO about its role in the conflict and what it means for the future.
May 10, 2022 · 27 min
14. ‘Cream of the cream’: Russia’s high-tech brain drain
Tech entrepreneurs and developers are fleeing Putin’s Russia in droves. Meet three members of the exodus: a young successful entrepreneur… a corporate manager… and a high-school computer whiz who can’t wait to leave. Plus, DHS’ Rob Silvers on how ransomware ends.
May 3, 2022 · 21 min
13. Spyware and ‘a world of Bond villains’
13. Spyware and ‘a world of Bond villains’
Apr 26, 2022 · 24 min
12. Lapsus$: The script kiddies are alright
How a new cyber extortion team called LAPSUS$ managed to convince the world that it had turned low-tech hacking operations into high impact heists. And two high-schoolers who tinkered with a punch card and almost brought down the IBM computer center in Manhattan.
Apr 19, 2022 · 23 min
11. The entrepreneur and the Jihadist
A Los Angeles tech entrepreneur reveals for the first time the role he played in bringing one of the world’s deadliest hackers to justice. And the founder of Craigslist talks about his effort to build a cyber civil defense force.
Apr 12, 2022 · 23 min
10. Are America’s nuclear systems so old they’re un-hackable?
10. Are America’s nuclear systems so old they’re un-hackable?
Apr 5, 2022 · 26 min
9. The rise of high-tech despotism
Noura Al-Jizawi thought she’d left the repression of the Assad regime behind her when she left Syria with her sister. Instead she became the target of an online subversion campaign. Plus, we meet the founder of a retro computer museum in Mariupol, Ukraine.
Mar 29, 2022 · 20 min
8. War, sanctions and crypto’s big moment
Can crypto help save Russia?
Mar 22, 2022 · 18 min
7. Fighting Russia with computers, not rifles
Ukrainian cyber officials claim half a million people are part of the Ukrainian IT Army
Mar 15, 2022 · 23 min
6. 'Baggage from a severely harmed relationship'
An interview with Alexander Vindman
Mar 8, 2022 · 22 min
5. Conti leaks: the Panama Papers of ransomware
One of the most successful ransomware gangs In the world, has a leak problem.
Mar 1, 2022 · 19 min
4. 'They are fighting like lions'
Russia has launched one of the simplest of cyber attacks, but for how long?
Feb 22, 2022 · 37 min
3. In touch with reality
A rare interview with NSA leaker Reality Winner
Feb 15, 2022 · 24 min
2. A place called darkode
The importance of dark markets

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21. Son of Conti

20. North Korea’s cryptocurrency obsession

19. Gilman Louie and the dance with wolf warriors

18. The dog-eat-dragon world of Chinese gaming

17. REvil and the Texas hack that changed ransomware as we know it

16. Roe v. Wade in a world of digital dust

15. At war with facial recognition: Clearview AI in Ukraine

14. ‘Cream of the cream’: Russia’s high-tech brain drain

13. Spyware and ‘a world of Bond villains’

12. Lapsus$: The script kiddies are alright

11. The entrepreneur and the Jihadist

10. Are America’s nuclear systems so old they’re un-hackable?

9. The rise of high-tech despotism

8. War, sanctions and crypto’s big moment

7. Fighting Russia with computers, not rifles

6. 'Baggage from a severely harmed relationship'

5. Conti leaks: the Panama Papers of ransomware

4. 'They are fighting like lions'

3. In touch with reality

2. A place called darkode