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One day Nick got a visit from the FBI demanding he give them data on one of his customers. They asked for it in the form of a National Security Letter or NSL. Something wasn’t right about this letter. It seemed to violate the constitution. So he set out to change the law. Learn more about Nicks work at [calyxinstitute.org](calyxinstitute.org) and [phreeli.com](phreeli.com). Check out Cindy’s book...

It started with a fake car listing on eBay. What looked like a simple online scam quietly grew, over more than a decade, into one of the most sophisticated cybercrime operations the FBI had ever traced. Custom malware. Opsec off the charts. Fleets of infected computers mining cryptocurrency for someone else. Millions of dollars siphoned from victims who had no idea. This is the story of Bayrob and...

For six years, Sophos fought a secret cyber war against a state-backed hacking group targeting its firewalls. This forced Sophos to drastically change tactics to defend their customers and firewalls. Was it ethical? Was it effective? They disrupted nine zero-day attacks, exposed who was hacking them, and forced the hackers to change tactics. But at what cost? You have to listen to one of the most...

Alberto came to the U.S. for a better future. So when someone offered him the chance to make more money in one night than he'd see in a lifetime, he took it. But this hustle was part of an elaborate bank fraud scheme. As he collected cash from every ATM in New York City, the Secret Service collected info on one of the biggest bank heists ever. Visit https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/173/ for...

When threat researcher D3ada55 noticed her dad's TV streaming box was sending alarming amounts of traffic to China, she locked it in a room with a few Raspberry Pis and studied it. What she found shook her to the core. The pirated TV device was not only sniffing everything on her home network, but attempting to impersonate those devices as well. And when she dug deeper into who made these &qu...

Andrew Batey got really good at sending fake traffic to up-and-coming musicians. But his Black Hat marketing uncovered a much darker flaw in streaming services like Spotify and iTunes — one that changed his business and music streaming forever. Visit https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/171/ for a list of sources, full transcripts, and to listen to all episodes. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t...

The hacker magazine "Phrack" debuted in 1985 across various BBS systems. Its purpose was to bring phone phreakers and computer hackers together into one knowledge sharing community. Over the next 40 years, the magazine became incredibly influential, changed ownership multiple times, disappeared, started a hacker war, and re-emerged many times. Its pages - both digital and printed - have...

Legion of Doom, step aside. There's a new elite hacker group in town, and they're calling themselves Masters of Deception (MoD). With tactics that are grittier and more sophisticated than those of the LoD, MoD has targeted high-profile entities and left an indelible mark on the internet. Visit https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/169 for a list of sources, full transcripts, and to listen t...

In the 1970s and '80s, the Internet was home to rebels, phreakers, and knowledge seekers - that is until phone companies and governments brought the hammer down on kids sharing BBS text files. But one organized group of hackers, The Legion of Doom, emerged from the chaos of the early Internet. And their adventures made history. Visit https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/168/ for a list of sourc...

A manufacturer gets hit with ransomware. A hospital too. Learn how Threatlocker stops these types of attacks. This episode is brought to you by Threatlocker. This episode is sponsored by ThreatLocker®. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform that strengthens your infrastructure from the ground up. With ThreatLocker® Allowlisting and Ringfencing™, you gain a more secure approach...

Maxie Reynolds has held many jobs: underwater roboticist, Hollywood stunt performer, quantum computing engineer. But her *favorite* line of work — the one that REALLY gets her blood pumping — is penetration testing, especially the IRL kind. Maxie shares how a new wardrobe, a bad Swedish accent, and a TON of adrenaline are the best tools for hacking companies, governments, and the security teams th...

Tanya Janca's worldview changed suddenly when she realized how easy it was for hackers to crack her applications. From that point on, she vowed to be both a developer AND a hacker, and to spread the gospel of application security to other programmers. But when she took a job with the Canadian government, nothing could prepare her for the looming threats. Visit https://darknetdiaries.com/episo...

He started small, swiping cards, buying gift cards, and cashing out. It spiraled into a full‑blown criminal enterprise. Dozens of co‑conspirators, stacks of stolen plastic, and a lifestyle built on chaos. Meet Nathan Michael, leader of Oak Cliff Swipers. Visit https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/164/ for a list of sources, full transcripts, and to listen to all episodes. ... https://www.youtube.com...

In 2019, Ola Bini, a Swedish programmer and privacy advocate, was arrested in Ecuador with no evidence and no motive. But what's really going on goes far deeper than he could imagine. Visit https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/163/ for a list of sources, full transcripts, and to listen to all episodes. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xnX9tQtk2A

Before he even graduated high school, Hieu Minh Ngo had stolen 100,000 credit cards. But that was just the beginning of his hacking career. When he stumbled into the terrifying (and perfectly legal) world of data brokers, he built a pipeline for identity theft on a massive scale. But why are these companies even allowed to exist? And who are they selling all our personal data to, anyway? What Hieu...

What if a USB cable could take complete control of your PC or phone? Hackers use them. Governments are using them. And it's all thanks to one security pro known only as "MG." Visit https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/161/ for a list of sources, full transcripts, and to listen to all episodes. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W81oWOf_RiE

Greg Linares (AKA Laughing Mantis) shares his hunts for Zero Day exploits, the triple(?) agent working at Microsoft, how he became the youngest hacker ever arrested in Arizona, and that time a client hired him to steal human DNA. Follow Greg on Twitter: https://x.com/Laughing_Mantis . Visit https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/160 for a list of sources, full transcripts, and to listen to all episode...

Some hackers steal your credit card. Others might snoop through your Web history. But what if your deepest, darkest secrets — the ones you only tell your therapist — were suddenly on the Internet, for anyone to read? When one of Finland's largest psychotherapy companies was breached, the stakes were so high that police worked around the clock hunting for "Ransom Man," the extortioni...

MalwareTech was an anonymous young security researcher, until he stumbled upon the command and control server for WannaCry, a Windows exploit developed by the NSA and weaponized by North Korea (probably). When he registered the domain, he inadvertently hit the kill switch for this terrifying ransomware - and exposed his identity to the entire world in the process. https://malwaretech.com Visit htt...

Grifter grew up in a tough neighborhood. All he knew was fighting and stealing. But when he discovered a hacker BBS, he turned his life of street crime into one of cyber crime. But it wasn't until he went to Defcon in Las Vegas that he truly leveled up. Visit https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/157/ for a list of sources, full transcripts, and to listen to all episodes. ... https://www.youtube...

Chris Monteiro was no stranger to dark web marketplaces: drugs, weapons, crypto - you name it. But when he found a "Hitman for Hire" site selling murder, he knew it was a scam. He called them out publicly, interviewed its creator, and even hacked the site to read customers' messages. That's when things got dark, fast. Visit https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/156/ for a list of...

Joe Grand - better known by his alias Kingpin - has been hacking everything he could touch since the '80s. Phone phreaking, intercepting pager messages, DOS, Windows, and more. He's been arrested, testified before the U.S. Congress, and even hosted his own cable TV show. So how does he hold onto his Punk Rock spirit - even in his 40s - when so many of us lose it to age, responsibility, a...

A Cheap Jammer That Disrupted Airport Communications #podcast #airport #privacy Listen to the full episode 🎙 Darknet Diaries Ep: Jammer! He Just Wanted Privacy, But This Little Device Caused Big Trouble ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_izoDLdUW0

A Wild Website Where People Lose Millions of Dollars #cybersecurity #podcast #crypto #memecoin Listen to the full episode 🎙 Darknet Diaries Ep. 152: Stacc Attack ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GUYYeVImVY

Flipper Culture Is Wilder Than You Think #flipping #truecrime #podcast Listen to the full episode 🎙 Darknet Diaries Ep. 153: Bike Index ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFB8IuWXK68