36. The hijab will never be the same
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran has ignited the most powerful protests the country has seen in years. In addition to violence, authorities have responded with a host of new tools to throt...
11 Loka 202225min
35. Reality Winner and the handling of secret documents
As the wrangling continues over classified documents former President Trump took to his Florida home, we take a second look at the case of Reality Winner, the NSA contractor who served time in prison ...
4 Loka 202221min
34. Ukraine’s mass graves have stories to tell
The town whose name has become synonymous with Russian atrocities in Ukraine is rushing to digitize information about the dead --- not just to identify them and give families closure --- but to hold R...
27 Syys 202227min
33. Throwing bricks for $$$: violence-as-a-service comes of age
Young people who have been making millions hacking mobile phones — known as SIM swappers — have found a new way to intimidate and harass their rivals. They call it “violence-as-a-service” or “IRL jobs...
20 Syys 202219min
32. The great tractor jailbreak
The talk of DEF CON 2022 was the handiwork of a white hat hacker named Sick Codes. On stage, he demonstrated how he broke the digital locks of a John Deere tractor. He did it with such ease, it made p...
13 Syys 202224min
31. Seagulls in the park
Hydra was a darknet superstore. It started out as an online illegal drug site and morphed into a billion-dollar business with codes of conduct, customer support, and legal and medical services. It had...
6 Syys 202221min
30. The scariest piece of malware since Stuxnet
Back in April, cybersecurity officials discovered the notorious “Industroyer” malware in the Ukrainian electrical grid. It might have been the scariest infrastructure hack since malware destroyed cent...
30 Elo 202224min
29. The musicians who came in from the cold
At a time when Vladimir Putin is attempting to redraw the Iron Curtain, we take a trip back to the Soviet Union circa 1985 when four American musicians smuggled messages in and out of the Soviet Union...
23 Elo 202230min
