194. A return to the musicians who came in from the cold
At a time when Vladimir Putin is attempting to redraw the Iron Curtain, we revisit an earlier episode in which we take a trip back to the Soviet Union circa 1985 when four American musicians smuggled ...
24 Des 202422min
193. Mic Drop: For researcher Allison Nixon, young cybercriminals are ‘objectively interesting’
We return to a conversation we had over the summer with Unit 221B’s Allison Nixon about young cybercriminals, radicalization, and the search for self in the virtual world. Learn about your ad choices...
20 Des 202413min
192. Return to the leak that unmasked China’s hackers-for-hire
Recently, the US sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity company and one of its employees who compromised tens of thousands of firewalls worldwide, with potentially deadly consequences. All of this could s...
17 Des 202422min
191. SPECIAL FEATURE: ‘(Ai)ding Cybercrime’ from SHIFT
An episode of ‘SHIFT’ from PRX:AI is being integrated into our technologies at warp speed, but we are only starting to consider how it could be weaponized in the future. The SHIFT podcast talks to Lee...
13 Des 202412min
190. Return to the curious case of the disappearing TikTok videos
TikTok took down Esma Memtimin’s posts for allegedly violating the platform’s community rules, even though her videos were about little more than stickers and some current events. Just days after TikT...
10 Des 202426min
189. Mic Drop: Return to Wazawaka
We return to an earlier interview we had with Wazawaka, a Russian hacker who, in late 2023, was added to the FBI’s Cyber Most Wanted List. Russian authorities allegedly jailed him late last week — tho...
6 Des 202419min
188. SPECIAL FEATURE: ‘The Right-Wing Plan for Trump-Friendly Spies’ from In the Room with Peter Bergen
An episode from In the Room with Peter Bergen. Longtime national security analyst Peter Bergen looks at what President-elect Trump’s return to the White House will likely mean for intelligence gatheri...
3 Des 202443min
187. Mic Drop: Crypto and the man: Prof. Lamont Black on Donald Trump’s federal bitcoin reserve
Crypto was envisioned as the ultimate democratic currency, the thing that allowed you to buy things without “the man.” But, now the president-elect’s newfound interest means “the man" may be adding bi...
29 Nov 202418min
