25. Lapsus$ - The script kiddies are alright
An encore performance of one of our favorite episodes about LAPSUS$, a cyber extortion gang that convinced the world its low-tech hacking operations were really high-impact heists. Plus, we hear how t...
26 Jul 202224min
24. SPECIAL FEATURE: ‘El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment’ from Nothing is Foreign
Earlier this year, the CBC's Nothing is Foreign podcast reported on how El Salvador's promise of a cryptocurrency paradise runs up against reality. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-ch...
19 Jul 202227min
23. The post-Roe digital world
An encore performance of one of our most popular episodes. Five years ago, a Mississippi woman named Latice Fisher was charged with murdering her stillborn child. The evidence against her: a controver...
12 Jul 202220min
22. SPECIAL FEATURE: ‘NSO’ from Darknet Diaries
Last August, the Darknet Diaries host Jack Rhysider did a story about the NSO Group’s most famous product — Pegasus — a surveillance program which has the ability to turn just about anyone’s phone int...
5 Jul 20221h 9min
21. Son of Conti
The Conti ransomware group appeared to be on ropes earlier this year when its internal chat logs went public –revealing the inner workings of a hacking cartel. Then, the gang surprised everyone by lau...
28 Jun 202220min
20. North Korea’s cryptocurrency obsession
For years, North Korea was known for making such a perfect counterfeit hundred-dollar note, the Treasury Department had to change how it printed them. Now, North Korea is all about crypto – and it has...
21 Jun 202223min
19. Gilman Louie and the dance with wolf warriors
In a wide-ranging conversation on the fringes of this month’s RSA Conference, we sat down with Silicon Valley venture capitalist and Presidential Intelligence Advisory Board member Gilman Louie. We ta...
14 Jun 202228min
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 peaceful...
7 Jun 202223min
