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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
5 Apr 202226min
8. War, sanctions and crypto’s big moment
As sanctions squeeze the Russian economy, ordinary Russians are having to navigate a financial system in mid-collapse. For some, the solution has been cryptocurrencies. We talk to a small businessman in St. Petersburg who explains. Plus, the hack heard ‘round the indie music world.SHOW NOTES:Grimes Admits to Blackmail, Extortion, and Hacking in Vanity Fair Video Interview Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
29 Mars 202220min
7. Fighting Russia with computers, not rifles
A volunteer army made up of thousands of IT professionals from around the world is seeking to fight Russia in cyberspace. We talk to some of its members and discover new limits to Russia’s hacking efforts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
22 Mars 202218min
6. 'Baggage from a severely harmed relationship'
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman explains how we – in a few short years – went from a controversial phone call between an American president and Ukrainian leader to the largest territorial aggression in Europe since WWII. Plus, Ukraine’s all volunteer IT Army.SHOW NOTES:Here, Right MattersThe Day After Russia AttacksAmerica Must Do More to Help Ukraine Fight Russia Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
15 Mars 202223min
5. Conti leaks: the Panama Papers of ransomware
Not long after the Conti ransomware group threw its weight behind Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine someone leaked two years’ of its internal chat logs. What they’ve revealed has rocked the cyber world and made clear that running a world-class ransomware operation isn’t as easy as it used to be. Plus, a new look at information warfare with author Amy Zegart.SHOW NOTES:Conti ransomware gang chats leaked by pro-Ukraine member Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
8 Mars 202222min
4. 'They are fighting like lions'
The most surprising thing about the Russian invasion of Ukraine – aside from the invasion itself – is how small a role cyber operations have played to this point. That’s likely to change. Plus the administration’s unusual weapon against misinformation campaigns: declassifying intelligence. SHOW NOTES:Russia appears to deploy digital defenses after DDoS attacksBiden: U.S. ‘prepared to respond’ to Russian cyberattacks as invasion of Ukraine continuesRussia or Ukraine: Hacking groups take sidesNetBlocks tracking internet disruptions Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
1 Mars 202219min
3. In touch with reality
In a rare interview, Click Here catches up with former NSA contractor Reality Winner. Back in 2017, she leaked a five-page classified document to journalists that showed how Russia tried to interfere in the 2016 elections. She went to prison for it and talks at length about why she did what she did and how it so spectacularly backfired. And a chat with the head of the internet watchdog, Netblocks. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
22 Feb 202237min
2. A place called darkode
Ryan Green helped start one of the largest English-language dark markets in the world: Darkode. He takes us behind-the-scenes of how it started, how it ended, and how it managed to come back again. Plus, we look at a Russian misinformation re-tread.SHOW NOTES:CBS NEWS: How authorities infiltrate the Internet underworldDepartment of Justice announcement on Darkode’s takedownRussian 2014 fake news story Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
15 Feb 202224min
