147. Mic Drop: The problem with the Nigerian economy has nothing to do with crypto
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147. Mic Drop: The problem with the Nigerian economy has nothing to do with crypto

Before Nigerian authorities detained two mid-level Binance executives back in February, they were telling anyone who would listen that the cryptocurrency platform was manipulating the value of its currency, the naira. It turns out the more likely culprit is more than a decade of economic mismanagement, as we explore in an encore episode of Mic Drop.

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123. Mic Drop: China seeks a Great Leap Forward in cyber

123. Mic Drop: China seeks a Great Leap Forward in cyber

Chinese hackers are stepping up their game, according to Nigel Inkster, the former director of operations for Britain’s MI6. He says they are taking on a new swagger in cyberspace and borrowing things...

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122. The UK-US unmasked a giant Chinese cyber operation but forgot one thing: to tell many of its victims

122. The UK-US unmasked a giant Chinese cyber operation but forgot one thing: to tell many of its victims

The US and UK made a splashy coordinated announcement last month about a years-long cyber espionage campaign by Chinese state-backed hackers. The US indicted seven, the UK leveled sanctions. They just...

16 Apr 202425min

121. Mic Drop: A unusual peek inside a North Korean malware lab

121. Mic Drop: A unusual peek inside a North Korean malware lab

North Korea has a unique way of testing malware — they are less concerned about getting it right than getting it out… a kind of “smash-and-grab” approach to cyber attacks. Sentinel One’s Tom Hegel exp...

12 Apr 20246min

120. North Korea’s ScarCruft gang is behind some very crafty phishin’ campaigns

120. North Korea’s ScarCruft gang is behind some very crafty phishin’ campaigns

North Korea may be best known for the Lazarus group’s epic cryptocurrency heists. But there’s another special unit of state-backed hackers who have a different specialty: spying on journalists, dissid...

9 Apr 202424min

119. Mic Drop: Could an analysis of sound help save the jaguar in Costa Rica?

119. Mic Drop: Could an analysis of sound help save the jaguar in Costa Rica?

Everyone is talking about the power of AI in conservation, but a professor at Arizona State University has found an even simpler, more elegant solution – and all you have to do is listen. Learn about...

5 Apr 202411min

118. AI and the Holy Grail of conservation: Real-time monitoring

118. AI and the Holy Grail of conservation: Real-time monitoring

Cornell University’s Elephant Listening Project has been trying to get real-time monitoring of the Central African Republic’s forest elephants for years. FruitPunch AI and a roster of other AI researc...

2 Apr 202427min

117. Mic Drop: The Big Chill: Nigeria, Binance battle likely to add to economic crisis

117. Mic Drop: The Big Chill: Nigeria, Binance battle likely to add to economic crisis

Matthew Page from the London-based think tank Chatham House pulls back to look at the potential economic fallout between Nigerian government and Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. ...

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116. Detained execs, a bold escape, and tax evasion charges: Nigeria takes aim at Binance

116. Detained execs, a bold escape, and tax evasion charges: Nigeria takes aim at Binance

This week, Nigeria charged Binance and two of its executives with tax evasion in the latest twist in a month-long dispute between the cryptocurrency giant and the Nigerian government. Nigeria detained...

26 Mars 202426min

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