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

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

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124. The company man: US response to Nigeria’s detention of former IRS crypto investigator rankles federal agents

124. The company man: US response to Nigeria’s detention of former IRS crypto investigator rankles federal agents

A former American IRS investigator responsible for some of the earliest dark market takedowns has been in Nigerian custody since February. Neither Nigerian nor the US authorities seem to be distinguis...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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