129. Mic Drop: LockbitSupp tells us: UK and US have got the wrong guy
In an interview, LockbitSupp, head of the Lockbit cybercrime operation, told us that the U.S., U.K. and Australia have the wrong guy — he’s not Dmitry Khoroshev, the 31-year-old Russian national they’...
10 Maj 20249min
128. Taking aim at Democracy: Russia’s Doppelgänger gang isn’t just targeting elections anymore
In a year that could bring a perfect storm of disinformation, meet Doppelgänger, a Russian-backed group seeking not just to shake up the world’s elections, but its institutions too. Learn about your ...
7 Maj 202425min
127. Mic Drop: NSC’s Neuberger on mitigating cyber attacks: ‘We should be using an operational approach’
The White House’s top cyber official is keen to set minimum cybersecurity standards for industry, put contingencies in place in case cyberattacks are successful, and start looping ordinary people into...
3 Maj 20249min
126. The future of robotics from MIT’s "Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs Alliances" podcast
An episode from the ‘CSAIL Alliances Podcast’ from MIT CSAIL Alliances. Host Kara Miller talks with MIT robotics researcher and professor Daniela Rus about how we can use a new generation of robots to...
30 Apr 202424min
125. 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 cur...
26 Apr 20249min
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...
23 Apr 202430min
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...
19 Apr 202410min
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
