We wanted to know: How was USDoD, the hacker behind major data breaches, unmasked? On this episode, we trace his journey from infiltrating FBI-linked networks to leaking sensitive data, and hear from OSINT specialist and Predicta Lab CEO Baptiste Robert, who used open-source intelligence to follow USDoD?s digital trail, revealing what law enforcement missed along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The whole second half of this one is one long call but trust us it's worth it. A call in show with tales of hackers getting hacked back, spoofed emails, and operating system vulnerabilities. Hotline Hacked is brought to you by DeleteMe. Take control of your data and keep your private life private by signing up for DeleteMe. Now at a special discount for our listeners: Today get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to joindeleteme.com/HACKED and use promo code HACKED at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chatty chat episode where we discuss a Harvard research project turning Meta Ray-Bans into facial recognition hardware, an Irish court case resolution on a password breach, a live-action roleplaying game solved basically while we were talking, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We think Zeke Faux?s Number Go Up: Inside Crypto?s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall is one of the best modern books about crypto. It?s a globetrotting adventure and a great piece of reporting. To celebrate the paperback release, we sat down with Bloomberg investigative reporter and author Zeke Faux to dig into his experience writing it, what he learned, and what he thinks happens next. Number Go Up is now available in paperback wherever you get your books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a five-alarm fire in the fifth instalment of our call in show. We hear from a caller who accidentally won a naval war-game by unplugging a radio, a person whose company hired someone who clearly lied about their technical background, a very wholesome story about Counterstrike, and a person who decided to do a scavenger hunt by scavenging online instead of the real world. Hotline Hacked is brought to you by DeleteMe. Take control of your data and keep your private life private by signing up for DeleteMe. Now at a special discount for our listeners: Today get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to joindeleteme.com/HACKED and use promo code HACKED at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In which we discuss alleged Spotify streaming ad fraud that brought in millions, extremely poor voter outreach and an extended tangent on AI. Correction: we failed to make the "Ramen Empire" joke. Our apologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fourth times a charm. Share your strange tale of technology, true hack, or computer confession at hotlinehacked.com. We discuss stealing login credentials with microphones, hacking courses for cybersecurity classes for instant grades, and parking pits. Hotline Hacked is brought to you by DeleteMe. Take control of your data and keep your private life private by signing up for DeleteMe. Now at a special discount for our listeners: Today get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to joindeleteme.com/HACKED and use promo code HACKED at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can do lot of damage by changing someone's bike gear at the wrong time. A collection of stories including a DIY laser mad science project that aims to replicate a $150,000 piece of equipment, and one of the largest leaks of US Social Security Numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DEFCON: The Biggest Hacking Event in the World Every year DEFCON, the world?s biggest hacking conference, descends on Las Vegas for a weekend of digital mad science, security, and community building. We braved the desert heat to go find out what it?s all about and to see how many people would talk into a microphone at privacy-centric event.  Check out the Capture the Flag replays here: https://www.youtube.com/@livectf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We all just watched one of the largest IT events in years unfold in real time with the CrowdStrike incident. We wanted to understand it better, so we called up security researcher and educator John Hammond to get to the bottom of it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We got a lot of messages about the Ticketmaster hack that went down since our last episode. We dive into all the weird angles of that evolving story, a strange real time news update about the AT&T hack, and spend a surprising amount of time hyping a Canadian movie about Blackberry.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Few things impact the shape of the internet more than Google Search, yet its inner workings are mostly a mystery. In May, Rand Fishkin received alleged leaked documents that peal back the curtain as to how it works. We speak with Rand Fishkin about his involvement in the Google API leaks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We discuss a bunch of stories, including the bizarre tale of how an anonymous business registration company let a massive IT scam unfold in the US, a TikTok zero day, Microsoft recall and Apple Private Cloud Compute, and a home-brew cell tower hack in the UK. NOTE: I (JB) misspeak at about 18 minutes in. I say "US" when we're talking about the UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's our third call in episode and we're cooking now. Share your strange tale of technology, true hack, or computer confession at hotlinehacked.com. We discuss accidentally causing internet outages, creating a botnet pandoras box, and the proud tradition of hacking into stuff to play great songs the man does't want you to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chatty chat episode in which we discuss one of the wildest cases of tech depreciation ever, the potential unmasking of the operator behind a massive ransomware operation, a twist in the FTX case, and a bunch of other tangents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It?s our second call in show episode. Share your strange tale of technology, true hack, or computer confession at hotlinehacked.com. We discuss hacking e-bike networks, an act of white hat kindness, an 1970's hack from the prairies, and how bots have turned everyone into a commodities trader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A data leak at a big Chinese security company reveals not just that they're engaged in state sponsored hacking-for-hire, but just how weirdly corporate a job that actually is. Our conversation with Mei Danowski, security researcher, about her analysis of the iSoon leaks. Check our her excellent Substack Natto thoughts: https://nattothoughts.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bonus Chat Episode. We both love (and make) video games. Thanks to our supporters, alongside our typical two episodes this month, we?re excited to drop this bonus episode where we chat about hacking games, making games, and playing games. If you want to support Hacked too, check out hackedpodcast.com to subscribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of an online business school and the ex-student warning that it might be a cult. Check out some of our guest Tim Hume?s excellent reporting at the links below: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkaw7k/andrew-tate-the-real-world-cult https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7emvg/andrew-tate-channels-culled-by-youtube-after-revelations-about-get-rich-quick-cult https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a385g/youtube-profited-from-andrew-tate-recruitment-videos-despite-banning-them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chatty chat episode in which Scott and Jordan discuss the proposed Flipper Zero ban in Canada, a chatbot that lied to an airline passenger, a multimillion dollar deepfake heist in Hong Kong, and the Satoshi Nakamoto court trial currently underway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A lot of the tech we use today started out as a gizmo in a piece of science fiction. A conversation with Abe Haskins, creator of the DIY Pokédex, about how the sci-fi we love informs the tech we get, and how he hacked together an iconic piece of 90?s pop culture. Check out his excellent work at https://www.youtube.com/@abetoday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two competing stories about a cyberstalking that all comes down to an IP address. Today's episode was a partnership with "Pretend," hosted by Javier Leiva. Pretend is a true crime podcast about con artists. Definitely check it out wherever you get your shows. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2vaCjR7UvlN9aTIzW6kNCo Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pretend-a-true-crime-podcast-about-con-artists/id1245307962 RSS: Click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today malware is all nation state actors and organized crime, but in the beginning it was more about making a statement. Dan is a malware historian. He finds old hardware and viruses, runs them, and sees what happens. So we sat down to discuss the history of malware, where it's come from, and where he thinks it's going next. Check out his amazing YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/danooct1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can find all kinds of great deals on Android streaming TV boxes online. But sometimes something else comes in the box along with it. Our conversation with Lindsay Kaye - Vice President of Threat Intelligence at Human, and part of the security team that discovered that somewhere along the supply chain something else was getting installed into all kinds of Android devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It?s our first call in show episode. Share your strange tale of technology, true hack, or computer confession at hotlinehacked.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In which we look back on yet another hack-tacular year, and discuss the Open AI Coup, the "hacked Rockstar from a hotel room" guy, and a slew of other stories from a wild 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How can an artists protect their art from being scraped by AI models? By turning it into a 'poison' that will corrupt those systems if it ever is. Our conversation with Shawn Shan from the University of Chicago about "Nightshade," "Glaze," and a suite of tools they're developing to help artists protect their art. Also a five minute intro about plants, deal with it. Support hacked on by visiting hackedpodcast.com to find our Patreon, or grab a sick visor, mug, sweater, or shirt at store.hackedpodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott bought a Flipper Zero and was too lazy to watch YouTube so we've got Youtuber The Talking Sasquatch (https://www.youtube.com/@TalkingSasquach) joining us today to talk through the hardware hacking device, its past and some of the ethical boundaries of being a content creator! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat in which we discuss the end of the FTX trial, Amnesty International's newly released Predator Files, the Humane AI Pin, and what happens when a video game company decides to buy the people who were cracking their game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We celebrate the spooky season with Jack Rhysider, creator of the fantastic show Darknet Diaries. We discuss telling unsettling stories, how the way we use technology reveals stuff about us, and some of our favourite episodes of his show. Also! We have merch! Check out shop.hackedpodcast.com to buy some swag and support the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Visit hotlinehacked.com to share your strange technology tale and hear us discuss it on the show assuming this experiment works (and to see the least mobile-optimized website ever created). We discuss the recent leaked 23andMe data, the MoveIt Breach, and what "out of pocket" means. NOTE: We misspoke, the name of the show we discuss is Ransomware Files, not Ransomeware Diaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this chat episode we discuss the twin hacks of two of the biggest casino companies in the world, the recent claims of a new hack against Sony, another piece of stalkerware hacked, and a very entertaining looking bit of reality TV programming coming soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of two guys who set out to put every musical melody in the world into the public domain, and the technology they hacked together to do it. Featuring Damien Riehl from AlltheMusic.info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this chat episode we discuss the new world of sketchy ChatGPT alternatives like WormGPT and FraudGPT, take a brief detour into the looming chip wars, before bringing it home with stories about a poker hacking scandal and a telegram bot where you can buy social insurance numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this chat episode we discuss Sam Altman's Worldcoin biometric ID / crypto project, the cybercrime syndicate that used a vulnerability in Microsoft to hack the US State Department, and a weird week on the internet for amateur scientist investigating LK99. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jordan interviews TechCrunch Senior Writer Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai about a new chapter in crypto in the US; the first criminal charges for hacking a decentralized crypto exchange. Which is maybe the least interesting thing about the story these charges tell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this chat episode we talk about recent public disclosures revealing all the wild stuff FTX bought, the hacking of LetMeSpy and the world of stalkerware, and a Reddit post that revealed a major shift in the use of AI generated assets in video games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of a wave of car theft for internet clout on Tik Tok and the security vulnerability that made it possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this chat episode we discuss a routine personal injury lawsuit derailed by AI, a new strain of ransomware called Malas Locker being used by hacktivists to make a political statement, rehabilitation programs for cybercrime inclined youth in Europe, and whether Apple Vision Pro is the next iPhone or the next 3D TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of the MS Satoshi and the quest to start a libertarian crypto nation on the high seas in the shell of an old cruise ship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat episode about the world's first ethical satellite hacking exercise, a much deeper look at Juice Jacking and whether (and when) it's actually a thing, and a remarkable crypto themed money making opportunity that walked through our door. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of a manuscript hacker who scammed the publishing industry for years with increasingly elaborate social engineering schemes and an unclear motive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat episode about the brilliantly named international operation to take down Genesis Market, an FBI warning against juice jacking, Amnezia the open source VPN that's become a surprise Russian export, and using GPT to generate software keys for Windows 95. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat + interview combo in which we talk with Adrian Bednarek, a man who has been hacking video games for profit for about as long as there has been any profit to be made hacking video games, and JB and Scott discuss Game Developers Conference 2023. Note: My (JB) apologies for the surname mispronunciation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat episode about the a teacher who allegedly built a crypto mine in a school crawl space, researchers using Stable Diffusion to read MRIs, the state of voice biometrics, a credential stuffing attack at Chick-Fil-A and whether their sauce is gross or just gross looking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of how profitable it can be to serve ads to nobody, featuring Zach Edwards from HUMAN Security. We discuss Methbot, Vastflux, how organized criminals use ad fraud to launder wild sums of money, and how HUMAN took down some of some of the biggest ad fraud networks online today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat episode about the FBI takedown of the Hive ransomware as a service gang, a leak of the No Fly List, a mucked up file that grounded every plane in the US, the persistence of phishing, and the slow march of AI in courtrooms. Also Zelda, for some reason, for the second time in as many months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A conversation about all the conversations we aren't having about Roblox. Featuring Quintin Smith of People Make Games. Check out How to Fix the Internet by the EFF: https://www.eff.org/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat episode about all these things and more. Sorry, a "chatty chat" about exactly seven topics. Network access security that scales with your business ? NordLayer secures your organization?s traffic and data to provide your colleagues with safe, reliable, remote access. nordlayer.com/hacked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oh dang we have enough episode to do reruns. We promise we'll use this power responsibly. To ring in New Years, please enjoy this throwback Hacked about the y2k bug. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices