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157. Mic Drop: For researcher Alison Nixon, young cybercriminals are ‘objectively interesting’
157. Mic Drop: For researcher Alison Nixon, young cybercriminals are ‘objectively interesting’

We talk with Unit 221B’s Allison Nixon about young cybercriminals, radicalization, and the search for self in the virtual world.

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156. Something different: a hacker redemption story
156. Something different: a hacker redemption story

This isn’t your typical hacker tale. The one about boy meets computer, boy loves computer, boy weaponizes computer to commit crimes. This is about wh…

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155. Mic Drop: Researcher Nina Jankowicz on Fox News, defamation, and our new information reality
155. Mic Drop: Researcher Nina Jankowicz on Fox News, defamation, and our new information reality

The latest on disinformation researcher Nina Jankowicz’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News — and why the Dominion Voting Machine settlement doesn’t…

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154. It’s 9 o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in…
154. It’s 9 o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in…

A new wave of piano scams is targeting the weakest link on the internet: humans.

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153. Mic Drop: CrowdStrike and the importance of kernels
153. Mic Drop: CrowdStrike and the importance of kernels

Today, we’re talking to TJ Nelson at Recorded Future in a bid to understand how the CrowdStrike outage caused millions of computers around the world …

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152. The curious case of Tigran Gambaryan -- a renowned cryptocurrency investigator and Binance employee now on trial in Nigeria
152. The curious case of Tigran Gambaryan -- a renowned cryptocurrency investigator and Binance employee now on trial in Nigeria

In a recent conversation on WAMU’s 1A news magazine, Click Here host Dina Temple-Raston discusses the latest developments in the case of former IRS i…

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151. Mic Drop: Embattled LockBit leader: ‘Now I want to create even more noise’
151. Mic Drop: Embattled LockBit leader: ‘Now I want to create even more noise’

In an ancore episode of Click Here's Mic Drop, we speak with the leader of one of the most prolific ransomware-as-a-service gangs the world has ever …

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150. SPECIAL FEATURE: 'The Hack' from An Arm and a Leg
150. SPECIAL FEATURE: 'The Hack' from An Arm and a Leg

The hack on Change Healthcare left hundreds, if not thousands, of providers without the ability to obtain insurance approval or payment for everythin…

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149. Mic Drop: China seeks a Great Leap Forward in cyber
149. 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. In an encore episode of …

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148. They’re just hackers, living off the land
148. They’re just hackers, living off the land

In an encore episode, we report on a specific kind of cyber attack targeting big industrial systems that is coming back into fashion: it’s called a ‘…

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