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66. ‘Operation Cookie Monster' and the Genesis takedown
The Department of Justice says last month’s effort to bring down the Genesis Marketplace represents a departure from traditional law enforcement acti…
3 years, 4 months ago
65. Morality in Iraq: You should worry because there’s an app for that
The Iraqi government has unveiled an app that helps ordinary citizens report “indecent” content online. Since its introduction, the Ballegh app has r…
3 years, 4 months ago
64. Portrait of Bassterlord as a young man
What makes a hacker tick? That’s what we wanted to find out when we reached out to Bassterlord, a 27-year-old hacker in Ukraine who joined some of th…
3 years, 4 months ago
63. Tracers on the stage: Andy Greenberg, Michael Gronager and Tigran Gambaryan talk cryptocurrency tracking
We go behind the scenes of the new book by WIRED’s Andy Greenberg, "Tracers in the Dark." It explains how a handful of entrepreneurs and investigator…
3 years, 5 months ago
62. How a mathematician and an entrepreneur helped law enforcement take a bite out of crypto crime
When cryptocurrency burst on the scene in 2008, it was touted as anonymous — a boon to cyber criminals all over the world. Then a few mathematicians …
3 years, 5 months ago
61. Snowmen in the park and Iran’s quiet viral dissent
Six months after demonstrators took to the streets of Iran hoping to end its draconian hijab laws and push for a change in the leadership, the protes…
3 years, 5 months ago
60. Clear the runway: Ukraine's model pilots
Drones of all shapes and sizes are part of the war effort in the skies above Ukraine. Some are helping kill the enemy; others spy on formations and g…
3 years, 5 months ago
59. What the cyber war in Ukraine is teaching us
In a recent conversation on WAMU’s nationally syndicated show 1A, we talked about lessons learned one year into the world’s first truly hybrid war. T…
3 years, 6 months ago
58. Enemy of the State (Part 2) : ¿Quién es Guacamaya? (Who is Guacamaya?)
We follow up last week’s episode on spyware and the Mexican military with a look at Guacamaya, the hacktivist collective that helped provide key docu…
3 years, 6 months ago
57. Enemy of the State (Part 1): Mexico, spyware, and a secret military intelligence unit
A new report has published classified documents and internal memos that make clear the Mexican Army bought Pegasus spyware and systematically deploye…
3 years, 6 months ago