Strange tales of hacking, internet grifters, cybersecurity and tech with Jordan & Scott. Are internet hitmen really a thing? What does someone do with a crypto wallet full of millions and a lost password? Did a Minecraft scammer really hack the president? Hacked is a technology show about people hacking things together and apart, with your old pals Jordan Bloemen and Scott Francis Winder.
The FTX Finale + A European Spyware Bombshell + Roblox Buys Cheating Company
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
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83:16 | 16/11/2023 | |
Halloween with Darknet Diaries' Jack Rhysider
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
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75:19 | 31/10/2023 | |
23andMe Exposed + AI Watermarks + Announcing Hotline Hacked
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
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52:37 | 16/10/2023 | |
Vegas Gets Hacked + So Does Sony + The Crypto Reality Show
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
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65:46 | 02/10/2023 | |
How to Brute Force Music
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
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34:59 | 15/09/2023 | |
FraudGPT + Chip Wars + Hacking Poker Machines + The Problem with Credit Bureaus
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
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56:16 | 01/09/2023 | |
Pondering the Worldcoin Orb + the Gang Who Cracked Outlook + Hacking Together Superconductors for Fun and Profit
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
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59:17 | 16/08/2023 | |
Mission Critical
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
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35:30 | 01/08/2023 | |
Stalking Stalkerware + FTX Spending Sprees + the Uncertain Future of AI Game Dev
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
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63:49 | 16/07/2023 | |
Kia Boys
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
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44:06 | 01/07/2023 | |
AI Lawyers Are Hallucinating + Hacktivists are Ransomwaring + the Apple is Augmenting Reality
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
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71:41 | 16/06/2023 | |
The Cursed Maiden Voyage of the MS Satoshi
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
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53:21 | 01/06/2023 | |
Ethical Space Hackers + CryptoProgram + Juice Jacking Revisited.
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
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57:02 | 16/05/2023 | |
The Bibliophile
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
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55:45 | 01/05/2023 | |
Operation Cookie Monster + The Russian Hackathon VPN + The Mac Bitcoin Whitepaper Mystery
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
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49:20 | 16/04/2023 | |
Adrian the Video Game Hacker and GDC 2023
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
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83:28 | 31/03/2023 | |
Crypto Mines in Crawl Spaces + Youtube as Infinite Storage +Voice Biometrics Aren't Doing So Hot Right Now.
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
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67:42 | 16/03/2023 | |
The King of Ad Fraud
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
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66:59 | 01/03/2023 | |
The FBI Shuts Down Hive, Sky Hacks, and the Phishing Never Ends.
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
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64:46 | 16/02/2023 | |
Beaming in the Metaverse
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
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64:02 | 01/02/2023 | |
Pig Butchering, Ring Cam Swatters, and Raspberry Robin
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
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52:13 | 16/01/2023 | |
Throwback: The Year Double Zero
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
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45:03 | 31/12/2022 | |
Holiday Retrospective 2022
In which we look back on a hack-tacular year, and fail to live up the episode we had Chat GPT write for us by only really talking about two 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
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49:03 | 16/12/2022 | |
The Regifter
The story of one man trying to make his fortune one Xbox gift card at a time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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44:46 | 01/12/2022 | |
Trojan Phone
The story of the international plan to put a very insecure phone into the pockets of criminals around the world. 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
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43:01 | 16/11/2022 | |
Crocodile of Wall Street
The story of a rapping crypto-couple allegedly at the heart of a multi billion dollar social engineering heist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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61:51 | 01/11/2022 | |
Campus Security
The story of the software that monitors school safety amongst other things. Featuring data journalist Ari Sen. 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
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62:17 | 16/10/2022 | |
Summer Retrospective 2022
In which Scott returns from vacation right as Jordan is leaving, and they talk about the episodes Scott missed over the summer. New listener? Definitely don't start with this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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45:58 | 01/10/2022 | |
Internet Hitmen Aren't Really A Thing
The story of the Besa Mafia and all the work that goes into making folks think you're a spooky dark web assassin syndicate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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41:46 | 16/09/2022 | |
The Treasure Hunt
The story of the hunt for a couple million bucks in lost crypto. With Joe Grand AKA Kingpin from the L0pht. Check out Joe's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JoeGrand/featured Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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44:46 | 01/09/2022 |