Episodes

  • Number Go Up: A Conversation with Author Zeke Faux

    Number Go Up: A Conversation with Author Zeke Faux
    Oct 1 2024
    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
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Hotline Hacked Vol. 5

    Hotline Hacked Vol. 5
    Sep 25 2024
    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
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    43 mins
  • $10 Million in Fake AI Royalties + the 'Infinite Money Glitch' That's Just Fraud + Voter Outreach So Bad It Seemed Like Phishing

    $10 Million in Fake AI Royalties + the 'Infinite Money Glitch' That's Just Fraud + Voter Outreach So Bad It Seemed Like Phishing
    Sep 17 2024
    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
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    1 hr
  • Hotline Hacked Vol. 4

    Hotline Hacked Vol. 4
    Sep 8 2024
    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
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    46 mins
  • Hacking Bicycles + DIY Laser Exploits + the National Public Data Breach

    Hacking Bicycles + DIY Laser Exploits + the National Public Data Breach
    Aug 24 2024
    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
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    52 mins
  • DEFCON: The Biggest Hacking Event in the World

    DEFCON: The Biggest Hacking Event in the World
    Aug 16 2024
    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
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    1 hr
  • CrowdStrike Incident

    CrowdStrike Incident
    Aug 2 2024
    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
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    41 mins
  • Ticketmaster’s Billions in Barcodes Stolen + AI Misinformation Botnet + Breaking AT&T news

    Ticketmaster’s Billions in Barcodes Stolen + AI Misinformation Botnet + Breaking AT&T news
    Jul 16 2024
    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
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    57 mins