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Darknet Diaries

Explore true stories of the dark side of the Internet with host Jack Rhysider as he takes you on a journey through the chilling world of hacking, data breaches, and cyber crime.

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76: Knaves Out

76: Knaves Out

This is the story about how someone hacked into JP Morgan Chase, one of the biggest financial institutions in the world.... Read more

13 Oct 2020

1hr 28mins

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54: NotPetya

54: NotPetya

The story of NotPetya, seems to be the first time, we see what a cyber war looks like. In the summer of 2017 Ukraine suf... Read more

24 Dec 2019

1hr 2mins

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73: WannaCry

73: WannaCry

It is recommend to listen to episodes 53 “Shadow Brokers”, 71 “FDFF”, and 72 “Bangladesh Bank Heist” before listening to... Read more

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Ep 30: Shamoon

Ep 30: Shamoon

In 2012, Saudi Aramco was hit with the most destructive virus ever. Thousands and thousands of computers were destroyed.... Read more

22 Jan 2019

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80: The Whistleblower

80: The Whistleblower

In this episode we hear a story from a social engineer who’s job it is to get people to do things they don’t want to do.... Read more

8 Dec 2020

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Ep 10: Misadventures of a Nation State Actor

Ep 10: Misadventures of a Nation State Actor

In today's world of intelligence gathering, governments hack other governments. This episode takes you on a ride with a ... Read more

1 Jan 2018

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Ep 22: Mini-Stories: Vol 1

Ep 22: Mini-Stories: Vol 1

Three stories in one! In this episode we hear about a penetration test from Mubix that he'll never forget, a incident re... Read more

15 Sep 2018

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Ep 20: mobman

Ep 20: mobman

Chances are, if you were downloading shady programs in the early 2000's, you were infected with malware he wrote called ... Read more

15 Aug 2018

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53: Shadow Brokers

53: Shadow Brokers

The NSA has some pretty advanced, super secret, hacking tools. What if these secret hacking tools were to end up in the ... Read more

10 Dec 2019

53mins

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Ep 26: IRS

Ep 26: IRS

The IRS processes $3 trillion dollars a year. A lot of criminals want to get a piece of that. In 2015 the IRS had a larg... Read more

15 Nov 2018

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Ep 23: Vladimir Levin

Ep 23: Vladimir Levin

When banks started coming online, they almost immediately started being targeted by hackers. Vladimir Levin was one of t... Read more

1 Oct 2018

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62: Cam

62: Cam

Cam’s story is both a cautionary tale and inspirational at the same time. He’s been both an attacker and defender. And n... Read more

31 Mar 2020

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Ep 15: Ill Tills

Ep 15: Ill Tills

A major retailer was hacked. Their point of sales machines were riddled with malware. Listen to hear how digital forensi... Read more

1 Apr 2018

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65: PSYOP

65: PSYOP

PSYOP, or “Psychological Operations”, is something the US military has been doing to foreign audiences for decades. But ... Read more

12 May 2020

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Ep 19: Operation Aurora

Ep 19: Operation Aurora

In 2009, around Christmas time, something terrible was lurking in the network at Google. Google is the most popular webs... Read more

1 Aug 2018

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69: Human Hacker

69: Human Hacker

We all know that computers and networks are vulnerable to hacking and malicious actors, but what about us, the humans wh... Read more

7 Jul 2020

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52: Magecart

52: Magecart

Credit card skimming is growing in popularity. Gas pumps all over are seeing skimmers attached to them. It’s growing in ... Read more

26 Nov 2019

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Ep 9: The Rise and Fall of Mt. Gox

Ep 9: The Rise and Fall of Mt. Gox

Mt. Gox was the largest bitcoin exchange in the world. It suddenly went offline. What happened? Learn more about your ad... Read more

15 Dec 2017

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Ep 6: The Beirut Bank Job

Ep 6: The Beirut Bank Job

Jayson E. Street tells us a story about the time he broke into a bank in Beirut Lebanon. Learn more about your ad choice... Read more

15 Nov 2017

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Ep 13: Carna Botnet

Ep 13: Carna Botnet

In 2012 the Carna Bot was built and unleashed on the world. But it didn't have any intentions on doing anything maliciou... Read more

15 Feb 2018

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