83: NSA Cryptologists

Darknet Diaries

Jack Rhysider

True Crime, Technology

4.9 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we interview two NSA Cryptologists, Marcus J. Carey and Jeff Man. We hear their story of how they got into the NSA and what they did while there. To hear more stories from Jeff tune into Paul’s Security Weekly where Jeff is a regular co-host and shares a lot of stories and insights. Marcus has written several books on security. They are Tribe of Hackers, Tribe of Hackers Blue Team, Tribe of Hackers Red Team, Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders, Think in Code, and a childrens book called Three Little Hackers. Also check out the Tribe of Hackers podcast to hear interviews with all these amazing people! Sponsors Support for this show comes from IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet. And use promo code DARKNET25. Support for this show comes from Linode. Linode supplies you with virtual servers. Visit linode.com/darknet and get a special offer. View all active sponsors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Jack, host of the show.
0:02.4	Did I ever tell you about the time I tried to sneak into the Pentagon?
0:05.3	Yeah, after college I took a trip to Washington, D.C., all by myself.
0:09.2	I like traveling alone, I guess.
0:10.8	There's a certain kind of freedom I like about it, which allows me to reinvent myself on trips.
0:15.9	Anyway, there's this metro, a subway that goes underground through Washington, D.C.
0:20.5	I jumped on it just to see where it would go, and one of the stations it took me to was the Pentagon.
0:26.3	I'm like, alright, this sounds cool.
0:28.3	So I jumped off, and somehow ended up at like the employee entrance to the Pentagon.
0:34.0	There were like no visitors allowed in this area for sure.
0:37.8	So I stood and watched how people were getting in and out, out were one way turnstiles.
0:43.7	In, everyone was scanning their badges and went through like a metal detector.
0:48.8	I decided to try to do a fake badge scan and see if I could just walk on in.
0:53.4	I saw some guy walking up, so I followed him and did exactly what he did.
0:57.5	He leaned over, scanned his badge on the reader, and then walked through.
1:01.0	I leaned over, waved my hand over the reader, and walked through too.
1:05.7	Immediately, two security officers stopped me and didn't even ask what I was doing.
1:10.4	They simply turned me around and sent me right back out.
1:13.6	They knew exactly what I was up to, and must have spotted me like a mile away.
1:18.1	I've never been shut down so fast or kicked out of someplace that quickly.
1:22.4	No words were even spoken.
1:24.0	They just blocked me when let me go any further and pointed me straight to the exit.
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