Addressing the Ransomware Threat: Cyber Expert Jonathan Levin
Intelligence Matters
CBS News
4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Jonathan Levin, a thought leader on cryptocurrencies and the Chief Strategy Officer at Chainalysis, a leading anti-money laundering firm. Morell and Levin discuss the growing, global threat from ransomware and how criminal gangs’ tactics have evolved to target a variety of vulnerable sectors. Levin also explains how cryptocurrencies and blockchain work, and how both can help investigators trace the origins of illicit financial activity.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Intelligence Matters with former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morrell. |
| 0:06.6 | Brought to you by Lockheed Martin, your mission is ours. |
| 0:11.5 | Jonathan Levin is a co-founder and the chief strategy officer at Chain Allisus, |
| 0:16.4 | a leading provider of anti-money laundering solutions to cryptocurrency companies, financial institutions, and government agencies. |
| 0:23.6 | Jonathan, a thought leader on the future of cryptocurrencies, |
| 0:26.8 | joins us today to talk about the spike in ransomware attacks and the role cryptocurrencies play in it. |
| 0:31.8 | We'll be right back with that discussion after a work from our sponsor. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Michael Morrell, and this is Intelligence Matters. |
| 0:49.9 | Hey, Jefferson White here. |
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| 1:31.0 | Jonathan, welcome to the show. Welcome to Intelligence Matters. |
| 1:35.0 | Thanks so much for having me. |
| 1:37.0 | So Jonathan, you and I have something in common. |
| 1:42.4 | We were both trained as economists with an initial thought of spending a lifetime |
| 1:49.6 | in academia, but we both ended up doing something else. |
| 1:53.6 | We both ended up, I think, doing something more interesting. |
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