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Darknet Diaries

Ep 10: Misadventures of a Nation State Actor

Darknet Diaries

Jack Rhysider

True Crime, Technology

4.98.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In today's world of intelligence gathering, governments hack other governments. This episode takes you on a ride with a nation state actor to see exactly how it's done. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Imagine James Bond.

0:01.8

Before Bond goes on a mission, he gets some vital equipment from Q. When one mission,

0:09.6

he got a special ring, had a way to emit a ultra high frequency, which when put up to

0:14.2

a window, shattered the glass.

0:17.0

On this mission, Bond snuck into North Korea undetected.

0:20.2

But imagine what kind of consequences there would be if he lost the ring while in North

0:25.9

Korea.

0:27.3

If the North Korean government found the ring, they would analyze it, and they would

0:30.6

discover its cutting-edge technology, and possibly be able to reproduce that technology for

0:35.6

themselves, essentially putting the technology in the wrong hands.

0:39.8

When analyzing the ring, they may even be able to track down its origins to MI5.

0:45.1

This would mean that just by finding the ring alone, North Korea could deduct that there

0:48.7

was a British spy in their country.

0:51.3

This could cause numerous problems, maybe even a war.

0:55.6

In the internet world where governments hack other governments, it's crucial to not

0:59.5

let the enemy know you're there or capture your hacking techniques, because if they do,

1:05.2

it could have devastating consequences.

1:10.9

This is Darknet Diaries.

1:13.0

True stories from the dark side of the internet.

1:15.8

I'm Jack Recyder.

1:24.6

First apart from this show comes from Draughta.

1:27.0

Far too often, security teams are tasked with manual evidence collection to become compliant,

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