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🗓️ 16 September 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Groups on Telegram that used to primarily be interested in taking over people’s phones and online accounts have changed tactics. Now, they’re selling violence. And to cap off the week, a hacker we don’t know much about was able to steal the credentials of an Uber employee and access the company's back end.
On this episode of Cyber, Motherboard staff writers Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Joseph Cox walk us through the latest in the world of cybersecurity.
Stories discussed on this episode:
Firebombs and Shootings: The Rise of IRL Harassment and Violence as a Service
LAPSUS$: How a Sloppy Extortion Gang Became One of the Most Prolific Hacking Groups
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0:00.0 | Tann, it's got the code it's going to launch. |
0:10.2 | It's a unit system. |
0:12.5 | I know this. |
0:14.5 | It's how all the files of the whole park. |
0:16.7 | It tells her everything. |
0:18.5 | Sir, he's uploading the virus. |
0:21.2 | Eagle 1. The package is being delivered. |
0:24.4 | Hello out there on the internet. |
0:26.0 | I'm Matthew Galt, and this is cyber. |
0:29.1 | Uber's been hacked, and sim swappers have gotten violent. |
0:32.0 | It's been a banner week in the world of digital crime. |
0:35.3 | Groups on telegram that used to primarily be interested in taking over people's phones have changed tactics. |
0:40.3 | Now, they're selling violence. |
0:42.5 | And to cap off the week, a young, allegedly, hacker we don't know much about, was able to steal the credentials of an Uber employee and access the company's back end. |
0:51.6 | With me to talk through all these different stories are a mother... Wow. ...with me to talk through all these different stories are a mother or a mother |
0:54.8 | with me to talk through all these different stories as a motherboard dream team. |
0:59.6 | It's staff writers Lorenzo Franceschi Biccari and Joseph Cox. |
1:03.3 | Thank you both so much for coming on. |
1:05.5 | Thank you. |
1:06.9 | Thanks for having me. |
1:08.7 | All right, Joseph, we're going to start with you. |
1:11.4 | You've got the Sim Swapper story. |
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