| Want a transcript? Sign up for our free weekly e-letter and you’ll get a transcript every week, plus a summary and link to the video: https://www.mauldineconomics.com/go/JM499G/MEC This week, Ed D’Agostino talks to Andy Greenberg, senior writer at WIRED magazine and author of the books Sandworm and Tracers in the Dark. In this week’s edition, we discussed: • The long-standing cyberwar Russia waged against Ukraine • How Russian hacker group Sandworm launched a piece of malware at Ukraine that then wreaked havoc across the globe • Why the “NotPetya” story should be a warning to the West • Why cryptocurrencies being untraceable is a myth • How cyber-detectives took down one of the biggest online crime rings in history Get Andy’s page-turners, “Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers” and “Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency” on his Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Andy-Greenberg/author/B00823SMUM ************ Video time stamps: 0:00 – Intro 2:20 – Russia’s full-on cyberwar against Ukraine 4:00 – The computer virus that spread around the world 6:43 – Why a cyberattack could hurt the US more than it did Ukraine 10:35 – How “NotPetya” crippled the operations of shipping giant Maersk 14:52 – Why did so many computers get “infected”? 24:15 – Who started the cyberwar? The surprising truth... 28:18 – Why crypto currency was never really untraceable 32:36 – How crypto detectives took down the biggest drug kingpin on the dark web 37:42 – The “one-two punch” that ended two cyber-crime rings in one move |
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