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Episode 93: Robert Kerbeck Goes Corporate Catfishing Apr 18, 2023

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Robert Kerbeck rubbed elbows with some of the top actors of his time including Calista Flockhart, Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman and George Clooney. But like all working actors, he needed a side gig to survive. This week we talked to starving actor turned millionaire corporate threat actor about the sensitive information he was able to snooker out of his targets.

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Episode 92: Dan Ahdoot Returns Because He Needs to Be Told Again Apr 11, 2023

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Author, Actor, Comedian Dan Ahdoot is no stranger to What the Hack or actually being hacked. Which is why it’s kind of weird he’s back on the show to talk about how he’s done nothing to keep himself from getting hacked again. (It’s funnier than it sounds.)

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Episode 91: Nicole Perlroth Says All the Things that Keep Adam Up at Night Apr 04, 2023

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Nicole Perlroth’s book This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends is a masterpiece on the topic of cyberwar and the zero-day hacks that make it deadly. Join us as we explore with Perlroth a cyberscape where mistakes are weaponized, backdoors abound and we all have zero degrees of separation from spies and the people they spy on.

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Episode 90: Jason Has a Dire Warning for All New Graduates Mar 28, 2023

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When he graduated from college, Jason was heading into a big career in television. He had the apartment in the big city, and a wide-open vista of opportunity–and then he got hacked. Check out this week’s episode to hear how a few pieces of purloined mail was a major detour on the way to success and fortune.

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Episode 89: Bryan Denny is Your All-Purpose Dating Chum Mar 21, 2023

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You may be surprised to hear that celebrity culture extends to catfishing profiles. We talked to the man behind the most-used face in dating scams. You’re going to want to hear what he had to say.

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Episode 88: Rob Shavell (Good Sport) is No Match for Adam’s Paranoia Mar 13, 2023

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If you only learn one thing about cybersecurity, it should be that all new technology, in the wrong hands, is a crime waiting to happen. Rob Shavell of Delete.Me started a company based on this truth. So we decided to have a nice long conversation about it.

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Episode 87: April’s Mom Was Addicted to Her Scammer Mar 06, 2023

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April’s mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and decided she needed to have some fun. On a dating site, she met a much younger man who owned a diamond mine. What followed was either Stockholm Syndrome or a pastiche of the sunk cost fallacy. Was she addicted to her scammer?

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Episode 86: Austin Federa Confirms Our Suspicions About Crypto Scams Feb 27, 2023

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Solana Foundation hype man Austin Federa was kind enough to join us this week to discuss one of the bedrock truths when it comes to money: People like to steal it. Seriously, listen to this one if you think cryptocurrency has its own special category of crime, because you might be missing the forest for the trees.

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Episode 85: Michelle Dennedy Is the Most Interesting Person in the World Feb 20, 2023

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Michelle Dennedy is to privacy what Einstein is to relativity but with the addition of rules that involve proper panty protocols. If there’s a new trend in identity-related crime, she knows about it, has an opinion and can help guide you to a better place without getting got by it. A must-listen episode especially if you’ve ever researched mental health care online.

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Episode 84: Adam & Co Explore the Long Tail of Chinese Spy Balloons Feb 13, 2023

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China’s spying via dirigible is incorrigible but in sync with its many digital deviancies. We tried to get Xi Jinping as a guest this week, but didn’t hear back so we decided to explore the news about Chinese spy balloons in context with other attacks, why it matters (or doesn’t) and why (at least one of us thinks) Mark Zuckerberg is just as bad.

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