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What the Hack?

“What the Hack?” is the award-winning true cybercrime podcast–the place to hear memorable stories and get good advice.

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Episode 233: How Brett Johnson Made $160,000 a Week Jan 06, 2026

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Former cybercrime kingpin Brett Johnson didn’t just break the law; he built the tools still used by criminals today. He's back for another episode to check in and unpack why cybercrime works, how defenses fail, and the way life itself is often the ultimate "in" for an attacker.

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Episode 232: The Very Private Digital New Year Episode Dec 30, 2025

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In this year-end check-in, DeleteMe’s OSINT expert, Nicholas Olsen, explains just how much of your life is publicly exposed—and why “low-value targets” no longer exist. A practical, clear-eyed guide to privacy, data removal, and smarter habits for the new year.

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Episode 231: WTH 2025: Laptop Farms, Campus Cults, and the End of Anonymity Dec 23, 2025

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From AI regulation fights and North Korean laptop farms to Nigerian campus cults, the human toll of online crime, and the death of online anonymity it's time to review the year in cyber stories—the good, the bad, the unimaginable, and what to do when "they" come for you.

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Episode 230: The Cursor Moved at 2 A.M. Dec 16, 2025

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A deadbolt clicks. This email, that voice--they sound all right. Then things go sideways. This week, 911 Cyber CEO Marc Raphael joins the pod to explore how AI makes scams faster, smoother, and harder to spot, and what you can do to stay hard to hit in the new threatscape.

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Episode 229: Why Most Cybersecurity Advice Is Wrong Dec 09, 2025

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How do you stay safe online? (Wrong answers only.) Avoid public Wi-Fi, QR codes, charging stations. Cyber OG Bob Lord (Yahoo, DNC, CISA) wrote an open letter tackling the real harm caused by bad advice, and offering a better path with proven practices to stay safe online.

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Episode 228: Paul Raffile on the Sextortion Economy Dec 02, 2025

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Sextortion scams targeting teenage boys doubled this year—and Paul Raffile says the platforms knew it was happening. Learn how Instagram's default settings let criminals to weaponize friends lists for blackmail, and how social media continues to fail the children it claims to protect.

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Episode 227: Twas the Week Before Cyber Monday Nov 25, 2025

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The giant glittering scam and fraud trap of the holidays is here. Beau reunites with former co-hosts Adam Levin and Travis Taylor to talk about about fake websites, why gift cards are still a huge vector for fraud, and how to avoid the many pitfalls of the season.

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Episode 226: On Digital Fingerprints and Dirty Money Nov 18, 2025

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Jeff Williams on the business of moving money: who gets blocked, what slips through, and why checking the right boxes doesn’t always mean a win in the nascent AI-powered sanctions compliance space. From fentanyl money to shell companies, we follow the (often filthy dirty) money.

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Episode 225: Big Breaches and Click Bots to AI and Beyond Nov 11, 2025

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When a young engineer uncovered a sizeable click fraud situation at Google, he discovered a bigger problem; namely, the perverse ingenuity that drives online fraud and scams. "Big Breaches" author Neil Daswani joined us to talk click farms, data breaches, AI exploits, and the big picture of cybercrime today.

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Episode 224: Jackals of Trust: A Short History of Cybercrime Nov 04, 2025

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Cybercrime expert Gary Warner joins to discuss Nigerian confraternities, the "campus cults" rooted in idealism that morphed into a multi-billion dollar transnational organized crime network. Learn about the "money blessing," the coded language and insider access, and the elite thug playbook for exploiting trust.

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