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BONUS: July Chatty Chat
Just for fun: an actual no script, no plan, hot mic blather-athon. If you crave a nice structured story with lots of research, give the ep we dropped a few days ago about the Texas Lottery Courier App scandal a listen. This is to wash some
The Texas Lottery Courier App Scandal
A London syndicate used a phone app to buy nearly every combination in the Texas Lottery—and walked away with a $95 million jackpot. In this episode, we dig into how that happened, what it reveals about the modern lottery system, and a hand
Danabot: The Malware Operation That infected Itself
In this episode: the inside story of Danabot, the malware-as-a-service platform that thrived in the shadows for nearly a decade—until a critical mistake exposed its creators. Just last week, U.S. prosecutors unsealed charges against sixteen
Throwback: The Malware Historian
Today malware is all nation state actors and organized crime, but in the beginning it was more about making a statement. Dan is a malware historian. He finds old hardware and viruses, runs them, and sees what happens. So we sat down to disc
Hotline Hacked Vol. 13
Schools out for summer. Another collection of computer confessions and strange tales of technology. Hacked is brought to you by Push Security. Check them out at Pushsecurity.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices
The Lorebook Cult
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of exploitation, self-harm, and abuse. Listener discretion is advised. A network called 764 has turned abuse into currency. It spread through Discord, Telegram, and gaming platforms—built
The 4chan Hack
We discuss a schism years in the making — the infamous imageboard 4chan gets hacked by its own offshoot, Soyjak.party, in a breach that exposed moderator identities, source code, and shattered the myth of online anonymity. Then, we look at
Hotline Hacked Vol. 12
A tech worker stumbles upon mass fraud and brings receipts, a flag football prank goes very right, a teenager uses Net Send and gets in trouble — but not as much as the person they're in trouble with, and a guy almost sends his pal on a "Ta
WebcamGate
In 2009, a Pennsylvania high school accused sophomore Blake Robbins of dealing drugs—based on a photo secretly taken through his school-issued laptop. The image, captured without his knowledge in his own bedroom, turned out to show candy. B
The Killswitch Saboteur, AI Prompt Data Leak, and Bluetooth Chip Secrets Exposed
A former developer at Eaton Corp, Davis Lu, is convicted of deploying a kill switch script that disrupted thousands of users worldwide—he’s now facing up to 10 years in prison. A major AI image generator, GenNomis, accidentally exposed 95,0
Hotline Hacked Vol. 11
Hacked Discord accounts, zombie emergency alerts on TV, and a crime spree in Diablo 3—just another day. As always, thanks for sharing your calls with us—we had a blast listening. Note: We mention and explain this in the episode, but we’ve p
The $1.5 Billion Crypto Heist & Vibe Coding Beats Big Tech Interviews
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Hotline Hacked Vol. 10
Double Digits! Featuring caller stories of sarcastic keyboard pranks, failed SEO birthday gifts, vending machine hijinks and more. Hacked is brought to you by Push Security—helping companies stop identity attacks before they happen. Phishin
The Red Teamer
Adam used to break into companies for a living—legally. As a red teamer, he watched the attack surface shift from networks to endpoints to something new: identity. The Snowflake breach proved it—attackers aren’t breaking in anymore, they’re
Silk Road Founder Released + DeepSeek's Big Moment for Open Source AI + Scam Complaint Lines to Nowhere
We dive into the story of Silk Road—the infamous darknet marketplace that changed the internet. We revisit its rise under Ross Ulbricht, aka "Dread Pirate Roberts," and how law enforcement finally brought it down. With Ulbricht’s recent pre
The Year of Quantum
Quantum computing raises big questions—about security, power, and who benefits as the technology advances. To kick off 2025, the International Year of Quantum, I sat down with Joan Etude Arrow—Founder and CEO of the Quantum Ethics Project a
Hotline Hacked Vol. 9
A bunch of great stories, including a prank between brothers with video evidence, a DOS frat war, and a person who tried to buy a building with a credit card. Want to share your story? Check out hotlinehacked.com. (https://www.hotlinehacked
US Soldier Arrested for Hacking + Honey Plugin Scandal + Listener Creates Bitcoin Pizza Website
We have a bunch of stories to get to, but before you listen, check out our new Youtube page we'll be putting a lot of love into in 2025: https://www.youtube.com/@hackedpodcast and this very useful site (https://howmuchdidthepizzacost.com) a
Throwback: The Phantom Orchestra
Happy holidays, everyone. We’re bringing you a hacked classic to tide you over while Scott and I take a break to relax and gear up for the new year to hit us like a ton of bricks. This is one of my favorites from a couple of years ago, back
Hotline Hacked Vol. 8
Let's get festive with it. Calls concerning grocery point systems, Australian internet providers, and so much more. Want to share your story? Check out hotlinehacked.com. (https://www.hotlinehacked.com) Hotline Hacked is brought to you by D
2024 Year in Review
It's been a wacky one. In this very loose year in review, we discuss adversarial agents being gamified for fun an profit, DNA companies changing ownership and what it means for your data, and take a tour through some of the biggest tech, ha
Hacking Security Camera AI
Can you trick the AI model running locally on a security camera into thinking you're a bird (and not a burglar)? We sat down Kasimir Schulz, principle security researcher at HiddenLayer, to discuss Edge AI, and to learn about how AI running
Hotline Hacked Vol. 7
A collection of calls, including an extremely wholesome story about a hacked internet contest and an electric guitar that changed a caller's life. Hotline Hacked is brought to you by DeleteMe. Take control of your data and keep your private
A Bot Made a Memecoin Worth Almost a Billion Dollars + McDonald's Ice Cream Machines Redux + Apple Bug Bounties
A chatty chat in which we discuss the Infinite Backrooms and the extremely profitable shock-meme-cult it spurred, a big update in the McDonald's ice cream machine right to repair story, Apple Bug Bounties, Canadian hackers and so much more.
Unmasking a Cybercriminal With Open Source Intelligence
We wanted to know: How was USDoD, the hacker behind major data breaches, unmasked? On this episode, we trace his journey from infiltrating FBI-linked networks to leaking sensitive data, and hear from OSINT specialist and Predicta Lab CEO Ba
Hotline Hacked Vol. 6
The whole second half of this one is one long call but trust us it's worth it. A call in show with tales of hackers getting hacked back, spoofed emails, and operating system vulnerabilities. Hotline Hacked is brought to you by DeleteMe. Tak
Doxing Strangers + Mexican Cartels and Timeshare Cybercrime + Facebook’s Big Password Fine
A chatty chat episode where we discuss a Harvard research project turning Meta Ray-Bans into facial recognition hardware, an Irish court case resolution on a password breach, a live-action roleplaying game solved basically while we were tal
Number Go Up: A Conversation with Author Zeke Faux
We think Zeke Faux’s Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall is one of the best modern books about crypto. It’s a globetrotting adventure and a great piece of reporting. To celebrate the paperback release, we sat down wi
Hotline Hacked Vol. 5
It's a five-alarm fire in the fifth instalment of our call in show. We hear from a caller who accidentally won a naval war-game by unplugging a radio, a person whose company hired someone who clearly lied about their technical background, a
$10 Million in Fake AI Royalties + the 'Infinite Money Glitch' That's Just Fraud + Voter Outreach So Bad It Seemed Like Phishing
In which we discuss alleged Spotify streaming ad fraud that brought in millions, extremely poor voter outreach and an extended tangent on AI. Correction: we failed to make the "Ramen Empire" joke. Our apologies. Learn more about your ad cho
