Hacker And The Fed

Chris and Hector break down the record-setting Binance hack, which the FBI has attributed to North Korea, and what billions in rapidly frozen funds say about how decentralized crypto really is. They also cover a compromised third-party script that drained Polymarket accounts, a DNS hijacking at name.com that targeted DeFi projects, and Claude’s new restrictions on cloning vid...

Chris and Hector discuss whether AI-powered vulnerability discovery is creating a new normal for cybersecurity, and why even familiar exploits are becoming harder to defend against. They break down Madison Square Garden's controversial phishing test involving free Knicks championship rings, Google's new Android developer verification requirements, and a certificate authority ...

Chris and Hector discuss how an internal Anthropic AI model reportedly solved a 26-year-old NSA cryptography mystery in under 30 minutes, a Meta source code theft, and an OpenAI employee accused of hiding a recording device inside an executive conference room. They also break down a sophisticated crypto hardware wallet supply-chain attack allegedly responsible for roughly $10...

Chris and Hector discuss a smart coffee maker that generated nearly a terabyte of network traffic in just ten days, a lone hacker who reportedly used AI tools to breach South Korean financial institutions, and the latest arrests connected to Shiny Hunters. They also examine allegations against a ransomware negotiator, reports of hackers paying to use the Shiny Hunters name, a...