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CYBER

Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Mat... Read more

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What Pornhub’s New Rules Could Mean for the Rest of the Internet

What Pornhub’s New Rules Could Mean for the Rest of the Internet

Let’s be real: most people watch it and it’s about as fundamental to Internet culture as Google itself: Porn. And nowada... Read more

25 Feb 2021

27mins

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The Hacker In My Ring Camera: A Tale of Trolls And A Podcast

The Hacker In My Ring Camera: A Tale of Trolls And A Podcast

Imagine installing security cameras in your house to protect your family. Then one day those cameras start talking to yo... Read more

19 Dec 2019

31mins

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The Private Surveillance System Tracking Cars in America

The Private Surveillance System Tracking Cars in America

In just a few taps and clicks, the system, made by a private company, shows where a car has been seen throughout the U.S... Read more

19 Sep 2019

26mins

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Edward Snowden on Julian Assange, the Mueller Report, and Press Freedom

Edward Snowden on Julian Assange, the Mueller Report, and Press Freedom

In this week's CYBER podcast, we sat down with Edward Snowden to talk about his life in Russia, WikiLeaks, Julian Assang... Read more

22 Apr 2019

1hr 1min

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How Scary Is Critical Infrastructure Hacking?

How Scary Is Critical Infrastructure Hacking?

Some of the most fascinating hacks are the types that don’t just pwn a shady malware company, the trade secrets of Ameri... Read more

14 Nov 2019

35mins

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Iranian Hacker Hysteria

Iranian Hacker Hysteria

If you’re at all plugged into the global news cycle, you’ll know the U.S. assassinated Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani, ... Read more

9 Jan 2020

28mins

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How Google Torpedoed A Cybersecurity Rising Star

How Google Torpedoed A Cybersecurity Rising Star

It’s the classic story of a corporate giant swallowing up a darling startup into its ranks and destroying its core busin... Read more

7 Nov 2019

33mins

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The Assassination of Blogger Martin Kok

The Assassination of Blogger Martin Kok

The tale started with an encrypted phone company, Morroccan gangsters, the Scottish mafia, and a blogger. It ended with ... Read more

31 Oct 2019

27mins

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Girls Do Porn

Girls Do Porn

The operators of a site called Girls Do Porn have been indicted on charges of sex trafficking. Meanwhile, 22 women have ... Read more

17 Oct 2019

26mins

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How Palantir's Spy Tool for Cops Works

How Palantir's Spy Tool for Cops Works

A Silicon Valley company with a history of CIA funding, a suite of highly sought after intelligence software tools, and ... Read more

18 Jul 2019

19mins

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Re-run: Edward Snowden on Julian Assange, the Mueller Report, and Press Freedom

Re-run: Edward Snowden on Julian Assange, the Mueller Report, and Press Freedom

On this week's CYBER we're re-upping our longform interview of none other than Mr. Edward Snowden, a person who might've... Read more

2 Jan 2020

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How Hackers Break into iCloud-Locked iPhones

How Hackers Break into iCloud-Locked iPhones

In spring, 2017, a teenager walked up behind a woman leaving the Metro in Northeast Washington DC and put her in a choke... Read more

19 Feb 2019

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Whatever Happened To Anonymous?

Whatever Happened To Anonymous?

At its height, the hacktivist collective known as Anonymous was the bane of Scientologists, the FBI, CIA, Mastercard, Pa... Read more

16 Jan 2020

46mins

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How Google Tracks Hackers

How Google Tracks Hackers

Tracking hacking groups has become a booming business. Dozens of so-called “threat intelligence” companies keep tabs on ... Read more

11 Feb 2019

26mins

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The Penetration Tester

The Penetration Tester

This week, we talk to Jek, a physical penetration tester whose job is to infiltrate offices, data centers, store stockro... Read more

28 Jan 2019

29mins

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Inside Jigsaw, Google's 'Internet Justice League'

Inside Jigsaw, Google's 'Internet Justice League'

For years, Google’s internet freedom moonshot Jigsaw has gotten glowing attention for its ambitious projects. But curren... Read more

2 Jul 2019

21mins

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The Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked

The Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked

In the coming weeks, millions of people will get new phones, computers, Amazon Echos, Google Homes, Smart Coffee Makers,... Read more

17 Dec 2018

38mins

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Is Your Password Secure? Probably Not

Is Your Password Secure? Probably Not

For decades, experts have known that a simple alphanumeric password isn't enough to secure our identities online, but no... Read more

27 Jun 2019

19mins

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I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone

I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone

Earlier this month, Motherboard sent $300 to a bounty hunter. Within moments, he sent us a Google Maps screenshot with t... Read more

24 Jan 2019

42mins

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The Spyware Sting Operation

The Spyware Sting Operation

Citizen Lab, a human rights watchdog, tracks governments who do bad things online, and learned that slain journalist Jam... Read more

5 Feb 2019

41mins

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