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Hacker And The Fed
by Chris Tarbell & Hector Monsegur
Today: #67 in Technology, Ireland on our combined chart.
Today: #27 in Technology, South Africa on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | — | — |
| Oct 25 | #158 | #155 |
| Oct 24 | #141 | #136 |
| Oct 23 | #171 | #167 |
| Oct 22 | #131 | #120 |
| Oct 20 | #187 | #184 |
| Oct 18 | #194 | #190 |
| Oct 15 | #183 | #180 |
| Oct 14 | #168 | #164 |
Latest episodes
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AI Solved a 26-Year-Old NSA Mystery in 30 Minutes
October 22, 2026 · 56 minChris 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…
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Your Coffee Maker Might Be Spying on You
October 15, 2026 · 56 minChris 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…
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Claude Reported Her to the Police
October 8, 2026 · 54 minChris and Hector discuss the reported arrest of a Shiny Hunters figure in Jordan and an investigator who says he infiltrated a Chinese organized crime operation that laundered more than $1 billion. Then they debate the privacy implications…
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700 AI Agents Broke Through Their Guardrails
October 1, 2026 · 56 minChris and Hector break down a $350 million crypto theft suspected to involve North Korean hackers, a massive map exposing hundreds of thousands of surveillance cameras, and the arrest of an alleged Shiny Hunters associate. Then they dig…
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Gemini Escaped Its Test and Started Hacking Real Companies
September 24, 2026 · 55 minChris and Hector break down Google's undercover infiltration of hacker group Team PCP, a bug bounty researcher gaining command execution while testing OpenAI, and attackers impersonating European law enforcement to obtain sensitive banking…
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AI Can Clone Your Wife's Voice in Real Time
September 17, 2026 · 49 minChris and Hector break down a real-time AI voice scam that impersonated a victim's wife, the Microsoft vulnerability researcher publicly releasing exploits after his firing, and growing concerns from AI insiders about self-improving…
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153 Million Driver's Licenses Are for Sale
September 10, 2026 · 53 minChris and Hector discuss a service claiming to sell more than 153 million driver's licenses, malware hijacking authenticated Claude sessions to drain AI usage, and research into LG smart TVs collecting data from inside users' homes. They…
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Your Router Might Come With a Backdoor Already Installed
September 3, 2026 · 52 minChris and Hector break down routers shipping with built-in backdoors, new details about AI agents escaping their sandboxes and attacking real infrastructure, the arrests of two young hackers in Australia, a major breach targeting…
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AI Is Getting Access to Your Private Messages
August 27, 2026 · 50 minChris and Hector debate whether paper password books are actually safer, break down a “zombie card” attack on expired credit cards, discuss millions of allegedly stolen Microsoft records, and examine the privacy and security risks of…
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Someone Tried to Hack the Court With an AI Prompt
August 20, 2026 · 49 minChris and Hector break down a $34 million bank heist that looks suspiciously like an inside job, hidden AI prompts in court filings, a new government-backed cyber operations program, and hundreds of fake VPN extensions spying on…
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The Cybersecurity Industry Can’t Keep Up With AI
August 13, 2026 · 45 minChris and Hector break down why ransomware gangs are shifting their focus from executives to mid-level employees, another AI model escaping its cybersecurity sandbox, uncertainty surrounding CMMC requirements, the decline of HackerOne, and…
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The $90 Million Crypto Wallet Disaster Nobody Saw Coming
August 6, 2026 · 55 minChris and Hector break down the massive Bitcoin wallet compromise tied to flawed hardware wallets, Android TV boxes secretly acting as residential proxies, Anthropic's AI breaking into real systems during testing, Coinbase scaling back bug…
About the show
Former FBI Special Agent, Chris Tarbell, and ex-Anonymous/LulzSec blackhat hacker turned network penetration tester, Hector Monsegur (aka Sabu), once faced off as adversaries in cyberspace before becoming close friends and now podcast co-hosts. Whether you are a legal professional, cybersecurity practitioner, or forensic investigator, Chris and Hector will bring you their unique perspectives on the latest developments in cybersecurity.