Cyber Hack

Conti’s alleged leader is unmasked and his lavish lifestyle is stripped of its secrecy.

German Police accuse a Russian man in his 30s of being the enigmatic Stern.

When an anonymous investigator leaks even more information about Stern’s identity, Geoff is able to track the movements of one of the most wanted cyber criminals in the world.

War breaks out in Ukraine leading to a within Conti and jaw dropping consequences. Having operated in the shadows, a huge leak exposes their operation for all to see.

The world’s law enforcement are on the case and Conti are on the run. They stage one last unbelievable hack and unleash their ransomware on the entire country of Costa Rica.

Coupled with Covid-19, the hack will bring the Costa Rican government to a standstill.

With the authorities closing in Conti make a dangerous mistake, putting themselves on the wrong side of some very powerful people.

When they hack into a high-end jeweler and leak the personal data of the rich and famous, the gang ends up being front page news.

While they scramble to make amends, the political events unfolding around them start to push them ever closer towards breaking point.

Conti’s notoriety grows when they target hundreds of hospitals around the world. Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) is hacked and a cancer patient is left fearing for her life.

The topic of attacks on the healthcare sector seems to divide Conti and ruptures begin to form.

As the attack on Ireland brings international condemnation, a team of cyber security experts battles to bring the HSE back online.

A Moscow film company becomes entangled in the hunt for a gang of hackers.

An unsuspecting script writer is approached about an intriguing project. As he sits in a meeting, held high up in a city skyscraper, he has no idea just how close he’s getting to the story he’s being asked to tell.

At the heart of it all, Stern, an alleged criminal mastermind whose business is booming and bears a name that will become feared worldwide.

The name is Conti.

A devastating cyber-attack is unleashed in a British seaside town. The target is a council responsible for the welfare of its residents and the safety of vulnerable children. The attackers demand millions to undo the damage.

The question is, why here?

The answer leads Investigative journalist Geoff White into the depths of the dark web and a vast leak of secretive communications offers him a terrifying insight into the cybercrime underworld.

High stakes. High tech. Highly organised. Inside Conti, one of the world’s most ruthless cybercrime gangs.

When investigative journalist Geoff White hears news of a cyberattack in a wind battered seaside town in the North East of England, he goes on the hunt for the elusive hackers responsible.

When the gang’s internal conversations are leaked online, Geoff is afforded a terrifying insight into how they operate and why no system is safe.

Presenter: Geoff White

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Investigators hunting for Maksim Yakubets, allege he is working with the FSB – Russia’s security agency. They say the Evil Corp gang has stolen more than $100m from at least 300 victim organisations in 43 countries - but who is the powerful man in Moscow said to be protecting Maksim, their alleged leader? We follow his family’s journey from a humble sausage factory in Ukraine to the Russian high-life – and the frontier of cybercrime.

As the cyber criminals reinvent themselves, FBI Special Agent Keith Mularski goes undercover to infiltrate the operation. But as kingpin Tank is finally arrested, another leader rises with the creation of a new crew: Evil Corp. The group’s alleged leader, Maksim Yakubets, would go on to steal millions using “one of the most prolific and successful malware strains” in the history of cyber-crime.

Hosted by Joe Tidy, the BBC’s cyber correspondent – one of the few Western journalists to have met an alleged member of Evil Corp – and the BBC’s Sarah Rainsford, who spent more than two decades reporting from Moscow.