Cyber Minds

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Covering the stories behind the technologists, hackers, and coders that shaped our technological world we live in today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.... more

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The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.

Cyber Minds episodes:

August 04, 2026 Twin Brothers: Kill Switches In Plain Sight
Twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter were once hailed as gifted programmers with access to some of the U.S. government's most sensitive computer systems. But prosecutors say that after being fired from a federal contractor, they launched a retaliatory cyberattack that deleted dozens of government databases, stole sensitive records, and exposed critical weaknesses in insider security.

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17min
March 03, 2026 Checkout Compromised: The Target Data Breach
In the middle of the 2013 holiday shopping season, millions of customers unknowingly became victims of one of the largest retail cyberattacks in history.

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15min
January 28, 2026 Breaching: The Rainbow Six Siege Takeover
In December 2025, one of the world’s most popular tactical shooters was quietly breached. What began as reports of locked accounts, unauthorized access, and in-game manipulation quickly revealed deeper vulnerabilities in authentication systems, backend security, and exploit response.

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13min
December 09, 2025 Breaking the Dash: DoorDash Data Breach
DoorDash suffers a significant data breach that exposes personal information belonging to customers and delivery drivers. The breach raises concerns about the security of large gig-economy platforms and shows how a single weakness in a connected service can lead to widespread consequences.

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17min
November 07, 2025 The Million-Dollar Malware Deal
In the summer of 2020, a Tesla employee at the Nevada Gigafactory was quietly approached with a stunning offer: one million dollars to install malware inside the company’s network.

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14min
September 30, 2025 The Fight Against Extradition: The Lauri Love Case
In this episode of Cyber Minds, we unravel the story of Lauri Love, the British activist and hacker accused of breaching U.S. government networks, including NASA, the FBI, and the U.S. Army. Facing possible extradition to the United States, Love became a symbol of the debate over cybercrime, mental health, and human rights.

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13min
September 02, 2025 The Password Problem: Inside the LinkedIn 2012 Breach
In 2012, LinkedIn—one of the world’s largest professional networking sites—suffered a massive data breach that exposed more than 6.5 million hashed passwords. What seemed at first like a contained incident would later be revealed as one of the largest security compromises of its time, with over 117 million accounts ultimately affected.

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11min
July 24, 2025 The Whistleblower: Edward Snowden and the NSA Leak
In this landmark episode of Cyber Minds, we examine one of the most controversial figures in modern cyber history: Edward Snowden. In 2013, the former NSA contractor stunned the world by leaking classified documents that exposed sweeping global surveillance programs operated by the U.S. government.

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12min
June 26, 2025 Hacking Democracy: Inside DEF CON’s First Voting Village
In this episode of Cyber Minds, we unpack the origins of the Voting Village at DEF CON 25, which took place in July 2017 in Las Vegas. The event was conceived and organized by Jeff Moss (also known as “Dark Tangent,” the founder of DEF CON) and cybersecurity expert Jake Braun.

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11min
May 29, 2025 Welcome to the Hacker Carnival: Inside DEF CON 1
In this debut episode covering the legendary DEF CON hacker convention, Cyber Minds takes you back to 1993—when a Las Vegas hotel lobby became ground zero for one of the most influential gatherings in cybersecurity history.

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12min

FAQs about Cyber Minds:

How many episodes does Cyber Minds have?

The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.