Daren Li had passports from two countries, residences on three continents, and 74 shell companies that didn't actually exist. The feds say he helped make $73 million disappear. He pleaded guilty. And then, while wearing an ankle monitor, he disappeared too.

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In December 2025, hackers nearly knocked out power to half a million people in Poland during a brutal cold snap. The attack was traced back to Russian intelligence.

State-sponsored hacking is an industry. There are org charts. Salaries. Military ranks. And a recruitment pipeline that can turn a criminal hacker into a government asset.

In this episode, we break down how these groups actually operate. Why North Korea's hackers are focused on stealing money while China's are after your company's trade secrets. How Russia uses a network of freelancers, criminals, and intelligence officers to do its dirty work.

This is the shadow world where cybercrime meets espionage.

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Malone Lam was 20 years old when he stole $263 million in Bitcoin from a single victim using nothing but a phone call. He bought a $3.8 million Pagani, a $2 million watch, and spent $500,000 a night at clubs handing out Birkin bags. A month later, the FBI raided his Miami mansion. This is how he did it, how he got caught, and why a couple in Connecticut got kidnapped because of it.

A model and actress with millions of followers fell for an AI deepfake scam and lost $118,000 in a single day. In this episode, we break down exactly how a criminal syndicate trapped her on a video call for 24 hours, what made this scam nearly impossible to detect, and how you can make sure it doesn't happen to you.

Keonne Rodriguez and his Co-founder William Lonergan Hill is in federal prison for creating Bitcoin privacy software. We explain how Bitcoin tracking works, what Samourai Wallet actually did, and why the government's own regulator said Rodriguez didn't break the law before prosecutors charged him anyway.

Sign the petition demanding a pardon for the founders.

pcTattletale founder catches chargers for "catch a cheater app"

Monitoring software is everywhere. Parents use it, employers use it, and it's completely legal to buy. So why is Bryan Fleming facing 15 years in federal prison for selling it? Today we break down the pcTattletale case, the legal line between legitimate monitoring and criminal surveillance, and what happens when a company that sold "100% undetectable" spyware gets hacked itself. 138,000 customers. 300 million screenshots. And one guilty plea that just changed the stalkerware industry.

Breach after Breach after Breach

Another data breach headline you scrolled past. We get it. But that numbness is exactly what cybercriminals are counting on. In this episode, we unpack the breach landscape and give you a practical framework for deciding when to panic and when to shrug. Plus: what actually happens when your data hits the dark web, and the one action that stops most identity theft cold.

Two cybersecurity professionals, Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Martin, just pleaded guilty to launching the exact ransomware attacks they were hired to stop. One was an incident response manager at Sygnia. The other was a ransomware negotiator at DigitalMint. Together with a third accomplice, they attacked five U.S. companies using off the shelf malware.

The Rapper and the Hacker

A few weeks ago, the guy behind the 2016 Bitfinex hack walked out of prison after serving just 14 months. His wife, who helped launder the money while building a rap career as "Razzlekhan," served eight months. In this episode, we break down how he actually pulled off the hack, why the security architecture failed, and how law enforcement finally caught them five and a half years later.

The billionaire scam kingpin is finally in custody. On January 6th, Cambodian authorities arrested Chen Zhi. By January 7th, he was on a plane to Beijing in handcuffs.

Meanwhile, the scam compounds in Cambodia keep running.

This is the update on Chen Zhi.