Off the Record

Levi and Adam talk about the latest cybersecurity news, including a surprise extradition that the U.S. granted Moscow, a noteworthy arrest of a cybersecurity executive in Russia, and allegations of the first death caused by ransomware. GitHub's new chief security officer Mike Hanley joins later in the episode to discuss his organization's cybersecurity expansion and much more.

A cybersecurity firm published a universal decryption tool to help victims of the REvil ransomware gang recover encrypted files. Anonymous breached a web hosting provider and domain registrar that gave shelter to right-wing websites. And the Department of Justice fined three former NSA employees who worked as hackers-for-hire for a United Arab Emirates firm. Plus, Verizon's Alex Pinto joins to talk about the cybersecurity industry's wittiest report.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the White House warned companies about the tendency of ransomware gangs to launch attacks over weekends and national holidays. Plus, a US farm lost a whopping $9 million due to a temporary shutdown of its farming operations following a ransomware attack, and Dmitry Smilyanets joins to discuss the latest ransomware trends.

T-Mobile said this week that hackers breached some of its internal servers. Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Liquid said that cybercriminals stole $94 million of crypto assets. And Poly Network, a decentralized finance platform, offered a job to a hacker who decided to return hundreds of millions of dollars they stole from the company. Plus, Bruce Liska joins to discuss his efforts to track ransomware attacks against schools, hospitals, and state and local governments.