Special Edition: Cezary Podkul on Cyberscams, Organized Crime, and Human Trafficking
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English - September 26, 2022 12:27 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsTechnology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Nicole Hoffman on Analytical and Creative Paths in Cybersecurity
Organized crime syndicates and human trafficking are behind industrial cyberscam operations in South East Asia. The depth and breadth of these operations is devastating and heartbreaking. Even as a cybersecurity vendor, the scale of operations is astonishing. We dig in with Cezary Podkul to learn more about the human cost of these social engineering scams, and to understand that the person on the other end of that scam message might be a victim too.
Read the full report here: https://www.propublica.org/article/human-traffickers-force-victims-into-cyberscamming
Follow Cezary Podkul's reporting on Twitter: @Cezary