Daphcon is a Raucous, sometimes quite messy gathering of tens of thousands of the world's best hackers that happens every year in Las Vegas. The DNC had been notified but they were really slow in responding and the question is why? And I think my initial thought was incompetence on both the FBI and the DNC Turns out to be not true. espionage is legal It's legal all states hack each other We often wherever country we're from If we get hacked we act without rage and that is like absurd because we Especially the United States and the UK, Five Eyes, we are the greatest spies in the world.
Yale Law professor Scott Shapiro takes us on an exhilarating journey through the world of cybercrime and hacking, unraveling the captivating stories behind five extraordinary hacks that have left an indelible mark on our information society. From the audacious exploits of Fancy Bear, the elite hacking unit within Russian military intelligence, to lesser-known yet equally astonishing incidents, Scott Shapiro sheds light on the origins, motivations, and consequences of these remarkable cyber intrusions. Our host for this episode is Carl Miller - Research Director at Demos and author of The Death of The Gods: The New Global Power Grab.
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