Ep 2: The Peculiar Case of the VTech Hacker

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Ep 2: The Peculiar Case of the VTech Hacker

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VTech makes toy tablets, laptops, and watches for kids. In 2015, they were breached. The hacker downloaded gigs of children's data. Discover what the hacker did once he took the data.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Sep 15, 2017

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Explore true stories of the dark side of the Internet with host Jack Rhysider as he takes you on a journey through the chilling world of hacking, data breaches, and cyber crime.

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Ep 2: The Peculiar Case of the VTech Hacker: VTech makes toy tablets, laptops, and watches for kids. In 2015, they were breached. The hacker downloaded gigs of children's data. Discover what the hacker did once he took the data. by Darknet Diaries
25 min listen
Ep 23: Vladimir Levin: When banks started coming online, they almost immediately started being targeted by hackers. Vladimir Levin was one of the first ever known hacker to try to rob a bank. He succeeded a little, and failed a lot. Vladimir would go down in the history books as one of the most notorious hackers of all time because of his attempted online bank robberies. by Darknet Diaries
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