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75: Compromised Comms
FromDarknet Diaries
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Sep 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
From 2009 to 2013 the communication channels the CIA uses to contact assets in foreign countries was compromised. This had terrifying consequences.
Guests this episodes are Jenna McLaughlin and Zach Dorfman.
Sponsors
This episode was sponsored by IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet. And use promo code DARKNET25.
This episode was sponsored by Thinkst Canary. Their canaries attract malicious actors in your network and then send you an alert if someone tries to access them. Great early warning system for knowing when someone is snooping around where they shouldn’t be. Check them out at https://canary.tools.
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Sources
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cias-communications-suffered-catastrophic-compromise-started-iran-090018710.html
Video: Fostering Bipartisanship in Intelligence Oversight CNAS2019
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article28348576.html
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/15/botched-cia-communications-system-helped-blow-cover-chinese-agents-intelligence/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world/asia/china-cia-spies-espionage.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/world/asia/jerry-lee-cia-china-mole-hunt-suspect.html
https://news.yahoo.com/cia-fix-communications-system-left-trail-dead-agents-remains-elusive-100046908.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/03/21/cuban-defector-impeaches-cia-spies/10cec17c-076b-4867-96c5-628b8435a852/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_Ames
Attribution
Darknet Diaries is created by Jack Rhysider.
Research assistance this episode from Yael Grauer.
Guests this episodes are Jenna McLaughlin and Zach Dorfman.
Sponsors
This episode was sponsored by IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet. And use promo code DARKNET25.
This episode was sponsored by Thinkst Canary. Their canaries attract malicious actors in your network and then send you an alert if someone tries to access them. Great early warning system for knowing when someone is snooping around where they shouldn’t be. Check them out at https://canary.tools.
View all active sponsors.
Sources
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cias-communications-suffered-catastrophic-compromise-started-iran-090018710.html
Video: Fostering Bipartisanship in Intelligence Oversight CNAS2019
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article28348576.html
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/15/botched-cia-communications-system-helped-blow-cover-chinese-agents-intelligence/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world/asia/china-cia-spies-espionage.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/world/asia/jerry-lee-cia-china-mole-hunt-suspect.html
https://news.yahoo.com/cia-fix-communications-system-left-trail-dead-agents-remains-elusive-100046908.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/03/21/cuban-defector-impeaches-cia-spies/10cec17c-076b-4867-96c5-628b8435a852/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_Ames
Attribution
Darknet Diaries is created by Jack Rhysider.
Research assistance this episode from Yael Grauer.
Released:
Sep 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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