The Extortion Economy Podcast
1) Part 5: File Not Found
The problem of ransomware has many causes but no clear solution. What's coming next? This is part five. We Meet: Fabian Wosar, CTO, Emsisoft Jake Johnson, North Carolina State Representative Abishur...Show More
2) Part 4: The Extortion Industry
We look at the reasons ransomware is so hard to solve and ask hard questions about who is really helping the victims. This is part four. We Meet: Fabian Wosar, CTO, Emsisoft. Bob Wice, Head of Under...Show More
3) Part 2: The Bad Actors
In an absurd contract, look into the criminal world where the stakes are high, but the methods are increasingly business-like and meet the people who interact with the ransomware hackers. This is part...Show More
4) Part 3: All Cats, No Mice
After the Colonial Pipeline payment, the FBI followed the money and cybersecurity researchers followed the ransomware group. We followed both. This is part three. We Meet: Fabian Wosar, CTO, Emsisof...Show More
5) Part 1: The Problem
A new-age iteration of the old-age extortion problem. A ransomware vigilante, a piracy (as in actual boats) expert, a school administrator, and a kidnapping victim share their experiences. This is par...Show More
6) Welcome to The Extortion Economy
A five part series about the money, technology and people behind the ransomware epidemic from MIT Technology Review and ProPublica.