About this episode
Geoff White discusses the operations of the Conti ransomware gang and his investigative work on their activities.
Investigative journalist Geoff White has spent a lot of time inside the leaked communications of Conti — the Russian ransomware gang that ran like a corporation, hit Ireland's national health service, extorted the Costa Rican government, and pulled in $180 million in a single year. Geoff joins us to break down how Conti operated, the internal moral debate over hitting hospitals, the jewellery heist that spooked them into apologizing to Saudi royals, and how he tracked down rare video of the gang's elusive alleged boss, a man almost nobody had ever seen. It's a preview of his new BBC series Cyber Hack, dropping June 1st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Hacked
Guest: Geoff White
Topics covered
- ransomware
- investigative journalism
- cybersecurity
- Conti
- Geoff White
- hospital attacks
- extortion
Keywords
- ransomware
- Conti
- Geoff White
- cybersecurity
- extortion
- investigative journalism
- hospitals
- Costa Rica
- BBC
- jewellery heist
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Conti, BBC
Places: Ireland, Costa Rica
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