A Single Email Took Down a Major Food Supplier
From Hacker And The Fed by Chris Tarbell & Hector Monsegur
June 4, 2026 · 45 min
About this episode
Chris and Hector discuss a phishing attack on a food supplier and various security issues in technology.
Chris and Hector break down a phishing attack that exposed employee data at a major food supplier, Microsoft's escalating fight with a security researcher publishing zero days, and the eye watering cost of enterprise AI adoption. They also discuss insider trading on prediction markets, the takedown of a massive DDoS botnet, and why basic security failures continue to create outsized consequences. Join our Patreon for weekly bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/c/hackerandthefed Send HATF your questions at questions@hackerandthefed.com
People in this episode
Hosts: Chris Tarbell, Hector Monsegur
Topics covered
- phishing attack
- employee data exposure
- security research
- enterprise AI adoption
- insider trading
- DDoS botnet takedown
- security failures
Keywords
- phishing
- employee data
- Microsoft
- enterprise AI
- DDoS
- security
- insider trading
- prediction markets
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Microsoft, Patreon, DDoS botnet, prediction markets, enterprise AI
Places: major food supplier
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