Hackers made death threats against this security researcher. Big mistake.

About this episode

The episode discusses the threats faced by security researcher Allison Nixon after her work against online hacking groups.

Allison Nixon had helped arrest dozens of members of the Com, a loose affiliation of online groups responsible for violence and hacking campaigns. Then she became a target. This story was written by Kim Zetter and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com

People in this episode

Host: Noa

Guest: Allison Nixon

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• hacking
• online threats
• violence
• research

Keywords

• Allison Nixon
• hacking
• Com
• cybersecurity
• death threats

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Com

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