About this episode

James Wilson interviews Brian Krebs about his investigation into the hacker group TeamPCP and the methods he used to uncover the identity of its leader.

In this podcast episode, James Wilson chats with Brian Krebs about the investigation that led him from recycled cybercrime handles and old forum records to the true identity of TeamPCP’s alleged leader in Perth. TeamPCP is the hacker group that has gone berserk in the software supply chain over the last year or so, stealing credentials to compromise developers, their software packages, and their repositories. In this interview Brian talks about his Signal conversations with the group’s ringleader, the strange Cybercats community surrounding TeamPCP, and the passive DNS breakthrough that helped him unmask what he thinks are the ringleader’s true identities.

People in this episode

Host: James Wilson

Guest: Brian Krebs

Topics covered

• cybercrime
• hacking
• investigation
• software supply chain
• identity unmasking

Keywords

• TeamPCP
• Brian Krebs
• cybercrime
• hacking
• software supply chain
• identity
• investigation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TeamPCP, Cybercats

Places: Perth

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