Cybercrime, followed from code to consequence.
Cyber Hack follows alleged hacker gangs from small operational clues to international consequences. Recent episodes track Evil Corp through Moscow street racing, Ukrainian investigators, FBI casework, prison interviews, ransomware, and the blurred line between crime and state power.
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Cyber Hack is a reported cyber true-crime series about the people, tools, and institutions behind major alleged hacking operations. Its recent Evil Corp season follows one cybercrime network through luxury, violence, police work, courtroom limits, and geopolitical pressure. The show does not treat hacking as a magic trick. It treats it as labor, infrastructure, access, timing, and risk. A login alert matters because it tells a crew when a victim is vulnerable. A money mule matters because stolen funds still have to move through the physical world. A prison call matters because it turns an alias into a person with habits, memories, denials, and motives. The storytelling often begins small. Moscow street racers tear through the city. A man walks out of court, ignores a driving ban, and heads toward a pub. A shell hits an apartment block in Donetsk. A federal prison line clicks open. From there, the show builds outward into botnets, FBI server takeovers, Ukrainian security work, British surveillance, ransomware, and summits between presidents. That scale is the point. Cyber Hack shows how online theft can reach bank accounts, family homes, companies, pipelines, and diplomatic rooms. It also keeps a close eye on uncertainty. Intelligence is not always evidence. Attribution is not always simple. A criminal group operating from Russia is not the same thing as a Russian government attack, even when the boundary looks blurry. The series is strongest when it lets investigators explain the practical problem in front of them, then translates the stakes without drowning the listener in jargon. Joe Tidy and Sarah Rainsford present the Evil Corp season with a controlled, serious pace. The tone can be dry when criminal details become absurd, but it stays grounded in harm, pressure, and consequence. It suits listeners who like true crime, cyber investigations, international reporting, and procedural detail. It is less about dark-web mystique than about how a criminal operation actually runs, adapts, and survives scrutiny. The result is tense, lucid reporting on cybercrime as organized power.
Made for: For listeners who like true crime with documents, interviews, law enforcement detail, and international stakes. It also suits people curious about cybercrime who want plain explanations instead of technical showboating.
What sets it apart: Cyber Hack connects the mechanics of malware and money movement to courts, surveillance, and diplomacy. It makes cybercrime feel physical, institutional, and consequential.
They steal billions: Cyber Hack investigates the alleged cyber gangs and the heists and hacks they’re accused of carrying out. No one is said to be safe. From Hollywood studios, to international banks, from crypto exchanges to small businesses and health care companies, law enforcement agencies say they cause chaos around the globe. Who will be next? And where is the money going?Latest season: Evil Corp. The Russian Evil Corp is accused of being a family crime gang, responsible for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars. Law enforcement agencies say they are “the most pervasive cybercrime group to ever...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Cyber Hack makes complex digital heists legible by tracing the people, infrastructure and investigative limits behind stolen money.
Cyber Hack follows digital theft from code to cash, showing how malware, cryptocurrency laundering and money-mule networks turn remote attacks into material losses.
A cybercrime kingpin takes a prison call, and suddenly your malware story has an office chair.
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A brisk, sober finish that turns cybercrime into a real-world power story.
Cyber Hack closes its Evilcore run by treating a notorious cybercrime crew as a case with reach, not a headline. It moves from Will Lyne's steady account at the UK National Crime Agency to Maxim Yakubets, then widens to the way ransomware can turn ordinary systems into leverage.
A cybercrime chase story that moves from Donetsk to the GameOver Zeus takedown.
The episode treats cybercrime as a case built for law enforcement, moving from Tank in wartime Donetsk to the GameOver Zeus takedown and the harder question of what can actually hold up in court.
A prison interview turns cybercrime logistics into a cold, tightly reported story.
A prison call with Slava, the former Jabber Zeus boss better known as Tank, gives the episode its shape as it follows a crew that built a phishing operation, used money mules, and ran the scheme from Donetsk.
A cybercrime story built from hacker chat logs, named roles, and the careful work of mapping how the scheme operated.
The episode does a solid job of turning hacker chat logs into something legible: names, roles, and the shape of a criminal machine. Mikhailo Sakhali, or Misha, gives it a human center as the SBU analyst who works through the FBI's data and maps who was who in Ukraine.
A clean account of how stolen crypto moves from vault to broker to real money.
This episode starts with a late-night crypto transfer that looks routine, then shifts when a phone call changes the mood and opens the door to North Korea's theft-and-laundering machinery.
A bank heist story that follows the money across borders and keeps the masterminds frustratingly out of reach.
The episode opens with an ATM balance that does not add up, then follows the Cosmos Bank raid in India as Inspector General Rajesh Singh and the Pune cyber unit try to track money that is already moving across borders.
Power, money, faith, and hidden systems.
Ashley Flowers and Britt Prawat revisit unsolved murders and cold cases as new evidence surfaces.
Two friends narrate true crime cases, listener stories, and archived live-tour shows.
Multi-part true crime narration, from BTK's Wichita letters to Australian cold-case disappearances.
ABC Audio's Theranos fraud series that also introduces its other true-crime podcasts.
This is a short promotional crossover episode from the CyberHack podcast recommending the BBC podcast 13 Minutes Presents Artemis II.
Will Lyne has kept Maxim Yakubets in view for years.
Donetsk is under fire.
A federal prison call opens up Tank's version of events.
CyberHack’s “Evil Corp: 3.
This episode of CyberHack features a speech by President George W.
This episode explores the connection between Moscow's underground street racing scene, particularly among the super-rich who operate with impunity, and the emergence of cybercrime networks like Evil Corp.
This episode introduces Evil Corp, a notorious Russian cybercrime group accused by the FBI of stealing hundreds of millions through sophisticated hacking schemes.
This episode introduces the podcast Cyber Hack, which investigates cyber gangs and their alleged heists, and includes a promo for another show.
A routine transfer turns into a crisis.
A North Korean ballistic missile launch triggers panic and alerts across northern Japan.
A podcast investigating cyber gangs and their alleged heists, with this episode focusing on a suspicious job interview at a crypto startup.
This episode investigates Alejandro Cao de Benos, a Spanish supporter of North Korea who founded the Korean Friendship Association and explores his role in promoting the regime.
This episode explores the tensions behind South Korea's Winter Olympics, including the unified Korean women's hockey team's internal conflicts and suspicions of North Korean hacking by the Lazarus Group.
This episode explores a suspicious email offering a former college ice hockey star a chance to play in the Olympics, tying into a larger cybercrime narrative.
This episode explores the harsh winter conditions in North Korea and follows a tour group's arrival in Pyongyang during the festive New Year period in 2015.
This episode explores how The Lazarus Group's state-sponsored hacking differs from other cybercriminals driven by personal greed.
An ATM balance suddenly looks wrong.
This episode explores the world of cybercrime, focusing on hacking conferences and the activities of cyber gangs like Evil Corp.
This episode investigates a coordinated global ATM heist linked to the Lazarus Group, a notorious cybercrime gang.
This episode discusses the alleged cyber gangs and their heists, focusing on the Russian Evil Corp group.
A patient named Patrick Ward prepares for life-changing open heart surgery after living with an enlarged heart.
The episode follows the investigation into the Bangladesh Bank heist, including an interview with a key figure involved in the attempted transfer of stolen funds.
This episode investigates a $20 million fraud targeting a Sri Lankan businesswoman by a fake Japanese investment fund.
This episode investigates the 2016 Bangladesh Bank heist and how the stolen money was laundered through a Manila casino.
A podcast investigating cyber gangs and their alleged heists, with a sample episode about a businessman's suspicious stay at a Chinese hotel.
This episode covers the opening ceremony of the International Mathematical Olympiad, but the show's primary focus is investigating cyber gangs and their heists.
This episode investigates the 2016 Bangladesh Bank heist, a cyber theft of millions from the country's central bank.
This episode investigates the Russian cyber gang Evil Corp, accused of stealing billions through hacks targeting banks, crypto exchanges, and healthcare companies.
This episode introduces the BBC podcast Cyber Hack, which investigates cyber gangs and their alleged heists, focusing on the Russian Evil Corp group.
This episode explores the MGM lot as a backdrop for discussing cybercrime investigations targeting entertainment companies.
An investigation into a cyber gang's attempt to steal $1 billion from a bank, detailing their methods and the aftermath.