
Japan's First ChatGPT-Powered Hacker Arrest
Chris and Hector cover the FBI's takedown of the NetNut residential proxy network, Microsoft's role in identifying a Scattered Spider suspect, a ransomware negotiator who secretly worked with criminals, a controversial Windows zero-day disclosure, a HackerOne data exposure, and a Japanese teenager arrested after using ChatGPT to automate a cyberattack. Join our Patreon for weekly bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/c/hackerandthefed Send HATF your questions at [email protected]
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If you're a hacker, you're reading this stuff, and you are circumventing this somehow. You thought you're protected through VPNs. You thought you were protected through using busy boxes or whatever. But now you've got this number that's associated with your machine.
Sure. Good luck. Hector Monseger was responsible for some of the most notorious hacks ever committed. FBI Special Agent Chris Tarbell.
Hackets and FBI informants participated in some of the world's most infamous hacks. That caused up to $50 million in damages. A life in the shadows. Cyber attacks on the rise.
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