The podcast discusses how human engineering is used to trick people into giving up information which can lead to their devices being hacked, with SIM swapping being one of the most popular methods. The financial incentive for such attacks is huge, with a potential half a trillion dollars at stake.
The world of cryptocurrency is similar to a high stakes game in which the bigger the money involved, the bigger the incentive to cheat. Hackers are eager to try to hack and corrupt others' wallets, as the potential reward for doing so is huge.
A woman wins a $200,000 bet in a high stakes poker game, causing her opponent's brain to break as he is shocked by her bluff.
The commonality of SIM swapping as a form of hacking through social engineering techniques illustrated how hacking has less to do with computer engineering and more to do with tricking people into providing information.