Ivan Boesky, known for his role in insider trading scandals in the 1980s, used to steal and profit from press releases uploaded by PR Newswire and Marketwire before they became public. In one instance, he made 40-50% of profits from trades using insider information from a Dendreon press release.
Vladimir Levin was one of the most notorious hackers of all time. After a successful hack, he spent 30 months in UK jails and was later extradited to the US to serve less than a year in prison.
The FBI, foreign law enforcement and private sector partners worked together to seize computer servers around the world that had been the backbone of both Game Over Zeus and CryptoLocker, which were designed to steal banking credentials and extort computer users by holding their files for ransom.
Investigators looked into a potential suspect who matched the description of a peeping Tom and had approached two women on the parkway, but found no evidence linking him to the murders.
The backstory of the theft of previously secret CIA documents is discussed on the podcast, and the person who called themselves "Deep Throat" recounted having possession of the stolen papers, in which Vegas mob and St. Louis mob were implicated, but the person's employer was unknown.