Episode
70: Ghost Exodus
58:31
Published: Tue Jul 21 2020
Description
Ghost Exodus is a hacker. He conducted various illegal activities online. Some of which he documents on YouTube. He’s also a great musician. He got into some trouble from his hacking. This is his story. A big thanks to Ghost Exodus for sharing his story with us. Also thanks to Wesley McGrew for telling us the inside story. Sponsors This episode was sponsored by IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet. And use promo code DARKNET25. Support for this episode comes from Blinkist. They offer thousands of condensed non-fiction books, so you can get through books in about 15 minutes. Check out Blinkist.com/DARKNET to start your 7 day free trial and get 25% off when you sign up. This episode was sponsored by Detectify. What vulnerabilities will their crowdsource-powered web vulnerability scanner detect in your web applications? Find out with a 14-day free trial. Go to https://detectify.com/Darknet Sources https://www.pcworld.com/article/167756/article.html https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/dallas/press-releases/2011/dl031811.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapters
The speaker reflects on their past mindset of wanting to exploit the system in their early 20s, and discusses the concept of insider threats in the context of companies.
00:00 - 01:56 (01:56)
Summary
The speaker reflects on their past mindset of wanting to exploit the system in their early 20s, and discusses the concept of insider threats in the context of companies.
Episode70: Ghost Exodus
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The Ghost Exodus project was born out of the desire to use hacking to help people who didn't have a voice and technical capabilities to defend themselves.
01:56 - 09:19 (07:22)
Summary
The Ghost Exodus project was born out of the desire to use hacking to help people who didn't have a voice and technical capabilities to defend themselves. The podcast also covers a story of a 20-year-old searching for answers in life, and how private investigation leads him to his birth family, a super strict church, and being micromanaged.
Episode70: Ghost Exodus
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The speaker explains how they started in hacktivism and evolved into cyber-vigilanteism, leading them to some dark places where they lost sight of their original goals.
09:19 - 16:10 (06:50)
Summary
The speaker explains how they started in hacktivism and evolved into cyber-vigilanteism, leading them to some dark places where they lost sight of their original goals.
Episode70: Ghost Exodus
PodcastDarknet Diaries
Offcrack is a tool that can find Windows passwords by searching through hashes in the system.
16:10 - 22:01 (05:51)
Summary
Offcrack is a tool that can find Windows passwords by searching through hashes in the system. It can be installed on a computer or booted from a CD.
Episode70: Ghost Exodus
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The drive behind creating a botnet comes from a desire for power and control, often fueled by the admiration of others in the hacker community.
22:01 - 29:01 (06:59)
Summary
The drive behind creating a botnet comes from a desire for power and control, often fueled by the admiration of others in the hacker community.
Episode70: Ghost Exodus
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The guest narrates his experience of investigating a healthcare cyber attack, where he stumbled upon the human-machine interface of the SCADA system showing the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, chillers for medicines and medical equipment and suddenly got surrounded by FBI agents and senior police officers suspicious of him carrying a gun, though later they realized it was a misunderstanding.
29:01 - 39:30 (10:29)
Summary
The guest narrates his experience of investigating a healthcare cyber attack, where he stumbled upon the human-machine interface of the SCADA system showing the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, chillers for medicines and medical equipment and suddenly got surrounded by FBI agents and senior police officers suspicious of him carrying a gun, though later they realized it was a misunderstanding.
Episode70: Ghost Exodus
PodcastDarknet Diaries
Despite one member of a hacking group being arrested and giving information to the authorities, the remaining members are still making threatening attacks on targets, with one target having evidence of such plans on their computer logs.
39:30 - 44:48 (05:17)
Summary
Despite one member of a hacking group being arrested and giving information to the authorities, the remaining members are still making threatening attacks on targets, with one target having evidence of such plans on their computer logs.
Episode70: Ghost Exodus
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The speaker shares a story about how he tracked a suspicious ship that had disabled its automatic identification system and ended up going to Florida to investigate.
44:48 - 54:07 (09:18)
Summary
The speaker shares a story about how he tracked a suspicious ship that had disabled its automatic identification system and ended up going to Florida to investigate. Later, he was accused of hacking into NASA and was pressured to turn in other members of the ETA group, but he refused to do so.
Episode70: Ghost Exodus
PodcastDarknet Diaries
A man is given additional prison time with no possibility of probation after failing to comply with his previous probation.
54:07 - 58:17 (04:10)
Summary
A man is given additional prison time with no possibility of probation after failing to comply with his previous probation. His evasion led to a drone chase in the woods.