5. Game over
The hackers reinvent themselves. FBI Special Agent Keith Mularski goes undercover to infiltrate the operation. But as one kingpin is arrested, a new leader rises.
As the cyber criminals reinvent themselves, FBI Special Agent Keith Mularski goes undercover to infiltrate the operation. But as kingpin Tank is finally arrested, another leader rises with the creation of a new crew: Evil Corp. The group鈥檚 alleged leader, Maksim Yakubets, would go on to steal millions using 鈥渙ne of the most prolific and successful malware strains鈥 in the history of cyber-crime.
Hosted by Joe Tidy, the 麻豆社鈥檚 cyber correspondent 鈥 one of the few Western journalists to have met an alleged member of Evil Corp 鈥 and the 麻豆社鈥檚 Sarah Rainsford, who spent more than two decades reporting from Moscow.
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