Claims
Qualified triples from the transcripts. Origin, speaker, and evidence stay attached.
These are not independently verified facts.
PRG Trojan
VARIANT_OF
WSNPoem
Secureworks described PRG as a newer, more advanced and effective version of WSNPoem.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 111
Details
“they called it PRG and had it down as a more advanced and effective version than the WSNPoem malware”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 6021–6121
Gameover ZeuS
VARIANT_OF
ZeuS Version 3
Gameover ZeuS developed from a newer version of ZeuS that added peer-to-peer capability.
Explicit
Confidence 96%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 111
Details
“this would soon develop into a new version of ZeuS which had peer-to-peer capability, and that version was called Gameover ZeuS”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 37001–37128
ZeuS Version 3
VARIANT_OF
ZeuS V2
ZeuS V2.1 became ZeuS Version 3.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 111
Details
“On 2011, ZeuS V2.1 became ZeuS Version 3”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 36855–36895
NFT phishing
AFFECTS
MetaMask
NFT phishing is described as tricking a victim into connecting MetaMask and revealing a wallet seed phrase, enabling wallet theft.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“the site said in order to mint the NFT, you just need to connect your MetaMask crypto wallet and enter your twenty-four-word seed phrase”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 71538–71674
“this person put their seed phrase into the bogus website, and as soon as they did, the thief got in their crypto wallet”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 71926–72045
Roblox botnet
AFFECTS
Roblox
The Roblox botnet/service is used to create nonexistent players and falsely increase a Roblox game's popularity.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Drew
EP 112
Details
“it would use a botnet to do it. It would have players that didn’t exist join the game”
Drew ·
offsets 22761–22847
Discord token theft
AFFECTS
Discord
Discord token theft allows an attacker to log in as a Discord user without their password.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“if you can just take the authentication token, then you can log in as that person without needing a password”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 74321–74429
Coinbase balance-disclosure flaw
AFFECTS
Coinbase
Drew alleges that for about one month Coinbase exposed account balances when a valid username and password were supplied without 2FA; Jack says this may be the flaw reported in connection with drained accounts.
Uncertain
Confidence 91%
· Drew
EP 112
Details
“there was an exploit in Coinbase for about one month where you could check the balance of any valid password and username”
Drew ·
offsets 48369–48490
“Bleeping Computer ran an article back in October 2021 saying that 6,000 Coinbase customers had their crypto wallets drained due to a flaw in Coinbase’s 2FA system”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 49176–49338
Baby Al Capone
ASSOCIATED_WITH
SIM swapping
Jack identifies Baby Al Capone as a person who allegedly stole cryptocurrency through SIM-swapping-related activity, while the episode does not provide a fuller identity claim.
Attributed
Confidence 88%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“There’s a guy, goes by the nickname Baby Al Capone; he stole $20 million in cryptocurrency”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 79379–79469
“This guy was just fifteen years old when he was arrested”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 79472–79528
James O’Connor
ASSOCIATED_WITH
SIM swapping
Jack says authorities accused James O’Connor, also known as PlugWalkJoe, of stealing cryptocurrency through SIM-swapping.
Attributed
Confidence 96%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“Then there’s PlugWalkJoe, James O’Connor. He was twenty-two, living in the UK, when he was arrested for SIM-swapping”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 79045–79162
“Authorities say he stole over $700,000 doing this”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 79165–79214
Drew
ASSOCIATED_WITH
OGUsers
Drew came across OGUsers and became one of its early users.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“he came across a forum called OGUsers”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 10538–10575
“I’m the 700th user to make an OGUser account”
Drew ·
offsets 10875–10919
Michael Turpin cryptocurrency theft
ATTRIBUTED_TO
Joel Ortiz
The episode says police evidence led to Joel Ortiz in connection with the cryptocurrency theft and that he was arrested and sentenced.
Attributed
Confidence 90%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“were able to find some pretty solid evidence that led them to a guy named Nicholas Truglia who was twenty-one, living in Manhattan, and Joel Ortiz”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 63895–64041
“Joel Ortiz was sentenced to ten years in prison”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 64132–64179
Michael Turpin cryptocurrency theft
ATTRIBUTED_TO
Nicholas Truglia
Police investigation evidence led to Nicholas Truglia, whom Jack later calls the hacker sued by Turpin; the episode presents this attribution through its account of police and court proceedings.
Attributed
Confidence 91%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“were able to find some pretty solid evidence that led them to a guy named Nicholas Truglia”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 63895–63985
“Turpin also sued the hacker, Nicholas”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 64920–64957
Michael Turpin cryptocurrency theft
INVOLVES
AT&T
Jack says AT&T insiders helped with the theft of $23 million from Michael Turpin's cryptocurrency wallet.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“In this case, it was insiders working at AT&T that helped do this”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 63572–63637
Michael Turpin cryptocurrency theft
INVOLVES
SIM swapping
The theft of Michael Turpin's cryptocurrency is described as following the SIM-swapping process discussed in the episode.
Derived
Confidence 95%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“someone did the steps you just heard to hack into Turpin’s crypto wallet and steal $23 million worth of crypto out of it”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 63300–63420
Coinbase wallet-drain incident
INVOLVES
Coinbase balance-disclosure flaw
Jack believes the Coinbase wallet-drain reports may refer to the balance-disclosure/2FA flaw described by Drew.
Uncertain
Confidence 86%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“I’m pretty sure it’s talking about this bug that Drew just said”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 49346–49409
Remo snatching
TARGETS
T-Mobile
Remo snatching is described as stealing a T-Mobile store manager's tablet to enable a SIM swap.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“you are going to T-Mobile. T-Mobile is the easiest place to hit right now. You go to a T-Mobile, you run in, you take the store manager’s tablet”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 32300–32425
Remo snatching
USES
social engineering
Before stealing the tablet, attackers allegedly social-engineer the store manager to obtain the manager's password.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“you need to do recon on the store, figure out everything you can about the manager to try to social-engineer them”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 52418–52531
“They send you a fake URL, you enter your manager login”
Drew ·
offsets 52690–52744
Combo list
USES
Credential stuffing
Combo lists are used to test reused username-and-password combinations against many sites.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“you could take this combo list and have a tool just automatically try logging into tons of sites”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 43802–43898
SIM swapping
USES
Telegram
SIM-swapping operations are organized through Telegram channels and chats.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 112
Details
“They all get organized inside a Telegram chat room”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 54627–54677
“people on Telegram aren’t the type of person to go run into a store”
Drew ·
offsets 53593–53660
Sentry NBA
USES
Combo list
Sentry NBA is named as software used to automatically check combo lists.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Drew
EP 112
Details
“they use software such as Sentry NBA, OpenBullet, or SilverBullet to thereby automatically check all these combo lists”
Drew ·
offsets 43951–44069
OpenBullet
USES
Combo list
OpenBullet is named as software used to automatically check combo lists.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Drew
EP 112
Details
“Sentry NBA, OpenBullet, or SilverBullet to thereby automatically check all these combo lists”
Drew ·
offsets 43977–44069
SIM swapping
USES
Credential stuffing
Drew describes SIM-swappers using reused credentials from databases to identify and access Coinbase accounts.
Explicit
Confidence 97%
· Drew
EP 112
Details
“They’re using commons from databases, getting into Coinbase – this is all automated – and then they get their balance; they had SIM-swapped them”
Drew ·
offsets 47577–47721
Turbo
USES
Username swapping
Turbo is described as an automated system for claiming a username during username swapping.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Drew
EP 112
Details
“an automated system called a swapper or a claimer or a turbo”
Drew ·
offsets 15509–15569
“the turbo automatically uses an Instagram endpoint to claim this username”
Drew ·
offsets 15643–15716
SilverBullet
USES
Combo list
SilverBullet is named as software used to automatically check combo lists.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Drew
EP 112
Details
“Sentry NBA, OpenBullet, or SilverBullet to thereby automatically check all these combo lists”
Drew ·
offsets 43977–44069
Drew
USES
phishing
Drew says the fake gift-card balance site was a phishing page, and Jack says Drew operated one himself.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Drew
EP 112
Details
“It’s a phishing page.”
“He learned how to clone a website which is really easy, and set up his own phishing site”
Jack Rhysider ·
offsets 9692–9780