Qualified triples from the transcripts. Origin, speaker, and evidence stay attached. These are not independently verified facts.
Person A POSSIBLY_SAME_AS Justin May
Sanad inferred that Person A in the indictment was Justin because Justin was the only person they knew from Wilmington, Delaware; the identification is presented as an inference rather than established fact.
Uncertain Confidence 86% · Sanad EP 46 Details
“We all only knew one person from Wilmington, Delaware; Justin”
The episode identifies Durango as the code name for the Xbox One.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 46 Details
“the new [00:05:00] XBox which would be later known as the XBox One, but at that time, it was simply code-named Durango”
Dylan used eBay to list photographs of a purported Durango rather than building a second unit.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Dylan EP 46 Details
“I might as well put it on eBay and see what attention I can get from it”
Anthony used FIFA-related hacking to create and sell in-game coins.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 46 Details
“Anthony decided to take what Nathan taught him and try to improve it”
“Anthony and Austin started making good money doing this”
Justin May USES Return Merchandise Authorization
Justin fraudulently requested replacement Cisco devices without returning the original devices, then sold the replacements.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 46 Details
“Justin knew this and figured out a way to trick Cisco into processing an RMA for him even though he didn’t have a router to send back”
Arman contacted Austin to arrange the sale of an authentic Durango.
Explicit Direction flagged Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 46 Details
“he reached out to Austin, one of the members of this XBox Underground, to tell him about it”
Austin helped Anthony reverse-engineer FIFA and produce FIFA coins for sale.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 46 Details
“Austin, who was part of the group too, joined up and started helping Anthony make FIFA coins”
Arman USES Xbox Developer Network
Arman sought Xbox Developer Network logins as payment for an authentic Durango.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 46 Details
“Arman wanted logins to the XBox Developer Network and a few thousand dollars for it”
Arman USES badge cloning
Arman cloned a Microsoft employee badge to enter Microsoft's headquarters.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 46 Details
“He acquired a badge cloner and when his mom’s boyfriend came back, he was able to make a duplicate copy of that Microsoft employee badge”
Xbox Underground USES Xbox Developer Network
XBox Underground used valid logins to access the Xbox Developer Network.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 46 Details
“They had a few valid logins for the XBox Developer’s Network and they’d log in with different accounts”
Karma was described as being enabled by sending a crafted text through iMessage without user interaction.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“By sending this crafted text through iMessage, it enables the exploit.”
Karma targeted iPhones and could reportedly extract data without requiring the user to click or interact.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“you can target iPhones with it”
DarkMatter ASSOCIATED_WITH NISSA
The episode says DarkMatter continued working with the UAE government and NISSA, with the speaker hedging that it was probably continuing the espionage.
Uncertain Confidence 95% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“DarkMatter is operating and working with the UAE government and NISSA.”
NISSA ASSOCIATED_WITH United Arab Emirates
NISSA was described as a secret part of the UAE government, analogous to the NSA.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“NISSA was the secret part of the UAE government which is similar to the NSA”
DarkMatter ASSOCIATED_WITH United Arab Emirates
DarkMatter was described as a UAE company owned and operated by UAE citizens.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“DarkMatter is a UAE company owned and operated by UAE citizens.”
Project Raven ASSOCIATED_WITH NISSA
Project Raven was tasked with helping NISSA conduct offensive cyber operations and collect information from targets.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“you’re gonna be helping NISSA conduct offensive cyber operations”
Project Raven ATTRIBUTED_TO United Arab Emirates
The episode attributes Project Raven's hacking operations and contracting to the UAE government.
Explicit Direction flagged Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“It was the UAE government who was hiring them to conduct these hacks.”
iMessage flaw DISCOVERED_BY Natalie Silvanovich
Natalie discovered three iPhone vulnerabilities while investigating how a Karma-like exploit might work; the episode does not establish that these were the exact Karma vulnerabilities.
Uncertain Confidence 88% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“she found three vulnerabilities on the iPhone”
Karma EXPLOITS iMessage flaw
Karma appears to have exploited an iMessage flaw, but the episode explicitly says this is not certain.
Uncertain Confidence 91% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“it looks like it was exploiting a flaw in Apple’s iMessage”
Lori Stroud MEMBER_OF Project Raven
Lori worked on the analysis team at Project Raven.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“One of the people in that analysis team was named Lori Stroud.”
David MEMBER_OF National Security Agency
David worked as an analyst for the NSA from approximately August 2011 to August 2014.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“He started working for the NSA as an analyst there.”
Lori Stroud MEMBER_OF DarkMatter
Lori moved from Project Raven to DarkMatter after the UAE terminated the Project Raven contract.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“Lori was one of the ones that moved onto DarkMatter.”
David MEMBER_OF CyberPoint
David accepted a position with CyberPoint after leaving the NSA.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“There was this recruiter from a company called CyberPoint.”
Lori Stroud MEMBER_OF National Security Agency
Lori worked for the NSA before joining Project Raven.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“After that, she went on to work for the NSA.”
Lori Stroud MEMBER_OF Booz Allen Hamilton
Before Project Raven, Lori worked as a technology consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details
“Lori was a technology consultant for a company called Booz Allen Hamilton.”