Qualified triples from the transcripts. Origin, speaker, and evidence stay attached. These are not independently verified facts.
The Pizza Problem INVOLVES OG accounts
The harassment campaign targeted what the episode describes as an OG Instagram account: a short, desirable handle.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 97 Details
“this brings us to the world of OG accounts”
The Pizza Problem INVOLVES AT&T
AT&T was the mobile provider that confirmed Miles’s SIM information had been changed during the first attack.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Miles EP 97 Details
“you called earlier and you changed your SIM information”
The Pizza Problem INVOLVES Fire-trucking
Miles feared that the harassment could escalate to fire-trucking.
Uncertain Confidence 91% · Miles EP 97 Details
“this sort of thing can lead to swatting and fire-trucking”
Nicole Beckwith MEMBER_OF United States Secret Service
Nicole Beckwith was described as having served as a Secret Service task force officer.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 97 Details
“as a Secret Service task force officer”
Miles maintained and used an Instagram account under his animal handle.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Miles EP 97 Details
“I had this name on Twitter and Instagram”
Miles used Facebook with the same online handle.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Miles EP 97 Details
“then I had it on Dribble and LinkedIn and Facebook”
Miles maintained and used a Twitter account under his animal handle.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Miles EP 97 Details
“I had this name on Twitter and Instagram”
Miles USES Internet Crime Complaint Center
Miles filed an online cybercrime report after police suggested reporting the harassment to the FBI; Nicole identifies this reporting channel as IC3.
Attributed Confidence 84% · Nicole Beckwith EP 97 Details
“file a complaint with the – with IC3, the Internet Crime Complaint Center the FBI runs”
Miles used LinkedIn with the same online handle.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Miles EP 97 Details
“then I had it on Dribble and LinkedIn and Facebook”
Miles USES two-factor authentication
Miles used two-factor authentication on all of his social-media accounts after the attacks.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 97 Details
“He was using two-factor authentication on all his social media accounts”
zero-day exploit AFFECTS iOS
Nicole reports that the going rate for a zero-day exploit capable of remotely entering iOS software was $2.5 million or more.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“the going rate for a zero-day exploit that gets you into an iPhone’s IOS software remotely is $2.5 million”
Crowdfense ASSOCIATED_WITH zero-day exploit
Crowdfense is described as a broker offering millions of dollars for a zero-day capability targeting iOS remotely.
Explicit Confidence 95% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“I found one broker in researching the book called Crowdfense that now offers even more than that; they offered $3 million for that same capability”
Beijing Summer Intern ASSOCIATED_WITH China
The attack was connected to China, but Nicole says it was still unknown whether the actor was the Chinese military or a contractor.
Uncertain Confidence 91% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“the Chinese military – we actually still don’t know if it was the military or a contractor – hacked The New York Times”
RSA ASSOCIATED_WITH weak random number generator
A Reuters report indicated that the NSA might have paid RSA to incorporate weak random number generators into security products; Nicole says what happened remains unclear.
Uncertain Confidence 89% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“it appeared that the NSA might have actually been paying RSA to bake these weak number generators into some of their security products”
Flame is presented as possibly Israeli, possibly US-Israeli, or possibly solely US; the attribution is not resolved.
Uncertain Confidence 78% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“that was either US-Israeli or just US or just Israeli”
zero-day exploit EXPLOITS software vulnerability
Jack defines a zero-day exploit as a working exploit involving a software vulnerability unknown to the software maker.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 98 Details
“A zero-day exploit is basically a vulnerability in software that the makers of that software don’t know exists yet.”
National Security Agency EXPLOITS weak random number generator
The NSA was able to break through a weak random number generator and allegedly pushed that vulnerable system into commercial products.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“the NSA knew that there was a – that the NSA could break through this essentially weak random number generator”
Project Gunman INVOLVES National Security Agency
Project Gunman was an investigation kicked off by the NSA into suspected Soviet surveillance of US embassy communications.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 98 Details
“This investigation was kicked off by the NSA and was code-named the Gunman Project.”
Project Gunman INVOLVES typewriter magnetic recording implant
Project Gunman involved finding a sophisticated typewriter implant containing a tiny magnetometer and recording equipment.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“what they found in that coil was the most sophisticated exploit that we had ever seen. It was a tiny magnetometer”
Nicole Perlroth MEMBER_OF The New York Times
Nicole Perlroth identifies herself as a cybersecurity and digital espionage reporter at The New York Times.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“I am Nicole Perlroth and I am a cyber-security and digital espionage reporter at The New York Times.”
Tailored Access Operations PART_OF National Security Agency
Tailored Access Operations is described as the NSA's hacking unit.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“the top hackers within Tailored Access Operations, the NSA’s hacking unit”
Nicole says Flame may have been a precursor to Stuxnet, while presenting the relationship as uncertain.
Uncertain Confidence 90% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“We discovered Flame, which we believe was maybe the precursor to Stuxnet”
Beijing Summer Intern TARGETS The New York Times
The attacker nicknamed the Beijing Summer Intern entered The New York Times systems and searched for sources.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“we watched the guy we called the Beijing Summer Intern roll into our systems at 10:30 in the morning Beijing time and roll out at 4:30 or 5:00 PM Beijing time in search of our sources”
Microsoft USES bug bounty
Microsoft began offering bug bounties to hackers who reported vulnerabilities.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“They started improving their security and offering bug bounties to hackers who brought this code to them.”
Flame USES Microsoft software update mechanism
Flame exploited Microsoft's software update mechanism while targeting Iranian systems.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“That utilized – that exploited the Microsoft software update mechanism”