Super Spyware Lurked In a Telecom for Years, But Why?🎙Darknet Diaries Ep. 48: Operation Socialist

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  • One of the most advanced malware toolkits ever devised was found "listening" on Belgacom's network. How did it get there? And if a nation state was responsible, what were they looking for?
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  • @haXez_org
    @haXez_org ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Imagine if you could get Snowden on for an interview! that would be awesome. Say what you want about the UK, our cyber capability is terrifying.

    • @MygenteTV
      @MygenteTV ปีที่แล้ว

      Umm no, UK and the US cyber capability depends only on Israel and what they can steal from others

    • @chrisrebar2381
      @chrisrebar2381 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And what exactly did he tell us that wasn't already available to those that could be bothered to look for it?

    • @davidkamaunu7887
      @davidkamaunu7887 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chrisrebar2381 I agree he was just a planned disclosure like "Deep Throat" was in the 70s-80s. Bradley/Chelsea Manning was a greater leak as he/she leaked diplomatic cables and SIPRNET documents. Snowden is hated because he brought national attention to domestic surveillance program that watches all Americans.

    • @jamalanderson3891
      @jamalanderson3891 ปีที่แล้ว

      Get Snowden on to call him the whore and coward he is.. he was upset he didn’t make it into special job he wanted, and nobody liked him. He saw an opportunity to make money selling to the Russians or Chinese. He is a spurned girl that the media had no choice but to call him a good guy. Seriously, he’s a pompous bitch that deserves jail time

    • @MygenteTV
      @MygenteTV ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamalanderson3891 thats what anyone will say about a nobody like you talking shit on the internet about the person who told the world the really the US is.

  • @modernmistyk4341
    @modernmistyk4341 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    These pod casts have been fueling my deep dive into pen testing. I'm going to start a career in info sec, these stories make me feel like a spy lol

    • @91Uzumaki
      @91Uzumaki 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @decklanhobbins575
    @decklanhobbins575 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I love your podcasts jack, never stop!

  • @gregrodgers3350
    @gregrodgers3350 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Dark shadows moving beneath the surface" is such a beautiful and suitable metaphor. Excellent writing, my friend

  • @danialdunson
    @danialdunson ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is the content we crave jack…thank you!

  • @markbosky
    @markbosky ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Seriously great content and storytelling. Found your channel about month ago and haven't stopped bingeing. Thanks!

  • @MrCobalt
    @MrCobalt ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I've been tearing through your podcast for the last month and just now subscribed. You're a fantastic story-teller and your content is always interesting regardless of the topic at hand, whether it's something I'd normally not be interested in or super into, it's always a great listen.

  • @c128stuff
    @c128stuff ปีที่แล้ว +6

    NSA has access to traffic on many of the internet exchanges in Europe as well, and that isn't by means of some hidden access or hack. I know some of the people who physically installed the systems for this in person.

  • @yanki1224
    @yanki1224 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Always look forward to your uploads man.
    Thanks for the content

  • @bbok1616
    @bbok1616 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The bigger the incident the more exciting it is. Great episode!

  • @robin2754
    @robin2754 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I found this channel today 😮 what a gold mine!

  • @Slaman5150
    @Slaman5150 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really appreciate this channel!
    Thank you, man.

  • @Jenny_Digital
    @Jenny_Digital ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This was a quite interesting episode. If you want to keep your info private it’s going to be impossible if it ever leaves your head even once.

    • @kenosabi
      @kenosabi ปีที่แล้ว

      Eventually you'll only have your mind - and if they can find a way into that they will.

    • @Jenny_Digital
      @Jenny_Digital ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kenosabi There has been some progress in reading parts of what’s in peoples heads but for now it’s an almost intractable problem requiring the person who’s mind it is to help the researchers.
      Not only that but they’re using extremely advanced AI hardware to assist them and that doesn’t come cheap.

  • @hereticerik
    @hereticerik ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Good stuff, keep up the great work!

  • @harstar12345
    @harstar12345 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is your best episode so far.

  • @ComputermanVlogs
    @ComputermanVlogs ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This reminds me of a situation here in Australia. A national telco called Optus was hacked and user data was stolen. As far as I'm aware it was only emails, names and addresses - no bank details. A month or so later a health insurer called medibank was hacked. All stored data was leaked - user info, health records and banking details.
    I'm hoping you may be able to do a video on the situation. They're still pretty recent events so it may be difficult to find sources for research and interviews, but I suspect it was the same hackers between the two hacks.
    cheers mate 🤙

  • @originalbinaryhustler3876
    @originalbinaryhustler3876 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just put this on for my mum she loved I am going to give her the link to your channel so she can listen to more 😇❤

  • @josedelapinio
    @josedelapinio 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Damnit. I live in Belgium and missed this one completely back in the day

  • @ellafoxoo
    @ellafoxoo ปีที่แล้ว +10

    UK having a normal moment as usual

  • @B.a.r.c.o.d.e....
    @B.a.r.c.o.d.e.... ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really enjoy your videos! Keep up the great work!!

  • @AssertingSecurity
    @AssertingSecurity ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So now I will arrive 48 minutes late to work... Awesome

  • @LucasKazakevicius
    @LucasKazakevicius ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh man, I was about to go to sleep! ;D

  • @mattnsac
    @mattnsac ปีที่แล้ว +2

    WOO HOO My weekly Dark Net fix!!!

  • @jamesgooch3372
    @jamesgooch3372 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    my brother do not stop these podcasts

  • @NeuroScientician
    @NeuroScientician ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Snowden was not an analyst, he was an Email server maintenance guy, the guy you call if you forgot you password and need a reset link.

  • @kcghostt
    @kcghostt ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your upload times 😍

  • @LordXelous
    @LordXelous ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just as an aside, and I'm sure there'll be other folks out there to support my experience, but GCHQ were reaching directly into UK IT & Software related undergraduate courses for years before this, cherry picking the brightest (or most nefarious) folks on them. I distinctly remember an email coming around from them targeting everyone. At my Uni however you could read your email in two ways, one via a standard Windows PC (Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. The other was via a Sun Microsystems terminal, so a completely different environment. Opening that mail in Pine and having a read of the source was very interesting.... And I'm glad I never opened it on a windows machine for sure!

  • @camjoo
    @camjoo ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for another awesome video! Keep up the good work.

  • @tbd7335
    @tbd7335 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found your channel about a week ago. Great stuff

  • @bitanchowdhury4028
    @bitanchowdhury4028 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    UK has never left their colonization mentality.

    • @eadweard.
      @eadweard. ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Funny thing to say when Belgium is involved:)

  • @Bobbyj134
    @Bobbyj134 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They should have called it Nixon, we are so far passed wire tapping...

  • @QQ_241
    @QQ_241 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant episode.

  • @laurv8370
    @laurv8370 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Please God, protect me from my friends; from my enemies I protect myself" (Romanian proverb)

  • @ThePridester
    @ThePridester ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok Jack..you rock. What is your patreon?

  • @damienhunter1845
    @damienhunter1845 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your podcast.

  • @mattnsac
    @mattnsac ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Having worked for SBC (ATT/Pacific Bell) back in the day, this stuff was literally built into the infrastructure. I was around when DSL was considered broadband and you could do this easily at multiple switches. The big one is actually recording all this traffic.

    • @L_Train
      @L_Train ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol I remember playing an online game back in the day and dreaming of having the super fast DSL internet instead of my 56k dial up. There was even a 128k IDSN internet that seemed lightning quick.

    • @mattnsac
      @mattnsac ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@L_Train ISDN was the shit until DSL showed up. I got it for free as an employee, but behind the scenes seeing all the switches being digitized via Project Pronto and our ability to digitally tap and record traffic for diagnostic purposes, it was clear to me then that you could basically listen and record everyones phone calls (including the government). What I didnt understand back then was the ability to do the same with data on the same lines, but smarter people did and that was baked into the infrastructure going on. PRISM is a perfect example of basically tapping international traffic coming into San Francisco and doing what we could on a smaller scale locally.

    • @hicknopunk
      @hicknopunk ปีที่แล้ว

      DSL is still the fastest internet we have here.

    • @Thumper68
      @Thumper68 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hicknopunk for sure we just started getting over 10mb down and still only get 1.5mb up😂

  • @hypolaristic
    @hypolaristic ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that why every EU lycamobile data traffic is routed through UK?

  • @lancisman
    @lancisman ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hmm, watching this unlisted.

    • @martanxmen
      @martanxmen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly

    • @benraistrick1158
      @benraistrick1158 ปีที่แล้ว

      How?

    • @mattnsac
      @mattnsac ปีที่แล้ว

      @@benraistrick1158 This is catering to the people that can figure out what youre stroking to, you dont think they can get early access?

    • @byroncanty8986
      @byroncanty8986 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mattnsacah yes the advanced "patreon supporter" attack known only to the best hackers/people will a couple of bucks

    • @mattnsac
      @mattnsac ปีที่แล้ว

      @@byroncanty8986 Oh shit, I didnt know he had Patreon lol

  • @chevyboyforlife4234
    @chevyboyforlife4234 ปีที่แล้ว

    So whats the difference between the government hackers doing stuff like this and normal hackers doing stuff like this...one gets a promotion the other goes to prison

  • @chevyboyforlife4234
    @chevyboyforlife4234 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never understood when something like this happens they blame the government agency that did this and not the government itself because something like that had to get approval from the top.

  • @andre0baskin
    @andre0baskin ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting, the company I worked for used BISC for VOIP termination during the time period.

  • @Anamnesia
    @Anamnesia ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm listening to this & I'm thinking about a story called; "The Adolescence of P1" by Thomas J. Ryan (1977)

  • @Best420Saarn
    @Best420Saarn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was I the only one as soon he told it was in belgium, I immediately thought its the "freedom landers" spying on their allies

    • @anomonyous
      @anomonyous ปีที่แล้ว

      Same thing, really. The tea drinkers are their puppets.

  • @wolfien
    @wolfien ปีที่แล้ว

    I like thrusday! just for this! usually I wake up to this! way beter then news or whatever could play on the tv! :D😃

  • @danereed1611
    @danereed1611 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Jack. I’m your biggest fan and need your help. But don’t know how to get in touch with you. Thanks

  • @krimsonsun10
    @krimsonsun10 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you have enough money and resources and protection from prosecution, you can make it happen.

  • @davidkamaunu7887
    @davidkamaunu7887 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well when you shared that it was a Belgian Telekom it all made sense....😅😂..... and that it took 200 employees 2 months ....😬😆
    le Belge attitude?! 😁

  • @travezripley
    @travezripley ปีที่แล้ว

    So much with Uncle Jack.

  • @benraistrick1158
    @benraistrick1158 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very unerated youtuber! You should have 1m+ subs! Keep the content coming!

  • @code-inc
    @code-inc ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you explain how does Pegasus works

  • @goldnutter412
    @goldnutter412 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is this what I think it is ?! you rule !

  • @SALTINBANK
    @SALTINBANK ปีที่แล้ว

    My optical nerve ...

  • @JarradAB1
    @JarradAB1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would you do a video of Stuxnet?

  • @fod8768
    @fod8768 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how it's pretty much the n word spelled backwards.

  • @marissakelly9399
    @marissakelly9399 ปีที่แล้ว

    you're telling me this isn't Ira Glass?? Sounds soo much like Ira Glass from NPR/This American life..am i right??

    • @JackRhysider
      @JackRhysider  ปีที่แล้ว

      Ira Glass was hugely influential on me.

  • @kabalu
    @kabalu ปีที่แล้ว

    Quantum Inject ist designed primarily for downloads.

    • @kabalu
      @kabalu ปีที่แล้ว

      it acts as an CDN

  • @NomdePlume337
    @NomdePlume337 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol I love when governments “investigate” themselves and wow what do you know, they find that they did nothing wrong

  • @NoblexSoul
    @NoblexSoul ปีที่แล้ว

    why not just call it one-way mirror style man in the middle attack?

    • @Isaacm2444
      @Isaacm2444 ปีที่แล้ว

      It can also be a “Man on the side attack”

  • @jakubprzychodzen6270
    @jakubprzychodzen6270 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was Poland who broke enigma code 😉

  • @halohat2286
    @halohat2286 ปีที่แล้ว

    Someday, an alien will appear and get all these countries working together rather than against each other. Until the aliens turn the first earth country lol. It never ends...

  • @KristinaUSA-x5n
    @KristinaUSA-x5n ปีที่แล้ว

    My phone and computers and General Dynamics and the Mormon Church and Australia are all hacked and Comcast Verizon. 2011 is when my hacking started.

  • @okbobm
    @okbobm ปีที่แล้ว +1

    #teamreplay

  • @billysbains
    @billysbains ปีที่แล้ว

    its either illegal or not so i dont get it u cant have it both ways

  • @kimjong-un1868
    @kimjong-un1868 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes ... Spyware

  • @Gengingen
    @Gengingen 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    MITM on steroids

  • @petergarrone8242
    @petergarrone8242 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonder if they could have hacked someone using a tor browser.

    • @ahadweb3
      @ahadweb3 ปีที่แล้ว

      they definitely are doing it. There is always a way

    • @sunnohh
      @sunnohh ปีที่แล้ว

      Many tor browsers come conveniently pre hacked

    • @tud5200
      @tud5200 ปีที่แล้ว

      The alphabet agencies are running tor nodes, and have done so for a while now. They don't need to hack your browser package, they just need to have your relay nodes.

    • @itsaperionasentinel5446
      @itsaperionasentinel5446 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tud5200 Do you know what you’re talking about?

    • @Thumper68
      @Thumper68 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tor was made by the government of course they can.

  • @rishi905
    @rishi905 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi bro your videos are awesome,but it's too long to video open for so long time. If podcasts means it will run in background. Pls put video in short time. Thanks for sharing valuable information bro.

    • @Thumper68
      @Thumper68 ปีที่แล้ว

      Look in the description a link to his website where you can listen to all the episodes.

  • @franciscolopez2736
    @franciscolopez2736 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @digitalguluv2678
    @digitalguluv2678 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First 500!

  • @anoknskyle2243
    @anoknskyle2243 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm going to produce a running count of the amount of times in this video you mispronounced the company name Belgacom. It's not Beljicom.