The Mystery of the Middle East's Cyber Mercenaries🎙Darknet Diaries Ep. 38: Dark Caracal

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
  • The Kazakhstani government tried to silence a critical journalist. But when she also became the target of a phishing scam, tracking the hackers opened a rabbit hole into a massive but shoddy spying operation. Who was really behind it? And why was all the hacked data dumped onto the open Internet?
    Visit darknetdiaries... for a list of sources, full transcripts, and to listen to all episodes.

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  • @ttmilk6633
    @ttmilk6633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    Guess Who's listening to this at 3 a.m. and not planning on sleeping now for a few more hours! So excited! Better than those basic Murder Mystery series XD!

    • @alexmarty6138
      @alexmarty6138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same lmao, keep it up Jacky!

    • @ke0_edits78
      @ke0_edits78 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      guess whose listening to this at 1 am

    • @Shmack_
      @Shmack_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Unfortunately yea got up to pee and opened up youtube "real quick " lol

    • @peacepoet1947
      @peacepoet1947 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ever see the invite to contact someone by downloading the What's up fake phone number to be able to get all your private information that might be on your phone?

    • @fatherwolf5124
      @fatherwolf5124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same vroooooo

  • @JAY.ARE47
    @JAY.ARE47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    When I wake up and see a new Darknet I know the drive to work will be interesting!

  • @Aaronrockmenezes
    @Aaronrockmenezes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I just woke up, and listening to this is so cool! I've basically watched all the videos in this series. Its damn informative and super gripping. You're awesome Jack! 👍👍

  • @nyx1094
    @nyx1094 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I swear man I'm speed running your channel like no others every single bit of time that I could spare I open up a new tab and catch one of your episodes where I left it. I'm also talking about your show to everybody around me but being in a country where english is not *at all* a spoken language I face walls but please never stop those candies are too good and I'm addicted to it now

    • @RaverOperatorGeeza
      @RaverOperatorGeeza ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm new to this channel and doing the same, I'm in the UK, so most people also don't speak English.

    • @JoanDavis-et2sq
      @JoanDavis-et2sq ปีที่แล้ว

      😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊ĺ

    • @dannydetonator
      @dannydetonator 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @raveroperator As someone who spent 7 years in N. England, i'm curious if not English, what languages most people do speak then?😅
      I learned what i thought was Northern English, but i guess it was actually Lancashirean, S. Yorkshirean, and partly Mancunian, Glaswegian and even Scouse, just on receiving end. Can't learn to speak Scouse without living around Mersyside and i only understand it because of Scouse friends i acquired later in Spanish penitenciary.

    • @cargonewjeanz
      @cargonewjeanz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m dominican

  • @mysticmae12
    @mysticmae12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The very last last line. “When you look down the long ethernet cable into the dark part of the net, the darknet sometimes looks back.”
    It sends shivers down my spine.

  • @radijaye7435
    @radijaye7435 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I's so weird I was listening to this episode on your website right now but I had problems with connection glad you put it here .thanks bro

  • @SnarkNSass
    @SnarkNSass ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My gardening and artstuff and even the dishes are getting done more frequently and for longer stints since I found this channel a very little while back. 🍽️ 🌱🎨✌🏻😎

  • @Anonymous-we2cl
    @Anonymous-we2cl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Surprised this series isn't more popular. Great content.

    • @JackRhysider
      @JackRhysider  2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      All that matters is whether you're here or not.

    • @michaelhofby
      @michaelhofby ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JackRhysider just do a hack and get more views bro

    • @LabGecko
      @LabGecko ปีที่แล้ว

      He did a previous episode on that

  • @AintSkeerdNWO
    @AintSkeerdNWO 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such a good story teller and making it relevant to the listener! 😊

  • @kwisin1337
    @kwisin1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Great episode Jack, keep up the great work. Could I ask if you plan to grow the channel into a bigger production? If so, please be the final voice on things, your touch is what we all enjoy! o7

  • @ninjaloccsta816
    @ninjaloccsta816 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    found this channel a few weeks ago and its been my favorite stuff to listen to since. another great vid 🤘

  • @fitness3447
    @fitness3447 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jack, I know I'm one of many, but I still want to let you know that I absolutely love your videos.

  • @marcusholtzheimer9316
    @marcusholtzheimer9316 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Couldn't resonate with that intro any harder. Sneaking into bandos was one of my favorite pastimes in highschool!

  • @whyistherenocowlevel2255
    @whyistherenocowlevel2255 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Appreciate the Twin Peaks reference. Fascinating episode.

  • @yanki1224
    @yanki1224 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I want to watch this so much now, but i'ma save it for tomorrow when i get bored in the library.
    Can't get enough content.

  • @adityamohan4757
    @adityamohan4757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fantastic Podcast
    Been telling all my friends about this!

  • @Goodpizzaa
    @Goodpizzaa ปีที่แล้ว

    Your videos and stories with that screen on repeat is so soothing.. and really interesting!

  • @dantevale0
    @dantevale0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This channel deserves more subs

  • @ericemmanuel1070
    @ericemmanuel1070 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Well done jack. Just so you know, someone is impersonating and sending telegram links to people who comment on your videos.

  • @djombock
    @djombock 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Whooooooo!!!!!! It’s 2am and time to get it jack!

  • @Techito2536
    @Techito2536 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    cybersecurity topic is my favourite 💛

  • @hereticerik
    @hereticerik ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love urbex too. Love your podcast, great stuff!

  • @B.a.r.c.o.d.e....
    @B.a.r.c.o.d.e.... 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great video! 👍🏻

  • @haveaniceday7950
    @haveaniceday7950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In 2011, the EFF received $1 million from Google as part of a settlement of a class action related to privacy issues involving Google Buzz. The Electronic Privacy Information Center and seven other privacy-focused nonprofits protested that the plaintiffs' lawyers and Google had, in effect, arranged to give the majority of those funds "to organizations that are currently paid by Google to lobby for or to consult for the company". An additional $1 million was obtained from Facebook in a similar settlement.[55]

  • @douro20
    @douro20 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When Nazarbayev was ousted the new parliament renamed the capital city after him..what an insult to a people who have suffered under him for over twenty years!

  • @rootnt
    @rootnt ปีที่แล้ว

    This serie changed my life..

  • @stevengill1736
    @stevengill1736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is an amazing detective story!
    ....EFF has always been a great organization ...cheers.

  • @douro20
    @douro20 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the first time I've heard about the Respublika affair in a long time.

  • @920WASHBURN
    @920WASHBURN ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1st off, how do you sue in New York if you're from Kazakhstan? Second, the southern district of NY is the most corrupt in the country

  • @CRYSTALNEWSREVIEWFILM
    @CRYSTALNEWSREVIEWFILM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LIKE THIS CHANNEL.. I SUBSCRIBED TO YOU ALREADY.. GOOD JOB... SUCCESS TO YOU ALL,..

  • @craigslist6988
    @craigslist6988 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    FYI
    An easy, free way to contribute a little to EFF or similar organizations is through the Amazon smile program - it's free and passive, you pick a charity or non profit and a small percentage of your purchases are given to the organization.

  • @huckleberryfinn8795
    @huckleberryfinn8795 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That intro was freaky lol

  • @ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked
    @ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked ปีที่แล้ว +3

    :3 One lady had a skull 💀 put on her door, with a note, and the note read that there won't be a next time. Shortly after, her workplace was set on fire.
    She ran from Kazakhstan (I guess is what he said) after that. The lady was getting educated on malware and such by a government agency that deals with cyber security, I think it was.
    She would get emails from activists, and then got a suspicious email, that she felt was suspicious, and sent it to them. Sure enough, it was a spear phishing email, with malware attached to some documents.
    The team analyzed the code to see where it came from.
    Interesting stuff.
    That's why, if you're an activist, journalist, and so forth, you have to open documents in a sandbox (the new Windows feature required a higher edition than Home, and you need to be able to do virtualization), virtual machine, or on a computer with no personal files, your camera covered, your mic covered, and to look at it.
    The NJrat I purposely downloaded, is zipped, and it bypassed NordVPN, Windows Defender, and Avast. Lol. It only got detected when extracting it.
    From what I know:
    However, with some files, merely opening the file will cause malware to ignite. As well, if you write malware in a special way, the virus database may not have it. If you encrypt the files, antivirus won't be able to scan it, and then it can be released after it hits the computer.
    As well, polymorphic malware is written in C, and it is able to keep changing itself so that it doesn't land in a virus database. That's a rather new type of malware.

    • @paintdawallsred
      @paintdawallsred ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruv if you watch Jack you have to understand there is no such thing as a safe place to open a dodgy email all networks can be compromised the o it safe assumption is that it is already compromised and anything you do online is being tracked by someone somewhere

  • @mo-s-
    @mo-s- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    jack would be an amazing creepy pasta reader

  • @_barncat
    @_barncat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is express vpn good for anonymity? If not, what are some better solutions? Proxychains including tor on a virtualbox vm + expressvpn on the host machine? Or what is best?

    • @jochemcode4570
      @jochemcode4570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wouldnt trust any big commercial ones, maybe proton

    • @peacepoet1947
      @peacepoet1947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great question.

    • @N3RDYLICIOUS
      @N3RDYLICIOUS ปีที่แล้ว

      mulladvpn is the only one you can trust lol, no email no logs nothing used

  • @samanramezanian594
    @samanramezanian594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am Iranian and happy this episode doesnt have anything to do with Iran

  • @TermsOfServiceWTF
    @TermsOfServiceWTF 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really good ep 👍🏽

  • @j_arrows5898
    @j_arrows5898 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would Qubes OS be good against malware infections?

  • @0Ciju0
    @0Ciju0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    EFF is amazing

    • @haveaniceday7950
      @haveaniceday7950 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In 2011, the EFF received $1 million from Google as part of a settlement of a class action related to privacy issues involving Google Buzz. The Electronic Privacy Information Center and seven other privacy-focused nonprofits protested that the plaintiffs' lawyers and Google had, in effect, arranged to give the majority of those funds "to organizations that are currently paid by Google to lobby for or to consult for the company". An additional $1 million was obtained from Facebook in a similar settlement.[55]

  • @ParisLawLess
    @ParisLawLess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jack is back

  • @hamzaadaoud9293
    @hamzaadaoud9293 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    a night without darknet diaries ?no thanks

  • @brokens1097
    @brokens1097 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice

  • @allnatural1504
    @allnatural1504 ปีที่แล้ว

    ARE YOU TRYING TO SCARE US. CMON I’M HERE AT 12PM

  • @gavinkitchen1472
    @gavinkitchen1472 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Im only 6 minutes into this & I'm very upset. I realise this is more than 6 years ago, but knowing that they killed her Dog, has me very emotional. I'm lieing in bed, with my best mate, my Chihuahua Dog 🐕 "Brown". I'm holding him very tight, I would be absolutely distraught & heart-broken if anything bad happened to him.
    This Lady is very courageous & doesn't deserve this. People just don't deserve this. A big thanks to the EFF, Cooper Quentin & many other great Fighter's just like him.
    ....now to watch the rest of this Video. I'm still holding "Brown", very tight. I don't ever want to let him go.

    • @cargonewjeanz
      @cargonewjeanz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you should get a cat

  • @tomdeluca4861
    @tomdeluca4861 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should look into the connection of the subject of this video and into developed AI that governments like US, Israel, Russia, China and North Korea are working on along side the existing hacking practices already deployed.

  • @HRSVERSE
    @HRSVERSE ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "BANDOOK" is a hindi word( from India), which means Gun, in case you were wondering 🤔 💭

  • @remedanmohammedzeyn1379
    @remedanmohammedzeyn1379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    today
    at the first you just scared me

  • @jehosurkhalifa3192
    @jehosurkhalifa3192 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey good video again!!
    Just want toask ever heard of onel de guzman? The creator of iloveyou virus?

  • @nourchad1
    @nourchad1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg first one here
    You are amazing

  • @tylerg6241
    @tylerg6241 ปีที่แล้ว

    A+++ Keep it up

  • @sandra8139
    @sandra8139 ปีที่แล้ว

    the Train station around the corner is my best friend against the local identity thefts scammers

  • @iCQ_www.SPCL.tk_
    @iCQ_www.SPCL.tk_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    iff the legend old org for us to love and support 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍

  • @mahdiriazze3315
    @mahdiriazze3315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mr robot : hello friends 🤖

  • @eightbo
    @eightbo ปีที่แล้ว

    Wait, what? .pdf file and .docx file can have malware inside?
    News to me

  • @blemishednicely8402
    @blemishednicely8402 ปีที่แล้ว

    45:00:00 -ish
    "Cyber Mercenaries" is interesting...tho I kinda like the ring of "Keyboard Cowboys" (like the term "Cocaine Cowboys", being a group of criminal/malicious intent)~

  • @solaruspragmatic2366
    @solaruspragmatic2366 ปีที่แล้ว

    how the enable disable iq option

  • @Glitch-qj3nj
    @Glitch-qj3nj ปีที่แล้ว

    Tnx

  • @fredflintstoner596
    @fredflintstoner596 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!"
    Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
    Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
    Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
    Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
    Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
    Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
    Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"

  • @radiosnmore
    @radiosnmore ปีที่แล้ว

    Angel fire use to scare the crap out a me

  • @notongmilgmil990
    @notongmilgmil990 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was waiting. For ti

  • @aatkarelse8218
    @aatkarelse8218 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guessed he was going to say brain space before he was going to say it, nice.

  • @sandra8139
    @sandra8139 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am meant to be have private internet connection fliptv rotor and I know I don't have worry about Cyber security

  • @XO43137
    @XO43137 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guys, you know this comes down to money, right? So why not change the money type? Not usury, or demiurge. Neutral.

  • @TadanoHitohito
    @TadanoHitohito ปีที่แล้ว

    "Next up on Floppanet Diaries"

  • @GgWifi-ot2sh
    @GgWifi-ot2sh ปีที่แล้ว

    "I gotta letter from the government the other day . I opened it and read it... It said they were suckas..." - PE

  • @laddaevolta
    @laddaevolta 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank god youtube has x2 speed

  • @gavinkitchen1472
    @gavinkitchen1472 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At the start of this Video you talk about exploring an empty Hospital. I can pretty much say for sure, of course someone was there.
    Nothing to be scared or worried about, the person was more than likely more scared of you then you were of them. They were probably either homeless, & living there & feeding the 🐈 Cat, or they were there just there to feed the Cat. * There are a lot of Cat People, that feed the many feral Cats, that can be found in the Cities.
    Either way, because there were scared of you or worried they might get in trouble for being there &/or feeding the Cat, they avoided you.
    Any thoughts could be going through there mind. They don't know who you are, & they could just be scared of People or strangers. Also not knowing who you are they might be thinking you've got some authority over the Building & they might get in trouble.

    • @cargonewjeanz
      @cargonewjeanz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes cats are so cute get a cat

  • @sandra8139
    @sandra8139 ปีที่แล้ว

    not so dangerous when you find out like I have it is a Sydney run away from Oxford Street

  • @sandra8139
    @sandra8139 ปีที่แล้ว

    they teach weapons defence

  • @Lars_Paulsen
    @Lars_Paulsen ปีที่แล้ว

    In Kazakhstan, the majority of the population is Muslim. In Lebanon, the population is also predominantly Muslim.

  • @AintSkeerdNWO
    @AintSkeerdNWO 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pegasus gone OS, haha 😊

  • @sookendestroy1
    @sookendestroy1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Smh realife shadow runners

    • @LabGecko
      @LabGecko ปีที่แล้ว

      We're living in it, only missing the magic, though that isn't far off with the state of AR

  • @atlanticocean711
    @atlanticocean711 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    31:45 c

  • @sandra8139
    @sandra8139 ปีที่แล้ว

    learn and use that get them into a house solves the problem I have

  • @sandra8139
    @sandra8139 ปีที่แล้ว

    I will be unstoppable stopping by them forever with self defence ending in my neighbours deaths solves them identity thefts scammers forever

  • @ryanchase2140
    @ryanchase2140 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I literally got that whatsapp url today

  • @Thumper68
    @Thumper68 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is why I always carry my smith and Wesson and am extremely aware of my surrounding. Don’t underestimate my sneakiness🤣😅

  • @cargonewjeanz
    @cargonewjeanz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ate

  • @lemonorange1024
    @lemonorange1024 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    John Hammond and his cliches duh

  • @mattpavey3062
    @mattpavey3062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Hacker emailed him back" then ghosted you... hahahahahaha this HACKER IS FUNNY... MOST HACKERS ARE WEAK... SMASH THEM ALLLLLLLLLLLLL! I WAS SO DEEP DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE BACK IN MY DAY... GERMAN BUNKER HACKERS LOL

    • @Skyforger23
      @Skyforger23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There actually was a darknet hosting service located in a german bunker.

    • @mattpavey3062
      @mattpavey3062 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Skyforger23 yup i know but i was hacked by these people and scammed from them too... lots of shit from it

  • @bc19333
    @bc19333 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

  • @_barncat
    @_barncat 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    :o

  • @0xfrijolito
    @0xfrijolito 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Floppa

  • @3ForestAnimals
    @3ForestAnimals ปีที่แล้ว

  • @veramulatov
    @veramulatov ปีที่แล้ว

    Instagran he have, span all countries

  • @travelsahead
    @travelsahead ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I hate how slow and drawn out these crappy podcasts are.