Cybercrime Investigations

Cybercrime Investigations

By Geoff White

Investigative journalist Geoff White takes you inside the stories behind the stories - detailing the twists, turns, dead ends and surprises that await in the murky world of cybercrime.

Episodes

Looking for the Love Bug 3 - Face to face with Onel

A wild goose chase leads to a tip-off- and finally investigative journalist Geoff White comes face to face with man behind the Love Bug, the world's first global computer pandemic.
02/05/2021m 23s

Looking for the Love Bug 2 - The Hunt in the Philippines

As the "Love Bug" virus spreads around the world crippling computers in its wake, the investigation leads to the Philippines. Twenty years later, investigative journalist Geoff White picks up the long-cold trail, with dramatic results.
02/05/2022m 10s

Looking for the Love Bug 1 - Looking Back on Love

It was the first global computer virus pandemic and caused worldwide havoc. Yet no-one was ever convicted for it. Twenty years on, investigative journalist Geoff White goes on trail of the creator of the "Love Bug". In this episode, he and Glen Goodman look back on the virus that crippled an estimated 45 million machines.
02/05/2022m 21s

Grooming By Algorithm Episode 1

How Instagram's algorithms can inadvertently lead child groomers to new targets. WARNING these episodes contain discussion of sensitive topics including child sexual abuse.
03/12/1919m 12s

Grooming By Algorithm Episode 2

How Instagram's algorithms can inadvertently lead child groomers to new targets. WARNING these episodes contain discussion of sensitive topics including child sexual abuse.
03/12/1921m 41s

Grooming By Algorithm Episode 3

How Instagram's algorithms can inadvertently lead child groomers to new targets. WARNING these episodes contain discussion of sensitive topics including child sexual abuse.
03/12/1922m 59s

The Billion Dollar Bank Heist 3 - Laundering the Loot

The inside story of how a group of hackers broke into Bangladesh Bank in 2016 and attempted to spirit away almost a billion dollars. Investigative journalist Geoff White travelled to the Philippines to trace the money-laundering chain, and in this podcast he and co-host Glen Goodman explore the links connecting the hack to the secretive regime of North Korea.
03/08/1929m 6s
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