Script Kiddies vs. Spymasters: When Teens Hacked the CIA

27/01/2025 30 min

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Episode Synopsis

Two teenage hacking groups rocked the intelligence community by breaching CIA Director John Brennan's accounts. This episode explores how digital natives with a political agenda exposed vulnerabilities at the highest levels of U.S. intelligence, leading to arrests and prison time. Against the backdrop of Snowden's revelations, we examine when activism crosses into criminality.