Episode 30 - Phineas Fisher

Hacktivism, private cybersecurity companies, government surveillance, and dinosaur puppets. This is the story of Phineas Fisher. Or, as Reddit refers to him as: a vigilante hacker god.

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Created, Produced & Hosted by Keith Korneluk

Written & Researched by Jim Rowley

Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Greg Bernhard

Theme Song You Are Digital by Computerbandit

Show Transcript

Sources

Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World, by Joseph Menn 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/z4mzze/a-hacker-claims-to-have-leaked-40gb-of-docs-on-government-spy-tool-finfisher

https://www.wired.com/2011/12/at-the-wiretappers-ball/

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trade-in-surveillance-technology-raises-worries/2011/11/22/gIQAFFZOGO_story.html   

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-11-08/mjm-as-personified-evil-says-spyware-saves-lives-not-kills-them#xj4y7vzkg

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/28/egypt-spying-software-gamma-finfishe 

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/hosni-mubaraks-dramatic-rise-and-fall-power

https://gist.github.com/vlamer/2c2ec2ca80a84ab21a32

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https://www.vice.com/en/article/vv77y9/phineas-fisher-sme

https://www.vice.com/en/article/yp3n55/phineas-fisher-turkish-government-hack

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https://www.vice.com/en/article/vb5agy/phineas-fisher-offers-dollar100000-bounty-for-hacks-against-banks-and-oil-companies

https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne8p9b/offshore-bank-targeted-phineas-fisher-confirms-hack-cayman-national-bank

https://unicornriot.ninja/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/hackback-announce-text.txt

https://www.accessnow.org/finfisher-shuts-down/