Darknet Diaries

{{Infobox Podcast

| image = Darknet Diaries podcast artwork.jpg

| caption =

| hosting = {{ubl|Jack Rhysider}}

| updates = First Tuesday of the month

| length = 30–110 minutes

| theme_music_composer = Breakmaster Cylinder

| audio format = MP3

| num_episodes = 159

| genre = {{Hlist|True crime|cybercrime|technology|}}

| provider =

| url = {{URL|https://darknetdiaries.com}}

| title = Darknet Diaries

| began = September 1, 2017

}}

File:DarknetDiaries legacy.jpg

Darknet Diaries is an investigative podcast created by Jack Rhysider ({{IPAc-en|r|iː|ˈ|s|aɪ|d|ər}}), chronicling true stories about crackers, malware, botnets, cryptography, cryptocurrency, cybercrime, and Internet privacy, all subjects falling under the umbrella of "tales from the dark side of the Internet".{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/darknet-diaries-tales-from-the-dark-side-of-the-web-1.3610233|title=Stats|website=Irish Times|language=en|date=August 28, 2018|access-date=October 26, 2019}}

Launched in October 2017, episodes average around 30 minutes to an hour, each covering a single topic through original interviews, audio footage, and Rhysider's narration. The show's journalistic style has received widespread acclaim.{{Cite web|url=https://securityboulevard.com/2019/07/top-10-best-cyber-security-podcasts-of-2019/|title=Top 10 Best Cyber Security Podcasts of 2019|website=Security Boulevard|language=en|date=July 9, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://trendintech.com/2019/01/08/cybersecurity-podcasts-you-should-be-listening-to/|title=Cybersecurity Podcasts You Should Be Listening To|website=TrendinTech|language=en|date=January 8, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}

Production

For the first 40 episodes, Rhysider was responsible for all of the research, writing, narrating, editing, sound design, publishing, marketing, and logistics. Later on, due to a passionate cult following, Rhysider was able to enlist the help of additional writers, researchers, editors, and graphic designers.

By December 31, 2018, Darknet Diaries had amassed more than 1.2 million downloads. In 2019 alone, it had more than 8.2 million downloads.{{Cite web|url=https://darknetdiaries.com/stats/|title=Stats|website=Darknet Diaries|language=en|access-date=October 26, 2019}}

= Impact and real-life influences =

Episode 17 ("Finn") was adapted and featured on the WNYC Studios podcast Snap Judgment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/respawn|title=Respawn|website=WNYC Studios|language=en|date=July 11, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}

Episode 32 ("The Carder") uncovered information about the criminal actions and subsequent investigation of Roman Seleznev.{{Cite web|url=http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2019/05/how-a-carding-kingpin-got-caught-and-dealt-a-death-blow-to-the-broadway-grill/|title=How a carding kingpin got caught and dealt a death blow to the Broadway Grill|website=Capitol Hill Seattle Times|language=en|date=May 8, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}

Episode 27 ("Chartbreakers") was highlighted for its investigation into the manipulation of the Apple Podcasts Top Charts through a vast industry termed as "dark podcast marketing". Rhysider received and then subsequently released photos of the promoters themselves.{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/quartzy/1505256/quartz-casties-the-best-podcasts-and-podcast-episodes-of-2018/|title=Quartz Casties: The best podcasts (and podcast episodes) of 2018|website=Quartzy|language=en|date=December 23, 2018|access-date=October 26, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/27/|title=EP 27: CHARTBREAKERS|website=Darknet Diaries|language=en|date=December 1, 2018|access-date=October 26, 2019}}

= Crossovers and appearances =

Rhysider has made appearances on a variety of other programs, the most notable being Snap Judgment and the Lit Hub/Podglomerate Storybound.{{Cite web|url=https://radioink.com/2019/10/22/the-return-of-radio-theater/|title=The Return Of Radio Theater|website=Radio Ink|language=en|date=October 22, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://lithub.com/introducing-the-storybound-podcast/|title=Introducing the Storybound Podcast|website=Literary Hub|language=en|date=October 22, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}

Other podcast appearances include Smashing Security, The Many Hats Club, Brakeing Down Security, The Word From Mouth, InfoSec ICU, The Cyberwire, Podcast Business Journal Spotlight, Overnight America, Aidan Wheller Podcast and Audio Reviews, Getting into InfoSec, Grimerica, Cyber Speaks Live, and Chartable Radio.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Episodes

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!No.

!Title

!Subject(s)

!Duration{{Cite web|url=https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/|title=Darknet Diaries|website=Darknet Diaries|language=en|access-date=September 1, 2020}}

!Release date

|The Phreaky World of PBX Hacking

|0:14:01

|September 1, 2017

|The Peculiar Case of the VTech Hacker

|VTech: 2015 data breach

|0:23:20

|September 15, 2017

|DigiNotar, You are the Weakest Link, Good Bye!

|{{plainlist|

DigiNotar
With guest Gervase Markham}}

|0:25:44

|October 10, 2017

|Panic! at the TalkTalk Board Room

|{{plainlist|

|0:38:23

|October 15, 2017

|#ASUSGATE

|0:25:07

|November 1, 2017

|The Beirut Bank Job

|0:29:19

|November 15, 2017

|Manfred (Part 1)

| rowspan=2 | Cheating in online games

|0:23:16

|December 1, 2017

|Manfred (Part 2)

|0:28:08

|December 1, 2017

|The Rise and Fall of Mt. Gox

|{{plainlist|

|0:28:53

|December 15, 2017

|Misadventures of a Nation State Actor

|0:33:25

|January 1, 2018

|Strictly Confidential

|0:19:32

|January 15, 2018

|Crypto Wars

|0:28:30

|February 1, 2018

|Carna Botnet

|Carna botnet

|0:33:18

|February 15, 2018

|#OpJustina

|0:25:21

|March 1, 2018

|Ill Tills

|0:33:21

|April 1, 2018

|Eijah

|0:35:40

|May 1, 2018

|Finn

|0:45:19

|June 3, 2018

|Jackpot

|0:21:05

|July 1, 2018

|Aurora

|0:30:29

|August 1, 2018

|mobman

|mobman, purported author of Sub7

|0:46:23

|August 15, 2018

|Black Duck Eggs

|0:28:19

|September 1, 2018

|Mini-Stories: Vol 1

|0:39:41

|September 15, 2018

|Vladimir Levin

|0:28:22

|October 1, 2018

|Operation Bayonet

|{{plainlist|

|0:39:12

|October 15, 2018

|Alberto

|0:42:35

|November 1, 2018

|IRS

|Disclosure of information and theft of $50 million from the IRS

|0:35:21

|November 15, 2018

|Chartbreakers

|Manipulation of Apple Podcasts rankings

|0:47:14

|December 1, 2018

|Unit 8200

|0:48:35

|December 15, 2018

|Stuxnet

|0:41:06

|January 8, 2019

|Shamoon

|0:35:21

|January 22, 2019

|Hacker Giraffe

|0:56:02

|February 5, 2019

|The Carder

|Roman Seleznev

|0:39:29

|February 19, 2019

|RockYou

|RockYou 2009 data breach

|0:40:33

|March 5, 2019

|For Your Eyes Only

|0:51:54

|March 19, 2019

|Carbanak

|0:40:14

|April 2, 2019

|Jeremy from Marketing

|1:01:14

|April 16, 2019

|LVS

|0:28:23

|April 30, 2019

|Dark Caracal

|0:54:44

|May 14, 2019

|3 Alarm Lamp Scooter

|0:50:24

|May 28, 2019

|No Parking

|1:00:28

|June 11, 2019

|Just Visiting

|0:49:16

|June 25, 2019

|Mini-Stories: Vol 2

|0:54:15

|July 9, 2019

|PPP

|1:00:51

|July 23, 2019

|Zain

|{{plainlist|

|0:34:46

|August 6, 2019

|XBox Underground (Part 1)

| rowspan=2 | Xbox Underground

|1:19:19

|August 20, 2019

|XBox Underground (Part 2)

|1:22:29

|September 3, 2019

|Project Raven

|1:01:49

|September 17, 2019

|Operation Socialist

|{{plainlist|

|0:48:40

|October 1, 2019

|Elliot

|0:47:17

|October 15, 2019

|Operation Glowing Symphony

|1:11:10

|October 29, 2019

|The Indo-Pak Conflict

|0:46:49

|November 12, 2019

|Magecart

|{{plainlist|

|0:48:05

|November 26, 2019

|Shadow Brokers

|The Shadow Brokers

|0:50:04

|December 10, 2019

|NotPetya

|{{plainlist|

Petya (malware)
With guest Andy Greenberg}}

|0:57:01

|December 24, 2019

|Noirnet

|0:17:37

|December 25, 2019

|Jordan

|0:44:10

|January 7, 2020

|MS08-067

|Conficker

|0:58:32

|January 21, 2020

|OxyMonster

|{{plainlist|

Dream Market

|1:00:42

|February 4, 2020

|The Courthouse

|1:20:52

|February 18, 2020

|dawgyg

|0:43:08

|March 3, 2020

|Samy

|{{plainlist|

|1:01:11

|March 17, 2020

|Cam

|1:01:56

|March 31, 2020

|w0rmer

|Higinio Ochoa

|0:56:55

|April 14, 2020

|The Athens Shadow Games

|{{plainlist|

|1:14:44

|April 28, 2020

|PSYOP

|1:13:55

|May 12, 2020

|freakyclown

|0:53:47

|May 26, 2020

|The Big House

|0:40:54

|June 9, 2020

|Triton

|Triton (malware)

|1:11:48

|June 23, 2020

|Human Hacker

|1:04:50

|July 6, 2020

|Ghost Exodus

|0:56:45

|July 21, 2020

|FDFF

|1:08:16

|August 2, 2020

|Bangladesh Bank Heist

|Bangladesh Bank robbery

|0:36:47

|August 16, 2020

|WannaCry

|WannaCry ransomware attack

|0:44:51

|September 1, 2020

|Mikko

|1:09:28

|September 15, 2020

|Compromised Comms

|0:35:07

|September 29, 2020

|Knaves Out

|2014 JPMorgan Chase data breach

|1:25:10

|October 13, 2020

|Olympic Destroyer

|{{plainlist|

2018 Winter Olympics hack
With guest Andy Greenberg}}

|0:47:02

|October 27, 2020

|Nerdcore

|{{plainlist|

Nerdcore
With guests YTCracker, Ohm-I, and Dual Core}}

|1:18:08

|November 10, 2020

|Dark Basin

|{{plainlist|

Citizen Lab
Dark Basin}}

|0:56:18

|November 24, 2020

|The Whistleblower

|0:50:10

|December 8, 2020

|The Vendor

|1:17:59

|December 22, 2020

|Master of Pwn

|Pwn2Own

|1:05:09

|January 5, 2021

|NSA Cryptologists

|1:22:56

|January 19, 2021

|Jet-setters

|1:12:20

|February 2, 2021

|Cam the Carder

|1:16:34

|February 16, 2021

|The LinkedIn Incident

|2012 LinkedIn Hack

|0:55:00

|March 2, 2021

|Guild of the Grumpy Old Hackers

|0:50:30

|March 16, 2021

|Victor

|0:42:43

|March 30, 2021

|Cybereason: Molerats in the Cloud

|0:57:35

|April, 6, 2021

|Jenny

|1:11:29

|April 13,2021

|webjedi

|0:58:57

|April 27, 2021

|The Pirate Bay

|1:46:13

|May 11,2021

|Kik

|The fight against child porn on Kik

|1:34:18

|May 25, 2021

|Mariposa Botnet

|0:44:08

|June 8, 2021

|Jon & Brian's Big Adventure

|1:16:25

|June 22, 2021

|The Police Station Incident

|0:55:39

|July 6, 2021

|The Pizza Problem

|0:47:49

|July 20, 2021

|Zero Day Brokers

|0:50:13

|August 3, 2021

|The Spy

|1:13:44

|August 17, 2021

100

|NSO

|Pegasus

|1:12:53

|August 31, 2021

101

|Lotería

|1:12:57

|September 28, 2021

102

|Money Maker

|1:21:52

|October 12, 2021

103

|Cloud Hopper

|0:52:25

|October 26, 2021

104

|Arya

|1:19:41

|November 9, 2021

105

|Secret Cells

|1:12:41

|November 23, 2021

106

|@Tennessee

|0:47:39

|December 7, 2021

107

|Alethe

|0:57:18

|December 21, 2021

108

|Marq

|0:48:21

|January 11th, 2022

109

|TEAMPOISON

|TeaMp0isoN with guest MLT

|1:00:07

|January 25th, 2022

110

|Spam Botnets

|1:11:39

|February 8th, 2022

111

|ZeuS

|0:48:35

|February 22nd, 2022

112

|Dirty Coms

|1:31:00

|March 8th, 2022

113

|Adam

|0:54:13

|March 22nd, 2022

114

|HD

|1:18:03

|April 5th, 2022

115

|Player Cheater Developer Spy

|0:40:42

|April 19th, 2022

116

|Mad Dog

|1:15:54

|May 3rd, 2022

117

|Daniel the Paladin

|1:11:41

|May 17th, 2022

118

|Hot Swaps

|1:28:04

|May 31st, 2022

119

|Hot Wallets

|0:57:24

|June 14th, 2022

120

|Voulnet

|0:32:45

|June 28th, 2022

121

|Ed

|0:41:51

|July 26th, 2022

122

|Lisa

|0:49:19

|August 23rd, 2022

123

|Newswires

|0:49:02

|September 6th, 2022

124

|Synthetic Remittance

|0:19:50

|September 20th, 2022

125

|Jeremiah

|0:49:14

|October 4th, 2022

126

|REvil

|1:03:53

|October 18th, 2022

127

|Maddie

|0:54:04

|November 1st, 2022

128

|Gollumfun (Part 1 of 2)

|1:01:00

|November 15th, 2022

129

|Gollumfun (Part 2 of 2)

|1:18:48

|November 29th, 2022

130

|Jason's Pen Test

|0:45:36

|December 13th, 2022

131

|Welcome to Video

|Episode about the Welcome to Video case

|1:10:08

|December 27th, 2022

132

|Sam the Vendor

|1:19:23

|April 4th, 2023

133

|I'm the Real Connor

|0:42:48

|May 2nd, 2023

134

|Deviant

|1:30:46

|June 6th, 2023

135

|The D.R. Incident

|0:46:02

|July 4th, 2023

136

|Team Xecuter

|1:28:08

|August 1st, 2023

137

|Predator

|Episode expands on and relates to the article [https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/flight-of-the-predator/ Flight of the Predator]

|1:10:46

|September 5th, 2023

138

|The Mimics of Punjab

|0:48:18

|October 3rd, 2023

139

|D3f4ult

|1:21:49

|November 7th, 2023

140

|Revenge Bytes

|1:28:52

|December 5th, 2023

141

|The Pig Butcher

|0:59:27

|January 2nd, 2024

142

|Axact

|0:56:30

|February 6th, 2024

143

|Jim Hates Scams

|1:09:54

|March 5th, 2024

144

|Rachel

|1:05:46

|April 2nd, 2024

145

|Shannen

|1:05:43

|May 7th, 2024

146

|Anom

|1:07:47

|June 4th, 2024

147

|Tornado

|1:15:21

|July 2nd, 2024

148

|Dubsnatch

|1:32:34

|August 6th, 2024

149

|Mini-Stories: Vol 3

|0:51:22

|September 3rd, 2024

150

|mobman 2

|Episode refers back to Episode 20 (mobman) to revisit the sub7 malware story.

|0:46:20

|October 1st, 2024

151

|Chris Rock

|1:01:02

|November 5th,2024

152

|Stacc Attack

|0:56:07

|December 3rd,2024

153

|Bike Index

|1:04:19

|January 7th, 2025

154

|Hijacked Line

|1:09:58

|February 4th, 2025

155

|Kingpin

|1:12:03

|March 4th, 2025

156

|Kill list

|1:06:41

|March 18th, 2025

157

|Grifter

|1:21:36

|April 1st, 2025

158

|MalwareTech

|1:06:23

|May 6th, 2025

159

|Vastaamo

|0:54:06

|June 3rd, 2025

Reception

When describing the show's style and presentation, various media outlets have drawn comparisons between Reply All and This American Life, with The Irish Times writing, "Darknet Diaries is...where storytelling is mixed with investigative techniques to provide a strong narrative with real people at its core."{{Cite web |date=August 28, 2018 |title=Darknet Diaries: Tales from the dark side of the web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/darknet-diaries-tales-from-the-dark-side-of-the-web-1.3610233 |access-date=October 26, 2019 |website=Irish Times |language=en}} The New York Times wrote, "Though the episodes are often startlingly short, condensing stories into 30 minutes that could easily justify a full hour, Rhysider’s hypnotic narration and deep expertise creates results that are never less than gripping."{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/arts/podcasts-tech-science.html|title=8 Podcasts for the Tech Curious|website=The New York Times|language=en|date=July 18, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}

The Boston Globe called Darknet Diaries "a true-crime podcast with no blood [and] no bodies...[leaving] you wondering why there aren't more hacks, breaches, and cyber-crime."{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/12/27/podcasts-that-stood-out/w4fjBqB0YhOXm7wj1lRU2K/story.html|title=10 podcasts that stood out in 2018|website=The Boston Globe|language=en|date=December 27, 2018|access-date=October 26, 2019}}

Miranda Sawyer of The Observer highlighted the podcast's reported "small disasters" of online life, writing: "Neatly edited and charmingly presented by Jack Rhysider, the podcast does occasionally stray into nerdiness, but it’s chock-full of real-life examples of when our virtual lives fail."{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/dec/17/grenfell-dust-on-our-lips-darknet-diaries-tip-off-observer-radio-reviews|title=The week in radio: Grenfell: Dust on Our Lips; Darknet Diaries; The Tip Off|website=The Guardian|language=en|date=December 17, 2017|access-date=October 26, 2019}}

Vulture magazine listed Darknet Diaries among its list of "52 of the Best True-Crime Podcasts", following what they deemed as "the post-Serial boom", citing how "some of these [cybercrimes] may hit a little too close to home" while also advising listeners: "Cover your laptop camera, throw that iPhone in the river, and hang out in that weird no-reception corner of your home."{{Cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/article/52-best-true-crime-podcasts.html|title=52 Great True-Crime Podcasts|website=Vulture|date=July 30, 2018 |language=en|access-date=October 26, 2019}}

Awards

Runner-up in the 2018 Discover Pods Award for Best Technology Podcast{{Cite web|url=https://discoverpods.com/2018-discover-pods-award-winners/|title=The 2018 Discover Pods Award Winners|website=Discover Pods|language=en|date=December 10, 2018|access-date=October 26, 2019}}
Winner of the 2018 Quartz Casties for Best Technology Episode
Winner of the 2019 European Security Blogger Awards for Best New Cybersecurity Podcast{{Cite web|url=https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/infosec19-blogger-award-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/|title=#Infosec19: Winners of European Security Blogger Awards Announced|website=Info Security|language=en|date=June 4, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2019}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://darknetdiaries.com}}
[https://discord.io/darknetdiaries Official Discord]
[https://www.reddit.com/r/darknetdiaries/ Subreddit]

Category:Audio podcasts

Category:2017 podcast debuts

Category:Crime podcasts

Category:Technology podcasts

Category:Works about cybercrime

Darknet Diaries

Production

= Impact and real-life influences =

= Crossovers and appearances =

Episodes

Reception

Awards

See also

References

External links