hacker : HUNTER (2019)

Synopsis

A Real-Cybercrime Series that recaps the most notorious cybercrime cases of the recent years. It explores stories of the people working to stop cybercrime and build a safer future. While cybercrime is a technological process, it is created and performed by people. At the same time, police and security experts are trying to be a step ahead and stop them. hacker:HUNTER is looking at these people: the heroes stopping cybercrime, the motivations that drive cybercriminals and the question where the frontier between good and evil, between white and black is.

First Air Date: 2019-08-21

Last Air Date: 2019-10-27

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 7

Created By: Tomorrow Unlocked

Networks: YouTube

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Seasons

None (2019)

While criminals around the world try to get to the money in cash-machines with hammers, explosives, excavators or other heavy gear, the Carbanak gang found a more elegant and stealth way. They would hack into bank networks and monitor the activities there until they understood how to trigger the machines remotely to spill out all the money.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: ATM Jackpotting (2019-08-21)

Episode one describes how ATMs were manipulated during the Carbanak operation and explains how security researcher Barnaby Jack first became aware of ATM vulnerabilities in 2010.
Ep. 2: Welcome to Taiwan (2019-08-23)

The Carbanak Group attacks a bank in Taiwan and sends 22 money mules into the country. What they didn't anticipate: within a few hours the Taiwanese police publish surveillance pictures of all the money mules. The hunt begins.
Ep. 3: Suitcases full of money (2019-08-26)

19 money mules flee Taiwan, the rest are left in Taipei with several million dollars. The police get closer and closer.
Ep. 4: Arrest in a holiday paradise (2019-08-27)

The Taiwanese police finds clues to the whereabouts of the head of the Carbanak group and coordinates with Europol. Can the group be stopped?