Chris Tarbell is a former FBI special agent and cybercrime investigation specialist who brought down Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road, and Hector Monsegur (aka Sabu) of LulzSec and Anonymous. Please support this podcast by checking out Lex’s Links!
In Lex Fridman’s podcast #340, he interviews Chris Tarbell who is a former FBI special agent and cybercrime investigation specialist. Tarbell is most well-known for his work in taking down Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road, as well as Hector Monsegur (aka Sabu) of LulzSec and Anonymous. In the interview, Tarbell discusses his experiences working in cybercrime investigations as well as providing some insight into the minds of some of the most notorious hackers in recent history.
One key point that Tarbell makes is that many hackers do what they do out of a sense of curiosity and challenge. They are often interested in seeing how far they can push systems and see what they can get away with. This can be seen in cases like Ulbricht, who created Silk Road as an online black market where buyers and sellers could conduct transactions anonymously. He was motivated by a desire to create an online marketplace that was immune to regulation and law enforcement.
Tarbell also provides some interesting insights into the mindset of Sabu, who was arguably one of the most notorious hackers in history. Sabu was known for leading attacks on high-profile targets like Sony, PayPal, and Mastercard
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0:00 – Introduction
1:16 – Silk Road
11:39 – Mass surveillance
15:50 – Operation Onion Peeler
21:06 – Hacker Avunit
31:56 – Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road
44:39 – Edward Snowden
46:44 – NSA surveillance
58:51 – Silk Road murders
1:07:37 – Dark web
1:11:39 – Ross Ulbricht’s arrest
1:19:37 – Aaron Swartz
1:22:55 – Donald Trump and the Mar-a-Lago raid
1:26:01 – Tech companies and censorship
1:35:00 – War in Ukraine
1:38:58 – Anonymous and LulzSec
1:49:10 – FBI
1:52:11 – Personal threats
1:57:57 – Hector Monsegur a.k.a Sabu
2:11:07 – Cyber attack threats against civilians
2:27:55 – Most secure operating system
2:31:44 – Cyber war
2:39:38 – Advice for young people
2:44:50 – FBI’s credibility
2:53:21 – Love
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1:16 – Silk Road
11:39 – Mass surveillance
15:50 – Operation Onion Peeler
21:06 – Hacker Avunit
31:56 – Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road
44:39 – Edward Snowden
46:44 – NSA surveillance
58:51 – Silk Road murders
1:07:37 – Dark web
1:11:39 – Ross Ulbricht's arrest
1:19:37 – Aaron Swartz
1:22:55 – Donald Trump and the Mar-a-Lago raid
1:26:01 – Tech companies and censorship
1:35:00 – War in Ukraine
1:38:58 – Anonymous and LulzSec
1:49:10 – FBI
1:52:11 – Personal threats
1:57:57 – Hector Monsegur a.k.a Sabu
2:11:07 – Cyber attack threats against civilians
2:27:55 – Most secure operating system
2:31:44 – Cyber war
2:39:38 – Advice for young people
2:44:50 – FBI's credibility
2:53:21 – Love
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