CYBER

The Increasingly Violent Discord Servers Where Kids Flaunt Their Crimes

Discord and Minecraft servers are part of an ecosystem where young people brag about crimes. SIM swapping, cryptocurrency, extortion, and violence-for-hire are all part of an disparate online community where people gather to swap stories and videos about crime. It’s called The Comm, and this week on Cyber, Motherboard reporter Joseph Cox comes on the show to tell us all about it. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoDl73J5EJY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoDl73J5EJY</a> Stories discussed in this episode: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wwj5/bloodied-macbooks-stacks-of-cash-inside-the-comm-discord-servers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bloodied Macbooks and Stacks of Cash: Inside the Increasingly Violent Discord Servers Where Kids Flaunt Their Crimes</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/3advxj/firebombings-shootings-as-a-service-telegram" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Firebombs and Shootings: The Rise of IRL Harassment and Violence as a Service</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zbma/the-comm-acg-group-linked-to-nationwide-swatting" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'The Comm': The Group Linked to a Nationwide Swatting Rampage</a> We’re recording CYBER live on<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/vice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Twitch</a>. Watch live during the week.<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/vice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Follow us</a> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.  Subscribe to<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</a> or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Matthew Gault talks every week to Motherboard reporters about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.