Reply All's Episode #130 The Snapchat Thief

The podcast Reply All has a brilliant episode -- #130 The Snapchat Thief -- detailing the story of a young lady whose Snapchat account was hijacked and resold for its cool handle 'Lizard.' The host of the show Alex Goldman provides tech support for Lizzie and unravels her experience and the details of the account take-over. There are a lot of really interesting things to learn in the podcast about social media accounts, personal data, mobile phones and SIM cards, hacker ethos and ecosystems, and more. While tracking down the parties responsible Alex reviews his own security presence with Michael Bazzell, an 18-year government cyber crime investigator. Alex replays his conversations with Lizzie, Michael, and the mischievous take-over artists when he finally catches up with them. It's a fascinating listen with a great look into security below the surface.

This week on Reply All: after Lizzie's Snapchat gets hacked, things start getting really creepy. https://t.co/SgQ4yZxMFj

— Reply All (@replyall) November 8, 2018