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5,755 appearances 109 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 17 Aug

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TechCrunch Industry News · Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack; plus, the hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught · 27 Jul 2026 podcast

Phineas went on to hack the police force of Catalonia, publishing a post-mortem and a 39-minute tutorial video consistent with their stated anti-police ideals. voice-verified

Their next victim was the ruling party of Turkey's authoritarian president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a hack motivated by solidarity with Rehova, a leftist autonomous region in northern and eastern Syria that Turkey was fighting against. voice-verified

Phineas's last known victim was Cayman National Bank's branch in the Isle of Man, a self-governing island between England and Ireland. voice-verified

The hack hinted at a different side of Phineas. voice-verified

In an interview that Phineas did with activist Freddy Martinez, he said, I look for illegal ways to make money in order to free my time so I can do something useful with it. voice-verified

Once I had that figured out, I started scaling it up and making more money than I need and giving the extra away. voice-verified

Phineas kept the hack, which happened in 2016, quiet for three years before announcing the Hacktivist Bug Bounty Program, an initiative to reward hacktivists who expose companies' illegal and unethical activities. voice-verified

When Cayman National Bank confirmed the hack, it claimed it was amongst a number of banks targeted. voice-verified

Phineas confirmed they had been hacking several banks for years. voice-verified

That was their last public appearance. voice-verified

Their Twitter and Reddit accounts have long since been deleted, leaving no online trail. voice-verified

Finn Fisher never contacted law enforcement, according to a former company employee. voice-verified

The Italian authorities' investigation into the hacking team hack ended without finding any evidence pointing to Phineas' real identity. voice-verified

Lorenzo Francesco Biccarai, who wrote this article for TechCrunch, says that Phineas is alive and well. voice-verified

and they have been in contact with him for the past couple of years. voice-verified

So, who is Phineas Fisher? voice-verified

Well, taking their claims at face value, they are a hacktivist with anarchist ideals, but also a cybercriminal. voice-verified

Could they instead be a fabricated persona controlled by a spy agency, say, Russia, which has a history of inventing hacktivists to kind of muddy the waters after its own hacks? voice-verified

Phineas has denied being a Russian spy. voice-verified

and it's unclear why Moscow would go after all of Phineas' chosen targets. voice-verified

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