Cyber Chronicles
Episodes
Ashley Madison: The Hack That Exposed the World’s Most Private Secrets
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2015, a dating site for secret affairs was hacked — and 36 million identities were exposed. What followed wasn’t just a data leak… it was the...
The LinkedIn Job Offer That Wasn’t: How North Korean Hackers Stole Secrets Through Fake Recruiters
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2022, North Korean hackers posed as LinkedIn recruiters, offering high-paying jobs to tech employees. What looked like a career opportunity turned ...
Colonial Pipeline: The Ransomware That Stopped the Fuel
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2021, a ransomware attack shut down the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S., causing chaos across the East Coast. This is the story of how one passwo...
SolarWinds: The Trojan Update That Shook the World
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It wasn’t a virus or a phishing scam — it was a trusted software update. The SolarWinds hack proved that sometimes, the enemy hides inside the sys...
Pegasus: The Spyware That Silently Watched the World
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It started as software to track terrorists. But Pegasus didn’t stop there — it crept into the phones of journalists, activists, and even president...
The Twitter Bitcoin Hack: When the Internet’s Most Trusted Voices Were Hijacked
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In July 2020, hackers took over the Twitter accounts of world leaders, billionaires, and tech giants — not with malware, but with manipulation.
The Deepfake That Fooled a CEO
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019, cybercriminals used AI-generated deepfake audio to impersonate a CEO — convincing an executive to transfer $243,000 to a fake supplier. A v...
Stuxnet: The Cyber Weapon That Rewrote Warfare
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2010, a mysterious computer worm called Stuxnet destroyed Iran’s nuclear centrifuges. It wasn’t built by criminals, but by nations — marking ...
The Target Breach: How Hackers Used the Air Conditioner to Break In
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2013, Target suffered one of the largest retail data breaches in history. Hackers stole credentials from a small HVAC vendor — and used them to s...
The $100 Million Email Scam
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Between 2013 and 2015, a Lithuanian hacker tricked Google and Facebook into wiring him over $100 million—just by sending fake invoices.
The Boy Who Hacked the Trains
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“In 2008, a 14-year-old in Poland hacked into the tram system with a modified TV remote. The result? Four trains derailed and dozens were injured.”...
The Billion-Dollar Bank Heist
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2016, hackers tried to steal nearly a billion dollars from Bangladesh Bank using the global SWIFT system. The heist almost worked—until a single ...