Ransomware Negotiator Karen Sprenger

The Hacker Next Door by Jeremy N. Smith

Oct 8, 20190:23:28Technology

LMG Security COO Karen Springer discusses digital hostage negotiations, the top two qualities to look for in hiring a hacker, and a typical day in a hacker office. Follow LMG and Karen at and Follow Jeremy at and Learn m...

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from The Hacker Next Door.

Roof and Tunnel Hacker, Industrial Fire and Light Artist, and Bioengineer Liana Lareau

Dec 3, 2019 - 0:26:40

Hacker/artist/scientist Liana Lareau on hacking's origins at MIT, art status at Burning Man, and applicat...

Revenge Porn Hactivist Katelyn Bowden

Nov 26, 2019 - 0:21:50

BADASS Army CEO Katelyn Bowden on fighting revenge porn, organizing a hacktivist army, and changing the c...

Hacker Anthropologist Gabriella Coleman

Nov 19, 2019 - 0:27:22

Hacker anthropologist Gabriella Coleman on embedding for six years with a global hacktivist group, celebr...

Bug Bounty Hunter Casey Ellis

Nov 12, 2019 - 0:24:20

Bugcrowd founder Casey Ellis on employing hundreds of thousands of hackers, the big business of bug bount...

Hardware Hacker Joe Grand

Nov 5, 2019 - 0:24:35

Hardware hacker extraordinaire Joe Grand on testifying before Congress as a 22-year-old, helping launch t...

Hacker Parents Caroline Hardin and Grant Dobbe

Oct 29, 2019 - 0:23:02

Hacker couple and parents Caroline Hardin and Grant Dobbe discuss hackathons, makerspaces, and raising th...

Hacker for Charity Johnny Long

Oct 22, 2019 - 0:22:20

Hackers for Charity founder Johnny Long discusses Google hacking, finding God, and bringing the hacker sp...

Black Hat Hacker Skylar Rampersaud

Oct 15, 2019 - 0:25:56

Black hat hacker Skylar Rampersaud discusses digital warfare, the mindset of an attacker, and being recru...