{"podcast":{"title":"Proof Positive","slug":"proof-positive-7769387","podcast_index_feed_id":7769387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN1376325340","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/888b1f84-0357-11f1-befc-ab71d1d198c5/image/70b2158e31ae217cacd060fb38c52caa.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Daniel Torres","episode_count":108,"summary":"What happens when the official story doesn't add up? Join Daniel Torres as he picks apart the cases, scandals, and mysteries that everyone else stopped asking questions about. This isn't your typical true crime podcast — it's investigative documentary work that digs into current events, historical cover-ups, and social issues that deserve a second look. Daniel spent eight years as a freelance journalist chasing down everything from small-town corruption to corporate whistleblowers. He started this podcast because the best stories always had too many layers for a newspaper article. Now he's using that same dogged reporting to unpack the investigations that matter, the ones that got buried, and the ones that are still happening right now. Each episode is a deep dive into real documentation — court filings, leaked memos, forgotten archives. You'll hear the actual evidence, not just opinions about it. Daniel breaks down complex cases so you can understand what really went down and why it matters today. Sometimes he even convinces his neighbors to share their weird hobbies, which honestly makes for surprisingly good radio. Ready to question everything you thought you knew? Follow Proof…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T18:19:49.347648+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387"},"episode":{"title":"How Hackers Stole $1B From 100+ Banks: The Carbanak Method Explained","slug":"how-hackers-stole-1b-from-100-banks-the-carbanak-method-explained","published_at":"2026-07-27T17:21:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-hackers-stole-1b-from-100-banks-the-carbanak-method-explained","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN5839790853.mp3?updated=1776260298","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN5839790853.mp3?updated=1776260298","summary":"Picture this: a group of hackers spent $1 billion by watching bank employees click their morning emails. For two years, the Carbanak group pulled off the biggest bank heist in history, and most people still don't know it happened. In this episode, Daniel Torres breaks down exactly how they did it and why it's scarier than any Hollywood movie. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • How hackers turned ATMs into personal cash dispensers using simple timing tricks • The 2-10 month \"observation period\" where criminals watched employees work before stealing anything • Why inflating account balances first made this billion-dollar theft nearly invisible 👤 Perfect for: anyone who's ever wondered how modern bank security actually works (spoiler: it's not what you think). The Carbanak method wasn't about breaking down digital walls. It was about walking through the front door and making themselves at home. These guys studied their targets like behavioral scientists, learning employee schedules and banking routines before making their move. When they finally struck, they didn't just steal money. They stole time itself, programming ATMs to spit out cash at exact moments when their accomplices would be waiting outside. 📍 Chapters: [00:00] Daniel Torres introduces the billion-dollar question nobody asked [01:45] How spear-phishing emails became skeleton keys [04:15] Inside the 2-10 month surveillance period that changed everything [06:30] ATM programming: when machines become accomplices [08:45] The account inflation trick that hid theft in plain sight [10:15] Why this method still works today What makes this case truly wild? The hackers were so good at blending in that some banks didn't realize they'd been robbed for months. They didn't smash and grab. They observed, adapted, and executed with surg…","meta_description":"Picture this: a group of hackers spent $1 billion by watching bank employees click their morning emails. For two years, the Carbanak group pulled off the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":848,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/proof-positive-7769387/episodes/how-hackers-stole-1b-from-100-banks-the-carbanak-method-explained/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-hackers-stole-1b-from-100-banks-the-carbanak-method-explained.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}