CyberWire Daily - Ode to Wealthy Elite. [Shadowspeak]

Episode Date: September 14, 2020

A reading of “Ode to Wealthy Elite”, written circa August 16, 2016. From “The collected works of the Shadow Brokers, volume I,” read by D.W. Bittner, compiled and edited by the CyberWire. The Shadow Brokers represent themselves as hackers who sell stolen exploits, hacking tools, and other scandalous material online to the detriment of Wealthy Elite, whose hidden hands the ShadowBrokers wish to convince you secretly move the world's events. Their online auctions have been notorious fizzles, finding few takers, but they continue to reappear with their offers from time to time. The smart money bets that the Brokers are a Russian intelligence service operation. They communicate in Hollywood scriptwriter broken English as opposed to any known natural language. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to the Cyber Wire Network, powered by N2K. Ode to Wealthy Elite We want to make sure wealthy elite recognizes the danger cyberweapons this message, our auction poses to their wealth and control. Let us spell out for elites, your wealth and control depends on electronic data. You see what Equation Group can do. You see what CryptoLockers and Stuxnet can do. You see free files we give for free.

You see attacks on banks and SWIFT in news. Maybe there is Equation Group version of CryptoLocker plus Stuxnet for banks and financial systems. Stuxnet for banks and financial systems. If Equation Group lose control of cyber weapons, who else lose or find cyber weapons? If electronic data go bye-bye, where leave wealthy elites? Maybe with dumb cattle? Do you feel in charge? Wealthy elites. Do you feel in charge? Wealthy elites. You send bitcoins. You bid in auction.

Maybe big advantage for you? You've been listening to the Shadowspeak podcast by The Cyber Wire, where the writings of the dark underworld of cybercrime and espionage are reinterpreted and reimagined for the benefit of the infosec literati. Of course, it's also just play and parody from the ever-restless imaginations of the Cyber Wire editorial team. Send your literary criticism and suggested readings to shadowspeak at thecyberwire.com. Cheers.