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Uruguay's State Bank BHU Hit by Crypto24 Double Extortion Ransomware: 700GB PII Stolen and the Activist Was Right.

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Content provided by Alberto Daniel Hill. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Alberto Daniel Hill or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

ADVANCE: MORE TO COME SOON.

The provided sources center on the dire state of cybersecurity in Uruguay, particularly highlighting the outspoken ethical hacker Alberto Daniel Hill (ADH) and two catastrophic cyber incidents. Several transcripts detail Hill's career, which includes being unjustly imprisoned in 2017 for responsibly reporting a security flaw, leading him to become a vocal reformer who warns of deep systemic rot within state institutions and antiquated laws. The texts describe a major national crisis involving the theft of 30,000 national PKI certificates by the threat actor Arugu 1337, an event Hill had previously predicted due to institutional negligence. Separately, an expert analysis confirms a sophisticated double-extortion ransomware attack by the group Crypto24 on the state-owned Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay (BHU), resulting in the exfiltration of over 700GB of highly sensitive client PII; this analysis validates Hill’s core thesis that the government consistently minimizes severe cyber failures. Finally, transcripts from Hill's online community, the Cyber Midnight Club, analyze his unique hosting style, which merges technical expertise with personal trauma to build credibility and advocate for grassroots reform alongside non-traditional experts.

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670 episodes

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Manage episode 510938572 series 2535026
Content provided by Alberto Daniel Hill. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Alberto Daniel Hill or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

ADVANCE: MORE TO COME SOON.

The provided sources center on the dire state of cybersecurity in Uruguay, particularly highlighting the outspoken ethical hacker Alberto Daniel Hill (ADH) and two catastrophic cyber incidents. Several transcripts detail Hill's career, which includes being unjustly imprisoned in 2017 for responsibly reporting a security flaw, leading him to become a vocal reformer who warns of deep systemic rot within state institutions and antiquated laws. The texts describe a major national crisis involving the theft of 30,000 national PKI certificates by the threat actor Arugu 1337, an event Hill had previously predicted due to institutional negligence. Separately, an expert analysis confirms a sophisticated double-extortion ransomware attack by the group Crypto24 on the state-owned Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay (BHU), resulting in the exfiltration of over 700GB of highly sensitive client PII; this analysis validates Hill’s core thesis that the government consistently minimizes severe cyber failures. Finally, transcripts from Hill's online community, the Cyber Midnight Club, analyze his unique hosting style, which merges technical expertise with personal trauma to build credibility and advocate for grassroots reform alongside non-traditional experts.

  continue reading

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