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Smashing Security podcast #458: How not to steal $46 million from the US government

ID: fff418c7-38dc-593b-b21f-67c0584da260

STIX ID: report--fff418c7-38dc-593b-b21f-67c0584da260

Feed Name: Graham Cluley

Threat Score
55/100

Date Published: 2026-03-12

Date Updated: 2026-04-22

Author: Graham Cluley

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Smashing Security episode summary: a Wikipedia security engineer inadvertently reactivated a dormant JavaScript worm that rapidly defaced pages with woodpecker images, and separately a contractor managing seized cryptocurrency for the US Marshals is alleged to have stolen $46 million and bragged about it on a recorded Telegram call; the episode discusses these incidents in a news/podcast format without technical detail.

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