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Debugger

Debugger

By: Bob Sullivan
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A podcast about technology and democracy, sponsored by Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy.Bob Sullivan Politics & Government
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  • The Minnesota assassin used data brokers as a weapon
    Jun 30 2025

    Digital stalking, aided by data brokers, took another deadly turn this month in Minnesota. When alleged political assassin Vance Boelter began his rampage on June 13, he had a list of 45 state politicians in his car. He also had a notebook full of their personal information -- and detailed information on 11 different Internet data brokers. When will Congress and tech giants take this crisis seriously? David Hoffman, director of the Duke Initiative for Science and Society, is here with analysis.

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    9 mins
  • UnitedHealth hack episode 4 -- Will anything change?
    May 15 2025

    Outrage was high after the UnitedHealth hack was revealed, but will that anger turn into action? In this final episode of our 4-part series on the UnitedHealth hack, Duke's Hannah Pechet examines both the legal and the policy fallout from the cyberattack. When ransomware gangs strike again, will corporations, governments, and society be ready?

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    18 mins
  • UnitedHealth hack episode 3 -- Who did it?
    May 14 2025

    Ransomware gangs operate in a shadowy digital underworld. Sometimes they play by certain rules, sometimes they don't. In episode 3 of this 4-part series, Duke University's Jacqueline Rodriguez delves into the hacking gangs who hacked UnitedHealth and extorted the firm.

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    16 mins

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