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Jun 2022
27m 28s

The Investigator

Foreign Policy
About this episode
The Secret Service is known for its VIP protection unit but it also investigates international crimes, including hacking cases. On this episode, we feature a Secret Service agent who helped nab one of the biggest hackers in the world, Roman Seleznev.

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