Police respond to a burglary call at an Iowa state courthouse on a brisk September night in 2019 and are alarmed by what they discover. What should have been a normal call turns into a shocking scandal. Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast, produced by FunMeter. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts. http://apple.co/Scamtown
In today's world, we're always advised to be on guard protecting our data.
Everything from your bank info to your Social Security number to even your browser history, no matter how embarrassing.
No judgment, but data bandits are out there looking for any vulnerability and a chance to break in.
From visiting a compromised website to clicking on a fishy link, at this point, who hasn't gotten their data stolen?
Turns out our protections are beyond flimsy, especially for a skilled hacker.
Experts at breaking in both virtually and physically to gain access to our most important assets.
This episode is different from some of the others.
There isn't a scam, but it's a story still shrouded in mystery.
Two hackers have agreed to bring us into their world.
While they're not scammers or even criminals, despite what some have claimed, according to them, we should all be terrified at what they can do.
Welcome to Scam Town, an Apple original podcast produced by Fun Meter.
I'm Brian Lazarte.
And I'm James Lee Hernandez.
We're filmmakers who've been trading stories now for quite some time, obsessed and compelled to bring some of our favorites to life.
We love a surprising heist, an intricate scam, or just pulling back the curtain on something you think you know.
Entering a world that's stranger than fiction and riding that line between comedy and tragedy.
This is Scam Town, a place for our favorite stories that do just that.
Today's episode Born to break in it's a brisk fall evening in 2019.
Two figures stand in shadow outside an Iowa courthouse in the heart of Des Moines.
They slink around the outside, eager to make their way in to see if they can get their hands on the crucial documents inside.