About This Episode
"DE DIGITALE KIDNAPPERE - Usynlig fjende – del 2" ("The Digital Kidnappers – Invisible Enemy, Part 2") is an episode of the Danish true crime podcast Danske Kriminalsager, and it follows a Danish company trying to free itself from an attack by one of Russia's most feared hacker groups. In this second and concluding part of the story about the invisible enemy in cybercrime, the episode looks closely at what the hacker group wants to achieve, how it broke into the company's systems, and what options exist for stopping it.
At the centre of the episode are two specialists, both called in to help the company out of the crisis. Hostage negotiator Michael Sjøberg brings his experience of talking his way out of high-pressure situations, while digital investigator Jan Kaastrup maps out how the hackers got inside the systems and what digital traces they left behind. Together they describe a form of crime that hits companies, municipalities and ordinary Danes every single day, without the perpetrators ever becoming visible to their victims.
Jan Kaastrup and Michael Sjøberg both take part in the episode, which is hosted by journalist and author Thea Pedersen. The podcast Danske Kriminalsager has Stine Bolther, Bent Isager-Nielsen and Frederik Strand as its regular hosts, and it examines significant criminal cases and what they have meant for police investigative methods and the Danish justice system. The episode is available on Apple Podcasts and on radioplay.dk, a Danish audio streaming service, and it is produced by the team behind the podcast "Danske Drabssager".
