The word Conti struck fear in IT departments across the world. It's a type of ransomware that you hope to never come across. Like most ransomware gangs, the Conti group fell apart. But what's special about this story is how it fell apart. Because it fell apart in a very public, messy, scandalous way. Featuring investigative journalist Geoff White and cyber threat researcher Alex Holden. ### Sponsors This show is brought to you by **Doppel**. Doppel stops AI attacks with digital risk protection, human risk management, and email security on a unified social engineering defense platform. **doppel.com** This show is sponsored by **Maze**. Maze uses AI agents to triage and remediate cloud vulnerabilities by figuring out what’s actually exploitable, not just what’s theoretically risky. They remove the noise, prioritize vulns that matter, and manage remediation, so your team stops wasting time on meaningless vulns. Visit **MazeHQ.com/darknet** for more information. Support for this show comes from **ThreatLocker**. ThreatLocker is a Zero Trust Platform that gives organizations control over what can run and what users and devices can access. It combines prevention with real time detection and automated response, helping security teams stop unauthorized activity and quickly contain compromised machines. Learn how ThreatLocker can strengthen your defenses at **threatlocker.com/Darknet**. **View all active sponsors.** ### Sources Full list of sources on the show page: **https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/180/**