Hakan Tanriverdi from Bayerischer Rundfunk: Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking Journalist

Hakan Tanriverdi is a reporter at the German public broadcaster, Bayerischer Rundfunk. He covers information and cybersecurity, mainly focusing on hacking groups and who they're working for. The investigations tend to be more on the technical side and are assisted by scripts, scrapers, and databases. He is also the producer of the podcast series, Der Mann in Merkels Rechner - Jagd auf Putins Hacker (The Man In Merkel’s Computer – Hunting Down Putin’s Hackers), uncovering the German parliament hack, which went viral later. In this episode, Hakan elaborates on how he unfolds the world of OSINT and hacking and his thoughts on how Snowden leaks and Panama Papers changed how reporters investigate. He also touches on the production of Der Mann in Merkels Rechner – Jagd auf Putins Hacker podcast series, explaining how he came to record the podcast and the whole story of the hack. 0:00 Welcome! 0:50 Tell us a bit about yourself! 4:08 What got you into OSINT? 12:11 Tell us about the exciting conferences you've attended! 15:17 What was the Snowden Leaks like for you as an experience? 17:26 How do you think the Snowden Leaks and Panama Papers were handled? 21:44 Tell us about the investigation of the German parliament hack! 32:26 What motivates you to dive into cybercrimes? 38:10 Tell us your passion projects other than hacking! 42:31 What are the three pieces of advice you would give to novices? ■ About The Pivot Brought to you by Maltego, The Pivot deep dives into topics pivoting from information security to the criminal underground. Each episode features interviews with experts from the industry and research fields and explores how they connect the dots. ■ About Maltego Used by investigators worldwide, Maltego is a graphical link analysis tool that allows users to mine, merge, and map data from OSINT and third-party data integrations for all sorts of investigations—cybersecurity, person of interest, fraud, and more.