Hunting the Hacker of Gatineau

By day he worked for the Canadian government as an IT specialist.

By night, he worked as a hacker extorting companies and others around the world as a part of a criminal ransomware gang, amassing millions of dollars in bitcoin by threatening to expose the private digital information of victims who didn't pay up.

The Fifth Estate reveals how he did it, the digital trail of destruction he left and how he got caught.

Watch the episode Thursday Jan. 26 on CBC-TV at 9 p.m. or stream it on CBC Gem.

Hunting the Hacker of Gatineau

5 months ago

Duration 45:10

By day he worked for the Canadian government as an IT specialist. By night he worked as a hacker extorting companies and others around the world as a part of a criminal ransomware gang, amassing millions of dollars in bitcoin by threatening to expose the private digital information of victims who didn’t pay up. The Fifth Estate reveals how he did it, the digital trail of destruction he left, and how he got caught.