Criminal Domain

Criminal Domain

In a world where we are so dependent on our phones, our computers and the internet, we explore what happens when you don't protect yourself online. Criminal Domain will expose the ways we leave ourselves open to potential hacking and phishing attacks, and how perpetrators use technology to manipulate us. World renowned futurist Mark Pesce and respected investigative journalist Claire Aird speak to victims of cyber crime to inform us how to better protect ourselves online.

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September 29, 2020 27 mins

Legendary AFL reporter Mike Sheahan lost $147,000 to an elaborate email scam which caught him, his secretary and his daughter by surprise. Claire takes us on a journey to try and find Mike’s money… it’s more tied up than anyone could’ve imagined.

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Jenny* lost her phone one day and went onto her computer to use the “find my phone” function - only to discover that her ex-partner was logged into all her devices, including her car - and had been tracking her every move.

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September 16, 2020 21 mins
Christina had her ID stolen multiple times and discovered this when multiple credit cards arrived in her name. When the credit report company was tricked into giving her personal information to hackers, she discovered how tough it can be to get your ID back… and Anthon finds that the people who have David and Christina’s computer are running the same scam. While taking breaks to watch TV.

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September 10, 2020 20 mins
One of Georgina and David’s employees' Macs was stolen - seven months later, some software on the computer came back online. So, they enlisted the help of cyber cop Anthon who began to investigate and over the course of 1 year, he found out how cyber criminals undertake identity theft and procrastinate. Oh, and that stolen property changes hands regularly.

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August 31, 2020 17 mins

Glenn Hart, a radio host in New Zealand was and had all the files on his computer stolen. Savvy enough to see a note left for him buried in the files, Glenn decided to play by his own rules and negotiate with the hackers to get his data back.

"I'm talking about all my photos, all my immediate files, terabytes of stuff, and the file extensions had been renamed to something unrecognizable. And basically, I was left with a text file ...

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August 24, 2020 25 mins
While overseas, hackers infiltrated Australian influencer Tayla Damir’s bank account and left her stranded in Lebanon with no money. Things escalated as she brought her 400,000 Instagram followers along for the journey.

Tayla Damir Social Media Influencer & Winner Love Island 2018.
"I put my Australian sim card into the and as I went to turn the phone back on, it was coming up as "no serv...

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August 10, 2020 1 min
In a world where we are so dependent on our phones, our computers and the internet, we explore what happens when you don’t protect yourself online. Criminal Domain will expose the ways we leave ourselves open to potential hacking and phishing attacks, and how perpetrators use technology to manipulate us. World renowned futurist Mark Pesce and award winning investigative journalist Claire Aird speak to victims of cyber crime to...

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