The Lazarus Heist

The Lazarus Heist is a gripping podcast from BBC World Service, presented by journalist Geoff White and Korea expert Jean Lee, that investigates the extraordinary story of how North Korean hackers carried out some of the most audacious cyber crimes in history. The series traces the activities of the Lazarus Group, a state-sponsored hacking collective linked to North Korea's intelligence agencies, from the devastating 2014 attack on Sony Pictures to the attempted theft of nearly one billion dollars from the Bangladesh Central Bank, and the WannaCry ransomware attack that crippled hospitals, businesses, and government agencies around the world. Through interviews with cybersecurity experts, former intelligence officials, and people directly affected by these attacks, the podcast reveals how one of the world's most isolated and impoverished nations built a sophisticated cyber warfare program capable of threatening global financial systems. Geoff White and Jean Lee bring complementary expertise to the investigation, combining deep technical knowledge with nuanced understanding of North Korean society and politics. The Lazarus Heist is both a thrilling detective story and a sobering examination of how cyber warfare has become one of the defining security challenges of our time.