Published On Nov 10, 2022
We examine the case of a Canadian government worker who had a secret life as a hacker with NetWalker, a criminal ransomware gang. Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins amassed millions of dollars in bitcoin by threatening to expose the private digital information of victims if they didn’t pay up. We reveal how he did it, the digital trail of destruction and how he got caught.
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producer/director
LINDA GUERRIERO
writer
MARIE-MAUDE DENIS
associate producer
ROXANNA WOLOSHYN
video editor
NAIRE BAHJAT
principal cinematography
JONATHAN CASTELL
additional cinematography
ADRIAN DI VIRGILIO
PASCAL LEBLOND
TREVOR LYONS
RAPHAEL TREMBLAY
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producer/director
LAURENCE MATHIEU-LEGER
associate producer
MICHAEL DEETJENS
principal cinematography
CARL MONDELLO
additional cinematography
FRANCOIS GENEST
video editors
LAURENCE MATHIEU-LEGER
BERNARD LAPOINTE
archival material
C-SPAN
PARAMOUNT GLOBAL
POND5
RCMP
REUTERS
YOUTUBE/ APACHE INDIAN / MANGO MUSIC
YOUTUBE/APPALACHES VIDEO
YOUTUBE/ SOUTH PARK STUDIOS
YOUTUBE/VACHON
graphic designers
JAKE BOONE
FROILAN UNTALASCO
graphic director
JEFF GOLDHAR
visual research
LESLIE MORRISON
media management
ABRAHAM BARMADA
MATT GUERIN
post audio
RICK STARKS
RON SEARLES
colourist
SCOTT McINTYRE
rollout producer
LEANNE STEPNOW
social media producer
AVNEET DHILLON
MARÍA JOSÉ BURGOS
digital producer
JANET DAVISON
theme music
STEVE D'ANGELO
project manager
VICTOR KERR
associate director
NANCI KING
packaging editor
ALESSIA PROTOMANNI
resource coordinators
MEGAN BEECKMANS
CHAHAT DESAI
SAM NAR
coordinating associate director
RHONDA KIRKPATRICK
senior producer
ALLYA DAVIDSON
executive producer
DIANA SWAIN
original broadcast
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
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