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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#Ransomware #Cybercrime #Hacker

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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