# Ep 265: Behind the Epic SSH Hack, 1980s Cyber Butler, The Story of Season 7

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2024-04-05
- Length: 42m
- Episode: 265
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-04-05-ep-265-behind-the-epic-ssh-hack-1980s-cyber-butler-the-story-of-season-7
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-265-behind-the-epic-ssh-hack-1980s-cyber-butler-the-story-of-season-7

## Summary

Editors Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos discuss the xz backdoor incident, detailing the social engineering of maintainer Lasse Collin and the injection of malicious code into the build scripts. They also explore a 1980s 'Master Butler in a Box' voice-activated home automation system, a hack allowing LoRa transmission via an ESP32 without a dedicated radio, and the story of a German hacker who built a descrambler to watch Star Trek Season 7.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-04-05-ep-265-behind-the-epic-ssh-hack-1980s-cyber-butler-the-story-of-season-7#t=1) News: Gigaset IoT Sunset and Flipper Zero Panic
- [4:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-04-05-ep-265-behind-the-epic-ssh-hack-1980s-cyber-butler-the-story-of-season-7#t=244) The xz Backdoor: Social Engineering and Code Injection
- [12:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-04-05-ep-265-behind-the-epic-ssh-hack-1980s-cyber-butler-the-story-of-season-7#t=756) 1980s Cyber Butler: The Master Butler in a Box
- [15:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-04-05-ep-265-behind-the-epic-ssh-hack-1980s-cyber-butler-the-story-of-season-7#t=920) LoRa Transmission Without a Radio on ESP32
- [20:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-04-05-ep-265-behind-the-epic-ssh-hack-1980s-cyber-butler-the-story-of-season-7#t=1253) Capacitive Touch MIDI Pad and Electrospun Heart Valves
- [26:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-04-05-ep-265-behind-the-epic-ssh-hack-1980s-cyber-butler-the-story-of-season-7#t=1579) VR Simulation of Visual Impairments and Quick Hacks
- [33:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-04-05-ep-265-behind-the-epic-ssh-hack-1980s-cyber-butler-the-story-of-season-7#t=2039) Star Trek Season 7 Descrambler and AI Tech Support

## Topics

- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Gigaset (company)
- Flipper Zero (product)
- xz (other)
- Lasse Collin (other)
- Master Butler in a Box (product)
- ESP32 (chip)
- LoRa (other)
- Charles Lohr (other)
- Jeremy Cook (other)
- RP2040 (chip)
- Riley's Lab (other)
- Augusta University (company)
- Star Trek (product)
- Sky TV (company)
- Marcus Coon (other)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [Discovering the XZ Backdoor with Andres Freund](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-04-10-discovering-the-xz-backdoor-with-andres-freund) (Oxide and Friends)
- [Look at nature and meet nerds](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2017-03-13-look-at-nature-and-meet-nerds) (The Amp Hour)
- [053 - It's Hammer Time!](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2021-12-16-053-its-hammer-time) (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast)
- [028 - Everyone Has a Bag of Tricks](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-09-15-028-everyone-has-a-bag-of-tricks) (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast)
- [065 - Multitalented Grinch](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2023-07-30-065-multitalented-grinch) (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast)

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