Darknet Diaries
164: Oak Cliff Swipers

Episode 164 · Season 1

164: Oak Cliff Swipers

Darknet Diaries

October 7, 20251:28:04

About this episode

He started small, swiping cards, buying gift cards, and cashing out. It spiraled into a full‑blown criminal enterprise. Dozens of co‑conspirators, stacks of stolen plastic, and a lifestyle built on chaos. Meet Nathan Michael, leader of Oak Cliff Swipers. Sponsors Support for this show comes from <a href="https://www.threatlocker.com/">ThreatLocker®</a>. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform that strengthens your infrastructure from the ground up. With ThreatLocker® Allowlisting and Ringfencing™, you gain a more secure approach to blocking exploits of known and unknown vulnerabilities. ThreatLocker® provides Zero Trust control at the kernel level that enables you to allow everything you need and block everything else, including ransomware! Learn more at <a href="https://www.threatlocker.com/">www.threatlocker.com</a>. Support for this show comes from <a href="https://pantheon.io/">Pantheon</a>. Pantheon keeps your site fast, secure, and always on. That means better SEO, more conversions, and no lost sales from downtime. But this isn’t just a business win; it’s a developer win too. Your team gets automated workflows, isolated test environments, and zero-downtime deployments. Visit <a href="https://pantheon.io/">Pantheon.io</a>, and make your website your unfair advantage. Support for this show comes from <a href="https://www.adaptivesecurity.com/">Adaptive Security</a>. Deepfake voices on a Zoom call. AI-written phishing emails that sound exactly like your CFO. Synthetic job applicants walking through the front door. Adaptive is built to stop these attacks. They run real-time simulations, exposing your teams to what these attacks look like to test and improve your defences. Learn more at <a href="https://www.adaptivesecurity.com/">adaptivesecurity.com</a>.