The Lazarus Heist
BBC's investigative podcast series by Jean H. Lee and Geoff White on the North Korean state-hacking program — the Sony Pictures attack, the Bangladesh Bank heist, the WannaCry release, and the Lazarus / APT38 / Bluenoroff sub-units.
- Creators
- Jean H. Lee, Geoff White
- Years
- 2021–present
- Seasons
- 3 seasons
- Episodes
- 30 episodes
- Status
- Ongoing
- Language
- English
Available on
Watch this if
Threat-intel analysts, anyone briefing on North Korean cyber activity, and curious general listeners. Lee's regional expertise and White's technical reporting balance unusually well; the result is the best-sourced narrative on Lazarus in any medium.
Skip this if
Listeners wanting deep technical reverse-engineering content; the podcast covers tradecraft at the operational level, not the binary level. For the deeper IOC and TTPs view, supplement with Mandiant / Kaspersky / Microsoft technical writeups.
Key takeaways
- North Korea's cyber operations are revenue-generating, not just intelligence-driven; the podcast makes the financial-crime angle legible in a way most coverage doesn't.
- The personnel pipeline (overseas IT-worker fronts, Pyongyang training programs) is the part of the story most relevant to current sanctions and HR-screening conversations in 2026.
- The Sony Pictures arc is the best-told version of that story in any medium — Lee and White interview people no other source has reached.
Notes
Pair with Geoff White's Crime Dot Com book for the print companion and with The Hacker and the State (Buchanan) for the strategic frame. The show is technically a podcast (the streaming providers field reflects that) but is grouped with the dramatic-form catalog because of how it functions for general audiences. Required listening for anyone tracking nation-state cyber activity.