Laura Shin has reported on crypto scams since the early days and wrote one of the first stories on sim swaps. That did not stop a spear-phishing attempt from getting her to download software and run a terminal command before she caught it.

Austin Campbell, Ram Ahluwalia, and Chris Perkins turn her near miss into a practical defense playbook, then debate whether self-custody still makes sense for anyone with a public crypto profile.

With:

• • Austin Campbell, Founder, Zero Knowledge Consulting; Adjunct Professor, NYU Stern
  • Ram Ahluwalia, Co-Host, CEO of Lumida
  • Chris Perkins, Co-Host, CEO of 250 Digital Asset Management

Guest:

• • Laura Shin – Founder and Host of Unchained

This clip is from a longer conversation on crypto security and social engineering. Full episode here

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