Risky Bulletin Podcast
May 19, 2026
Between Two Nerds: Russia's hacker university
Presented by
The Grugq
Independent Security Researcher
Tom Uren
Policy & Intelligence
In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq look at Department 4 of Bauman Moscow State Technical University where students learn how to hack for the state. Its curriculum is extremely explicit about how the hacking and propaganda operations are relevant to state operations. They discuss whether this is an advantage for Russia’s cyber program and look at what Western intelligence agencies do instead.
This episode is also available on YouTube.
Between Two Nerds: Russia's hacker university
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Show notes
BTN92 with Alex Joske, how the MSS became a cyber juggernaut