
E2445 - 2445 FBF: A Heist in the Federal Reserve with Matthew Quirk NY Times Best-Selling Author of 'Hacking the Fed', '500' & 'The Directive'
Published: July 10, 2026
Duration: 47:57
This Flashback Friday is from episode 396 published last August 6, 2014.
Matthew Quirk is the author of the best-selling book,"The 500" and author of the new book on the Fed, "The Directive," which centers on a conspiracy plot at the Federal Reserve. Quirk joins the podcast to break down how realistic this plot could be today.
Quirk spent a year working with red team security experts, hackers, lockpickers, social engineers, and sources inside the Fed to map out what a true-to-life 21st century heist would look like at the most powerful...