Summary
As the vital Colonial Pipeline in the US comes under cyberattack, Business Weekly hears how vulnerable infrastructure and companies are to being hacked. We take a look at the dirty business of car battery recycling - it’s an increasing health hazard in developing countries, as the lead acid seeps into people, plants and animals. We also hear from religious leaders who explain how the pandemic has affected the spiritual and religious life of their churches. And as the European Super League saga continues, we take a look at the finances driving the clubs’ desire to form a new league. Plus, should bamboo be used to make cricket bats? Business Weekly is presented by Lucy Burton and produced by Matthew Davies.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Business Weekly with Lucy Burton. |
| 0:08.1 | Today on the show, we'll be looking at the health and environmental impact of recycling old lead acid batteries. |
| 0:15.1 | It's become quite a big industry in Bangladesh, but people are really suffering the consequences. |
| 0:20.6 | So what can be done to make the process |
| 0:22.4 | safer? I'll be looking into the effect the coronavirus pandemic has had on churches. As worshippers |
| 0:28.9 | are told to stay away, how can the spiritual and financial life of the church continue? And it may be |
| 0:35.7 | sacrilege to some devotees, but could bamboo cricket bats replace |
| 0:40.2 | the traditional willow-made ones? Before we get into that, let's talk oil and cyber attacks. This |
| 0:47.1 | week, the colonial pipeline, which runs between Texas and New Jersey and carries nearly half of |
| 0:52.6 | the East Coast supply of fuel, was shut down after a group of cyber criminals unleashed a ransomware attack on it. |
| 1:00.3 | Now ransomware is a kind of malware which locks computers by encrypting its data. |
| 1:05.5 | The attackers then demand payment before the victim can regain access. |
| 1:09.7 | Here's how the drama played out this week. |
| 1:13.6 | We're going to begin tonight with breaking news because drivers along the East Coast have turned |
| 1:18.0 | fears of a fuel crisis into an actual one with panicked people emptying gas pumps at more than 10,000 |
| 1:25.2 | stations across the southeast. According to Gas Buddy, 68% of gas stations across North Carolina are out of gas, |
| 1:33.1 | and almost half of the stations are out in Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia, |
| 1:37.6 | four states that have declared a state of emergency. |
| 1:43.7 | This is like when we ran out of toilet paper in Lysol during the pandemic because everybody made a run on the grocery store. |
| 1:49.0 | We have enough gas in this country. |
| 1:51.0 | It's just a matter of hauling it to where it needs to be. |
| 1:53.7 | So please, experts are asking. |
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