Cyber Power (Part I) - Cyber Pearl Harbour | Grey Zone Ep 4

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🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

States, criminals and terrorists all use cyber to attack each other in the grey zone. It puts anyone with a computer in the firing line, but also means that anyone who understands computers has the ability to fight back.This episode explores a range of cyber threats from espionage up to attacks that cause physical harm, such as by targeting hospitals or electricity supplies.Sky News journalist Deborah Haynes also speaks to a young computer expert called Marcus Hutchins who helped to stop one of the worst known cyber attacks to hit the UK.The National Health Service was one of the main victims of the May 2017 WannaCry attack, blamed on North Korea. Pyongyang has denied involvement.Interviews:Ciaran Martin, former chief executive of the National Cyber Security CentrePaul Chichester, director of operations at the National Cyber Security CentreMarietje Schaake, international director of policy at Stanford’s Cyber Policy CentreHarold Thimbleby, professor of computer science at Swansea UniversityMarcus Hutchins, computer security expertCredits:Written and narrated by Deborah Haynes Edited and produced by Chris ScottProduction support from Sophia McBride and Michael GreenfieldThe head of Sky News Radio is Dave Terris

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0:31.1	It was an ordinary Friday in May 2017 for the UK's National Health Service.
0:37.4	GPs across the country were working through their
0:40.0	daily lists of patients. Ambulances were responding to callouts and hospitals were treating
0:45.5	the most sick. Then, suddenly, an emergency of a different kind struck.
0:52.6	NHS computer screens started turning red and displaying the message,
0:58.0	Oops, your files have been encrypted, along with the image of a padlock.
1:03.0	There was also an instruction to pay a $300 ransom to recover those files, or else they'd be destroyed. The NHS declared a major incident, as fears grew that this could be the moment an attack in cyberspace caused death in the real world.
1:20.6	In the end, that didn't happen.
1:24.6	But the Wanachry attack is still the gravest known cyber emergency
1:29.2	suffered by the UK to date, impacting thousands of patients.
1:34.5	And it could have been much worse, had it not been for a 22-year-old hacker called Marcus Hutchins,
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