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Kim Komando Today

Cyberwar is coming and the Russians are leading the way

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Almost 3 years ago Russia dropped a cyber-bomb on Ukraine, hacking energy companies and wiping out power to hundreds of thousands. Government security agents say that was just the beginning. A test of sorts for possibly a much bigger plan. Listen to my free Komando on Demand podcast as I take you through the history of cyber warfare and share things you should be doing now to prepare for a possible cyber attack.

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0:00.0

What's the difference?

0:03.0

Hello.

0:05.0

You are a hard man to reach.

0:08.0

Could not find you in Seattle and no terminal is in operation at your classified address.

0:14.0

In the 1980s, as computers made their way into our homes and into our lives,

0:19.0

the movie War Games had everyone worried about

0:21.9

a cyber-started nuclear war. Now, fast forward 25 years, and the cyber war worry, well,

0:32.5

it's grown, and it's becoming even more threatening, a security threat different than

0:37.1

anything else we've

0:38.5

ever faced before. Sony is still dealing with the fallout from hackers who stole millions of

0:44.8

pages worth of documents, including emails from top executives, health records of employees,

0:50.5

private information about mega movie stars, and a whole lot more.

0:54.2

Well, Bill, good morning.

0:55.7

The Sony Pictures hack is deeply worrying to the US intelligence community because it's

1:00.2

believed to be the first time destructive malware has targeted a firm inside the US.

1:06.1

And it's similar to the physically destructive attacks on Iran's nuclear program with Stuxnet and the attack on Saudi

1:12.5

Aramco, where 30,000 computers were affected.

1:15.5

Do you remember that?

1:16.7

It's almost four years ago.

1:18.8

A hacker group called Guardians of Peace leaked a massive amount of confidential data from Sony

1:24.5

pictures.

1:25.4

The group demanded that Sony pulled the film the interview.

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