Dealing with cyber attacks

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, News, Technology

4.4 • 221 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Singapore is experiencing an increase in cyber threats, and its critical infrastructure was targeted in a cyber attack. We speak to the country's Commissioner of Cybersecurity.

Also in Tech Life this week: we hear the real voice of a fake spokesperson for a synthetic band. And presenter Zoe Kleinman has a mini tech adventure involving social media and a metal detectorist.

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Presenter: Zoe Kleinman Producer: Tom Quinn Editor: Monica Soriano

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0:00.0	Welcome to TechLife on the BBC World Service, the programme about technology and how it touches all
0:06.0	our lives. I'm Zoe Kleinman. This week, I speak to the man who's leading Singapore's fight against
0:12.2	international cyber attackers. We'll have more on that in a moment. Also in today's edition, we hear from
0:17.9	the hoaxer who stirred up a reality blurring controversy
0:21.2	about the AI band
0:22.7	Velvet Sundown.
0:24.7	And I'll tell you
0:25.3	about how social media
0:26.4	and a man with a metal
0:27.4	detector saved my day.
0:29.5	It was good
0:31.5	that you knew roughly
0:32.3	what area it was in.
0:34.0	And just by chance
0:35.2	I happened to do a couple
0:36.2	of sweeps
0:36.7	and hit the right spot straight away. We start today in Singapore.
1:01.0	On the 18th of July, the city-state's home and security minister revealed a cyber attack was underway, targeting critical infrastructure.
1:09.3	This is how it was reported on the BBC World Service at the time.
1:13.0	Singapore says it's dealing with a serious and ongoing cyber attack against its critical infrastructure.
1:18.8	The city-state's home and security minister, Kaysun Mugam,
1:21.9	maimed the perpetrator as UNC 3886. He said efforts were underway to combat the assault. The cyber espionage group is
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