Evening Edition: DHS Calls Latest Cybersecurity Issue Worst In Decades

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🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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A new cybersecurity vulnerability has been discovered and is affecting millions of websites and applications from Google to Amazon to computer systems that run hospitals. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security calls the flaw in the 'Log4j' software one of the most serious security vulnerabilities in decades. FOX's Trey Yingst speaks to Theresa Payton, Former White House Chief Information Officer and CEO of cybersecurity consultancy 'Fortalice Solutions', about what the security issue is and what is being done to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.5	Thursday, December 23rd, 2021. I'm Trey Yinkst. A flaw in Internet software has
0:29.1	created a global cyber security problem. The ramifications could be incredibly serious. This can be an ongoing
0:36.3	tale for years to come depending on how it's leveraged and how thoroughly and how quickly we're able to patch these systems.
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0:51.0	A flaw in the software known as Log 4J has security officials scrambling to patch the error.
0:58.0	There are concerns that this flaw could be exploited by hackers or foreign adversaries even once it's fixed.
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