FBI Director Compares Ransomware Threat to 9/11

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🗓️ 5 June 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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First, Chris discusses the threat of ransomware attacks with Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton. Then, Chris discusses Facebook's decision to extend Trump's ban until at least 2023 with Michael Smerconish and Brian Stelter. Chris wraps up the show with Science writer Mick West on the upcoming release of a government report detailing a series of encounters with unidentified flying objects. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pride Coupe, enjoy the weekend, make some good memories.
0:02.3	I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Primetime.
0:05.2	So here is the reality.
0:07.6	The FBI director is sounding the alarm
0:10.4	that we are being attacked like 9-11.
0:13.9	Why won't lawmakers protect us?
0:16.0	Why won't they protect themselves from cyber attacks?
0:19.6	They're disrupting our way of life.
0:22.0	They are increasing by the day.
0:24.5	Did you hear that the sergeant at Arms of the Senate
0:27.8	said that cyber attacks are her biggest security concern?
0:32.8	That she is more worried about what happens every day there
0:37.0	than about another mob coming.
0:40.3	Ransom where attacks are the key concern.
0:45.2	Hackers hold companies, critical infrastructure, hostage,
0:49.1	demand ransom.
0:50.8	They target everything from our hospitals to transportation
0:53.6	to the gas in your car, the food you feed your family.
0:57.0	And these people pay.
0:58.8	And we don't even know.
1:00.6	The US government says it won't negotiate with terrorists,
1:03.3	but they're OK with all this critical infrastructure,
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