Hackers breach US government
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Key government agencies are among thousands of organisations believed to have been hit using compromised network software from SolarWinds. Plus Facebook goes to war with Apple over its plans to restrict the targeting of iPhone users by advertisers. And the man whose school photograph became a viral meme without him knowing it. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield. Produced by Jat Gill.
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| 0:56.6 | I'm Rory Catalan Jones, and this week hackers have penetrated key parts of the US government, with fingers being pointed at Russia. |
| 1:04.8 | We find out just how damaging this cyber security lapse could be. |
| 1:09.6 | Facebook goes to war with Apple over plans to let phone |
| 1:12.8 | users opt out of targeted advertising. And we meet the man who became a meme, much to his own |
| 1:19.7 | astonishment. With me this week is BBC Technology reporter Jane Wakefield. Hi Jane, what do you've |
| 1:25.2 | been up to? Hello. Well, I was thinking this week |
| 1:28.1 | would be quite quiet newswise, but it hasn't. So I've been trying to get my head around a variety of |
| 1:32.3 | incredibly complex news stories. Well, you'll be guiding us through them throughout the program. |
| 1:37.9 | Here's the flavour of what's coming up. What we're hearing are a lot of small businesses |
| 1:43.1 | speaking up about the impact this is going to have on |
| 1:46.9 | their businesses that are already struggling? |
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