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🗓️ 14 November 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Some of the most fascinating hacks are the types that don’t just pwn a shady malware company, the trade secrets of America or embarass the Democratic National Committee, but the kinds that target water systems, nuclear power plants and the oil and gas sector.
Critical infrastructure hacking was brought into the public psyche by former Secretary of State and CIA director, Leon Panetta, in a much taunted 2012 speech where he warns of a coming “Cyber Pearl Harbour.”
On this week’s CYBER we have Selena Larson, a former CNN reporter and cyber threat intelligence analyst working over at Dragos which is a leading cybersecurity company that specializes in critical infrastructure security, to tell us what we should be realistically worried about and if she believes Panetta’s speech has any merit in 2019.
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0:00.0 | Tann, it's got the code it's going to launch. |
0:11.0 | It's a unit system. |
0:13.0 | I know this. |
0:15.0 | It's all the files of the whole park. |
0:17.0 | It tells her everything. |
0:19.0 | Sir, he's uploading the virus. |
0:21.8 | Eagle one. |
0:22.6 | The package is being delivered. |
0:25.5 | Here on cyber, one type of hacking we are particularly concerned |
0:29.3 | slash fascinated by are the types of hacks |
0:31.6 | that don't just steal data or trade secrets |
0:34.0 | or embarrass the DNC, |
0:36.2 | but the kinds of the target water systems or nuclear power |
0:39.0 | plants. |
0:40.0 | An electrical generator's motor self-destructs, triggered by a cyber attack. |
0:44.3 | This was a U.S. government exercise, but what happened recently to an American public utility |
0:49.1 | was real. |
0:50.6 | Hackers successfully breached a utility's computer network. |
0:53.8 | The Department of Homeland Security won't identify the company or the type of utility. |
0:58.3 | Experts say it could have been a water treatment plant, a gas pipeline, or a power station. |
1:03.7 | Dragos is a cybersecurity firm that specializes in critical infrastructure security. |
1:09.1 | And today we have Salana Larson, |
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