The cyber conflict in Ukraine
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Alongside the physical conflict in Ukraine, battles are also being fought online. What do they tell us about the evolving nature of hacking attacks and disinformation ? And as volunteer hackers and hacktivists join the fray is there a risk they could provoke a response that takes the conflict to a new level? We also hear how digital businesses in Ukraine are adapting to the sudden arrival of war, and look at the positives and negatives of using satellite broadband to stay online.
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| 0:31.6 | Hello, this is TechTent from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:35.2 | I'm Jane Wakefield, and in a special programme this week, we're looking at the conflict in Ukraine. |
| 0:40.7 | From cyber attacks and disinformation to tech firms having to make choices about what content to allow on their platforms, |
| 0:47.4 | there is a lot to unpick. And with me today is Joe Tidy, the BBC's cyber correspondent. |
| 0:52.8 | Joe, you've been following the conflict online. In fact, |
| 0:55.4 | I don't think you've had any sleep, have you? It's been a very busy time. Yeah, I mean, as you know, |
| 1:00.3 | Jane, it's absolute cyber chaos out there. There are websites being hacked in Russia and Ukraine, |
| 1:05.9 | websites being taken down, and then there's hacking and leaking going on. It's actually really |
| 1:10.0 | hard to keep up with. |
| 1:11.0 | Strange times indeed. And we'll also today be looking at how tech firms in Ukraine are coping with |
| 1:16.4 | the new reality of war as the situation deteriorates. On February 24, I woke up to war. |
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