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On Point | Podcast

What the Discord leaks reveal about the Pentagon's own cyber security

On Point | Podcast

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.23.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Cyber warfare is the future of war. And in many ways, that future is already here. So, is the United States ready? Patrick Tucker, Jaspreet Gill and Admiral Mike Rogers join Meghna Chakrabarti.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:30.0

This is on point. I'm Megna Chakrabardi.

0:33.0

So here's a metaphor for you.

0:35.0

You're a Cold War era spy.

0:38.0

You infiltrate the enemy's inner sanctum, pull out your tiny camera,

0:42.0

and photograph top secret documents, which you then quietly deliver,

0:47.0

that tiny role of microfilm to your handler, or mail a micro-dot-full of secrets home in a letter.

0:54.0

Few eyes ever see those images, and the microfilm eventually disappears into the archives.

1:01.0

Sounds familiar, right? Straight out of the movies.

1:04.0

But today, in reality, the whole world is interconnected online.

1:11.0

If someone, say a young, low-ranking Pentagon employee puts top secret documents on the internet,

1:17.0

it's as if that tiny role of microfilm gets instantly projected around the world.

1:24.0

Now, cyberconflict will be central to all war fighting from now on.

1:31.0

For example, in just the first few months of Russia's invasion,

1:34.0

Ukraine absorbed or fended off more than 50 cyber attacks and launched many of its own.

1:41.0

Back in the United States, the Pentagon is full speed ahead,

1:44.0

developing cyber offenses and defenses.

1:48.0

But of course, the Pentagon's data defenses were recently shown to have disturbing vulnerabilities.

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