The Hack that Stopped a Country

Episode 9 April 22, 2021 00:45:23
The Hack that Stopped a Country
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The Hack that Stopped a Country

Apr 22 2021 | 00:45:23

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Show Notes

What if hackers were able to instantly cripple grocery stores, businesses, banks, hospitals, public transit, power plants, and government offices?  While you may not have heard about it, this terrifying worst case scenario has actually happened before, costing more than $10 billion in damages and spreading across global enterprise.  In this third and concluding chapter of our SolarWinds cybersecurity episode series, we tell the story of the 2017 NotPetya attack on Ukraine, and what a repeat could mean for the future of our digitally connected world.

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