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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyber-Weapons Arms Race | Nicole Perlroth

Published: March 8, 2021, 9 a.m.

In Episode 182 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Nicole Perlroth, award-winning cybersecurity journalist for The New York Times and author of a recently published book on the cyber-weapons arms race titled \u201cThis Is How They Tell Me The World Ends.\u201d\xa0\xa0

This is the latest episode in a series that we\u2019ve devoted to the subject of information security and the threat posed to our infrastructure and to our lives by the cyber-weapons industry.\xa0\xa0

Cyberattacks against individuals, companies, and infrastructure have increased steadily year after year. Attacks like the recent one targeting a water treatment facility in Florida or the Solarwinds hack, discovered last December and which compromised thousands of private and government users \u2014 including Homeland Security, the Pentagon, and the NSA \u2014 are only the tip of the iceberg. These types of attacks are happening 24hrs a day, 7 days a week, and the costs that they impose on individuals and organizations are measured in the trillions of dollars every single year.\xa0\xa0

The purpose of today\u2019s conversation is to highlight both the nature and the urgency of the threat posed by the cyber-weapons industry. You will learn details about the market for exploits and vulnerabilities and what measures we can take to protect ourselves individually and as a society.

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Episode Recorded on 03/05/2021