china. equifax, for example, opm, the security problems and the fact they retain such sensitive data without the security made it very exposed to sophisticated state hackers. i think rather that focus on a dun s origin, we should focus on how do we actually protect the data in a way that is so much bigger than china. even if tiktok is banned, americans data can be sold to the chinese government by other social media platforms in an open market that is completely unregulated now. you mentioned some other ones there. samm sacks, good to have you on. certainly something we ll continue to talk about. thank you so much. alarming numbers about mortality. we ll take a closer look at what researchers found. next. it was easy.
threat this way, telling the ap says this malware could be users on critical machinery, sabotage industrial processes and stable safety controllers leading to physical destruction machinery that could lead to the loss of human lives. cybersecurity veteran cybersecurity reporter nicole who we have turned to multiple times on this show to explain things to us in plain english. those of us without a tech back on my otherwise not get. when this alert came out tonight, she put and even finer point on it. kind of puts a shiver down your spine. she linked to this new joint alert from the u.s. government tonight, she said this. quote, here we go, new unnamed state hackers are infecting u.s. critical infrastructure, like electrical grid operators, would custom tools capable of worst-case an aerial attacks. there is no soft peddling it. this is very serious.
here we go, new unnamed state hackers are infecting u.s. critical infrastructure, like electrical grid operators, would custom tools capable of worst-case an aerial attacks. there is no soft peddling it. this is very serious. joining us now is nikole cybersecurity journalist, author, she s also an adviser to u.s. security infrastructure security agency which is a house of homeland security. this it s a pleasure to have you with us tonight, thanks for taking time. thanks rachel it s so good to see you and your really set this up well. you and i have had these conversations for years now about russian potential attacks on the grid and we ve seen what they ve done in ukraine. and the reason you and i know that we are in a heightened threat landscape right now is because we know they ve had the access, we know they have the capabilities to shut the power down. we ve seen it in ukraine. what they have not had until now is the geo political to pull the trigger. there is really intere
liquefied natural gas facilities, and our electrical grids. one security company says we should understand the threat this way, telling the a. p. that this malware could be used to shut down critical machinery, sabotage industrial prophecies and disable safety controllers leading to physical destruction of machinery that could lead to the loss of human lives. cybersecurity, veteran cybersecurity reporter, nicole prologue who we have turned to multiple times on this show to explain things in plain english for those of us without a tech background might not otherwise get, when it alert came out tonight, she put an even finer point on it that puts a shiver down your spine, she linked to this new joint alert from the u.s. government tonight, she said this, quote, here we go. new unnamed state hackers are infecting u.s. prose koll infrastructure like electrical grid operators with custom tools
despite being a seemingly legitimate businessman, then, turashev was proving elusive. we deliberately did not try to contact people facing sanctions who are thought to work for the russian intelligence services. all nations hack each other, but some allegations against russian state hackers are extreme, from electricity blackouts to attacks causing billions of dollars of damage globally. the russian government has denied all accusations, routinely laughing them off as western hysteria and russophobia. for the generals, being sanctioned is like a reward. a badge of honour? yes, a badge of honour. even if they have been caught? well, caught in what? for them, it is intelligence gathering against the enemy of the russian state. and it s notjust individuals who are being accused of hacking for the russian state.