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Panorama: How Hackers Steal Your ID 0

Panorama: How Hackers Steal Your ID

Internet security expert James Lyne bought the stolen credit and debit card details of 13 people on the dark web as part of a Panorama investigation

Hackers have stolen the personal details of millions of customers from companies like Talk Talk. So how do cybercriminals get hold of our data? Reporter Daniel Foggo meets the hackers who can break into any website and finds out how criminals profit from our information.

First broadcast: 9th November 2015
Duration 29:04

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Horizon: Cyber Attack – The Day the NHS Stopped

A few weeks ago (2017), the National Health Service was hit by a devastating cyber attack - Horizon tells the inside story of one of the most challenging days in the history of the NHS

On the morning of 12 May 2017 the attack started. Appointment systems, pathology labs, x-rays and even CT scanners were infected – putting not just data but patients lives at risk, and on every screen a simple – some may even say polite – message appeared. ‘Ooops, your files have been encrypted!’

But what followed was far from civilised. It was very clear that all the data on an infected machine was now scrambled and only the hackers could unscramble … Ler mais

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Horizon: Defeating the Hackers

Horizon explores the murky and fast-paced world of hackers who are out to steal money and identities, and meets the scientists joining forces to help defeat them

Exploring the murky and fast-paced world of the hackers out to steal money and identities and wreak havoc with people’s online lives, and the scientists who are joining forces to help defeat them.

Horizon meets the two men who uncovered the world’s first cyber weapon, the pioneers of what is called ultra paranoid computing, and the computer expert who worked out how to hack into cash machines.

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