Jan 25, 2021 · 43 min · 13 segments
This episode looks at the grey zone weapon of hacking information – like private emails or documents – and then leaking it online to try to influence people or damage reputations. It is a tactic…
Deborah HaynesHost
Chris DonnellyGuestPaul ChichesterGuest
Keir GilesGuest
Ben NimmoGuest
Thomas RidGuestHawkGuest
Our Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un is interested in doing an interview with Dave Skylark.
Oh my God.
Did you just say China? And did you just say dong?
It was about two journalists, played by Seth Rogen and James Franco, who travel to North Korea to interview its leader, Kim Jong-un, but are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.
A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman called the movie the most blatant act of terrorism and war and threatened what he described as a merciless countermeasure.
Then, just ahead of the release date, hackers penetrated Sony's computer systems, stealing thousands of files and then leaking them online.
They included private emails from senior executives detailing unflattering observations about various actors.
In the UK four years later, a little-known British organisation called the Institute for Statecraft also fell foul of this kind of grey zone weapon.
Our Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un is interested in doing an interview with Dave Skylark.
Oh my God.
Did you just say China? And did you just say dong?
It was about two journalists, played by Seth Rogen and James Franco, who travel to North Korea to interview its leader, Kim Jong-un, but are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.
A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman called the movie the most blatant act of terrorism and war and threatened what he described as a merciless countermeasure.
Then, just ahead of the release date, hackers penetrated Sony's computer systems, stealing thousands of files and then leaking them online.
They included private emails from senior executives detailing unflattering observations about various actors.
In the UK four years later, a little-known British organisation called the Institute for Statecraft also fell foul of this kind of grey zone weapon.
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