The three constraints on Influence Operations - Digital Threat Digest
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PGI and The National Crime Agency has started the UK’s first ‘rehab’ course for hackers.
As one hard-hitting headline after another details the targeting of our public and financial services, it is becoming painfully clear that cyber insecurity is one of the greatest threats we face as a nation. It is something that effects society at every level, from small independent firms to large corporations, and even parliament itself.
This week BBC News is looking at all aspects of cyber-security and reports about the first successful boot camp on BBC News, BBC World News, the BBC News Channel and BBCiPlayer (UK only).
As I waited for my flight to be rescheduled during last week’s IT outage, I listened to fellow passengers wonder aloud how a company whose name has never hit their radar could have such an impact on such a spectrum of day-to-day matters.
If you don’t know who Nara Smith is, I’m sorry to say you may just be living under a rock. Nara Smith has simply taken over my Instagram and TikTok feed with her ‘what I cooked for my husband today’, ‘what my toddlers ate today’ or my favourite video format, ‘my husband was craving [insert insane request] so I made it from scratch’.
Explaining how digital incidents severely impact the real world can be difficult, but we are increasingly seeing cyber incidents that illustrate how malicious actors can impact our daily lives.