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Business Matters: Sunburst hack on US government, 'worst ever'

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19/12/2020 GMT

Sunburst hack on US government, 'worst ever'

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Sunburst hack on US government, 'worst ever'

Cybersecurity officials say there is a "grave risk" to critical infrastructure

Hackers are now known to have at least monitored data within the state, defence, homeland security, and treasury and commerce US government departments; we speak to Theresa Payton, a former chief information officer at the White House and chief executive of cyber security consultancy Fortalice Solutions. Sony has pulled one of the year's most anticipated games, Cyberpunk 2077, as it has bugs. As US vice-president Mike Pence receives his coronavirus vaccine in front of TV cameras, we have a report from New York on how long it might take for benefits from the country's vaccination programme to show in terms of new jobs and financial recovery. We're off to the Lake District in the north west of England full of dramatic fells and magnificent lakes and sheep... and where reporter Faarea Masud spoke to farmer James Rebanks about why he's calling for a return to more sustainable ways of farming. We hear from Kai Ryssdal at Marketplace in the US who's been talking about crowdfunding with the CEO of GoFundMe. Plus we hear how Andrew Slorance won $1,000,000 by re-inventing the wheelchair. We're joined throughout the programme by Sarah Knight, Manager at ABC radio in Perth Australia. (Picture of a computer keyboard via Getty Images).

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