$ 6.3 billion - how the biggest heist happened

They say it’s the biggest crypto currency hack on record. More than 6 billion dollars of digital assets were targetted when hackers attacked Binance - the world’s largest crypto exchange, estimated to have more than 300 million users worldwide. About $3 billion of the 6.3 billion dollars was frozen before the attackers could make off with it but the rest has gone. The FBI has blamed a group of hackers linked to North Korea for the theft. The North Koreans say it wasn’t them… But it’s not the first time North Korean hackers have targetted the crypto currency industry. And then just a few days ago supermarket fridges and freezers came under cyber attack across Europe when hackers managed to heat them up. So what’s happening? How worried should we be and what could be next?

Guests:

Joe Tidy, BBC Cyber Correspondent Geoff White, Investigative journalist and author and co-host of the BBC podcast series, The Lazarus Heist. Emily Taylor, CEO of Oxford Information Labs and co-founder of the Global Signal Exchange Ciaran Martin, Professor at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, former founding Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ (2016 to 2020)

Production team:

Presenter: David Aaronovitch Producers: Caroline Bayley, Alex Last and Kirsteen Knight. Editor: Richard Vadon Sound Engineer: Neil Churchill Production Co-ordinator: Lewis Yates