Episode 3: Critical Digital Infrastructure (from Germany)
For weeks, a cyberattack paralyzed a rural German district in the summer of 2021. It was a case in point for how hackers can knock out entire communities in milliseconds — and how digital technology has become vital for running our societies, making them ever more vulnerable to hacking.
We explore how a criminal industry makes billions by taking computers hostage, and how governments can use similar methods as a political weapon.