Broadcasters are ‘particular targets’ for hackers

Broadcasters are not in the front line of the battle of cyber security, IBC’s forum on the subject was told by a leading US cyber security specialist. “You are the battlefield,” the lawyer warned.

Broadcasters are particular targets for many “bad actors” because their channels reach entire populations.

There are no easy solutions because right now it is easier to set up a hacking organisation than stop one.

The first step is, at the very least, to make it more difficult for a hacker to be successful. Rather like protecting your home against burglars, you should have better security than your neighbours.

Beyond that it is about having “brutally frank conversations” inside organisation about the scale of the threat.

The danger is that the eyes of the Chief Executive will often glaze…