The new age of hacking

In wake of critical bugs like Heartbleed, how is the hacking space evolving and what’s the impact on public security?

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Did you know life-saving medical equipment is now vulnerable to hacking? According to a new study, blue-tooth enabled defibrillators can be manipulated to deliver shocks and digital medical records can now be altered to prescribe the wrong drugs. Stolen health records are worth more than credit card data. We'll explore the booming underground hacking market exploiting digital vulnerabilities. 

On this episode of The Stream, we spoke to:

Billy Rios @XSSniper
Director of vulnerability research and threat intelligence, Qualys
xs-sniper.com

Kim Zetter @KimZetter
Senior reporter, Wired
wired.com/threatlevel

Dan Kaminsky @dakami
Chief scientist, White Ops
whiteops.com

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