Defeating the Hackers

Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013
Average Rating: ⭐ 9 (1 votes)
BBC TwoSeason 51 - Episode 2

Average Rating: ⭐ 9 (1)
Exploring the murky and fast-paced world of the hackers out to steal money and identities and wreak havoc with people's online lives, and the scientists who are joining forces to help defeat them. Horizon meets the two men who uncovered the world's first cyber weapon, the pioneers of what is called ultra paranoid computing, and the computer expert who worked out how to hack into cash machines.