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ESL Podcast 834 – Breaching Computer Security
ESL Podcast 834 – Breaching Computer Security
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Audio Index:
Slow dialog: 1:14
Explanations: 3:20
Fast dialog: 17:19
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Jin: Did you hear what happened to McQ Corp?
Dina: No, what?
Jin: Hackers were able to get
unauthorized access to its computer
systems and cause a lot of problems over
the weekend. They destroyed data
and rendered the system
unusable. In fact, the entire system
crashed.
Dina: I hadn’t heard that. Why McQ Corp?
Jin: Well, the company announced last week
that it had implemented new
security measures, which made
their systems impenetrable.
Dina: Ah, that explains it. Making an
announcement like that is like issuing a
challenge.
Jin: Yeah, it was definitely a challenge. I bet a
lot hackers were trying to breach
those security measures, just to show
that it could be done. One of them certainly
found the system’s vulnerabilities
and exploited them.
Dina: What was McQ Corp thinking? They’ve
had problems in the past with hackers and then
they issue this challenge. I say
that it serves them right!
Jin: They shouldn’t have bragged
about their new security measures, but those
hackers caused a lot of damage.
Dina: I bet McQ Corp learned its lesson: Don’t
wave a red flag in front of a bull!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
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