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	Podcast:		The Inquiry
	Episode:		Is Cyber Warfare Really That Scary?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:22:58
	Publish Date:		2015-05-04 19:05:00
	Description:		Last month Nato ran a military exercise involving over 400 people from 16 countries. It was the most advanced ‘live-fire’ cyber-defence exercise ever carried out. The point of it all? To help Nato countries prepare for an all-out cyber attack. The former US Secretary of Defence, Leon Panetta, has said “there's a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power system or our grid, our security systems, our financial systems, our governmental systems. This is a real possibility in today's world”. But how real is the threat of cyber warfare? Four expert witness help us separate fact from fiction. (Photo:Binary code cyber war. Credit: Profit_Image/Shutterstock)
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