{"id":56838,"date":"2017-04-11T13:38:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T18:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=56838"},"modified":"2017-04-11T13:38:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T18:38:51","slug":"cyber-threats-popping-primetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/cyber-threats-popping-primetime\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Threats Popping Up in Prime-Time Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Prime Time Line Up Includes Cyber Threats<\/h4>\n<p>Modern cyber threats have been showing up in various prime-time television shows. \u00a0<em>The Blacklist<\/em> featured an episode showing the vulnerability of computer systems being breached for the hacker&#8217;s benefit. \u00a0<em>The Blacklist Redemption<\/em> also showed systems being hacked due to an unknown backdoor being installed. \u00a0Just last week <em>Chicago Med<\/em>&#8216;s episode featured the hospital being a victim of ransomware.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to working in this industry, I would&#8217;ve brushed it off. \u00a0I likely would have thought it was just a television show and &#8220;those things&#8221; don&#8217;t really happen. \u00a0Most\u00a0viewers likely still will.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is important society understands these are real threats computer users face every single day. \u00a0Just last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/18\/52608\/\">Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center<\/a> was hit with ransomware, resulting in the hospital declaring an &#8220;internal emergency&#8221;. \u00a0The medical facility ended up paying a ransom of $17,000 after trying to remediate their servers for a week.<\/p>\n<p>Breaches are also nothing new. \u00a0Whether it a breach involving payment information, like what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/10\/gamestop-website-breached\/\">GameStop<\/a> recently reported, or patient files leaked, like what occurred at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/05\/abcd-pediatrics-breached-hit-ransomware\/\">ABCD Pediatrics<\/a>; these things happen every single day.<\/p>\n<p>My question to you is &#8212; Does featuring today&#8217;s cyber threats on prime-time television shows boost security awareness?\u00a0 One could argue it does, stating it\u00a0spreads awareness that these things are capable of happening. \u00a0However, the alternative argument is, since it&#8217;s on television, viewers may not believe these are real threats facing business and home users. \u00a0What are your thoughts? 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