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Behind the selection of Larry Snelling as Chicago’s next top cop. A deep dive on the latest criminal charges against former President Trump. And the growing threat of hacking hospitals.
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Aug. 15, 2023 - Full Show
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Behind the selection of Larry Snelling as Chicago’s next top cop. A deep dive on the latest criminal charges against former President Trump. And the growing threat of hacking hospitals.
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I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN .
>> I AM TRIAL FOR.
>> GEORGIA PROSECUTORS SEEKS A QUICK TRIAL OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
>> WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> THE CHALLENGES FACING THE NEW POLICE CHIEF IN THE CITY PENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
>> GROWING CONCERNS OVER CYBER ATTACKS ON HOSPITALS, THE IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND PATIENTS , AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW.
>> THE TOP STORIES, FEDERAL LEAF ON THE WAY FOR RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY FLOODING ON THE WEEKEND BEFORE JULY 4th AS THE PRESIDENT MADE A FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION TO HELP THOSE FLOODED BY SEVERE STORMS.
HIS MOVE MEANS RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR GRANTS OR LOANS FOR ANY FLOOD DAMAGE TO THE RESIDENCE FOR BUSINESSES.
>> JURORS HEARD FROM TIM IN HIS FEDERAL CRIMINAL TRIAL, THEY PLAYED RECORDINGS OF HIS GRAND JURY TESTIMONY AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH FORMER TOP ALLY , WHO WAS RECENTLY CONVICTED OF BRIBERY, HE IS FACING FEDERAL PERJURY AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING THE SWEEPING CHARGES OF BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION INVOLVING MADIGAN .
>>> MORE THAN 500 WORKERS AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO HAVE A CONTRACT AFTER VOTING TO UNIONIZE MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
THE UNION VOTED TO APPROVE ITS FIRST CONTRACT .
WORKERS WILL GET PAY RAISES AND HAVE A MINIMUM OF $18 PER HOUR STARTING IN 2025.
ABOUT 600 NONTENURED FACULTY AT THE SCHOOL ARE NEGOTIATING THEIR WORK CONTRACT WORKERS AT SEVERAL OTHER MUSEUMS ACROSS THE CITY ARE ALSO IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF UNIONIZING AND CONTRACT BARGAINING.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MATT MOORE.
>>> NEIGHBORS IN BEVERLY AND WASHINGTON PARK WILL HAVE SPRANG IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO PESTICIDES TO PROTECT THEM AGAINST WEST NILE VIRUS.
THE FIRST SPRAYING OF THE SEASON IS ESPECIALLY TO BEGIN AT DUSK ON 1:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY.
IN ADDITION TO SPRAYING BUT THEY WILL PLACE LARVA SIDE IN CATCH BASINS .
>>> COMING UP , PROTECTING HOSPITALS AGAINST HACKERS.
>>> THE FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA PROSECUTOR SEEKING A SPEEDY TRIAL AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND 18 CO-CONSPIRATORS.
>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.
THE JIM AND KAY MABIE FAMILY.
THE POLK BROTHERS FOUNDATION.
AND BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.
>>> LATE LAST NIGHT, DONALD TRUMP WAS CHARGED WITH 13 COUNTS ON A STATE INDICTMENT IN WHICH PROSECUTORS SAY IT WAS A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE LED BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO OVERTURN THE GEORGIA ELECTION RESULTS IN 2020.
THIS IS WHAT THE FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAID.
>> THE GRAND JURY ISSUED THIS AND I AM GIVING THE DEFENDANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTARILY SURRENDER NO LATER THAN FRIDAY , THE 25th DAY OF AUGUST, 2023.
>> HERE TO BREAK DOWN THE INDICTMENT AND WHY THIS ONE MAY POSE THE BIGGEST RISK FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND A TRIAL LAWYER.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
HOW ARE THESE CHARGES BEYOND AND SIMILAR TO WHAT JACK SMITH BROUGHT IN THE FEDERAL CASE?
>> GREAT COMPARISON , YOU PUT THEM SIDE-BY-SIDE, THE INDICTMENT BY JACK SMITH IS MUCH MORE OF A NARROW AND CAREFULLY DRAWN, HE WAS USING A SCALPEL , SHE IS USING A SLEDGEHAMMER.
SHE FIRED EVERY BULLET SHE COULD AT DONALD TRUMP, CHARGED SWEEPING CRIMES INCLUDING RICO.
JACK SMITH CAREFULLY DREW THAT INDICTMENT AND CHARGED CONSPIRACY AND NOT RICO.
DID NOT CHARGE OTHER DEFENDANTS .
CAREFULLY WROTE HIS INDICTMENT .
IT SEEMS LIKE JACK SMITH IS TRYING TO DO AN AVOIDANCE OF FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES WHERE THE GEORGIA PROSECUTOR WAS TO THROW THE BOOK AT DONALD TRUMP AND ANYONE SHE COULD CHARGE.
>> I WANT TO GET TO RICOTHOSE STATUTES , WITH PARALLELS BETWEEN A FEDERAL PROSECUTION AND STATE PROSECUTION, DO THE FEDERAL AND STATE PROSECUTORS COORDINATE OR COOPERATE IN ANY WAY?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
USUALLY THERE IS SIGNIFICANT COOPERATION.
IN CHICAGO, I WOULD COOPERATE WITH THE STATE PROSECUTORS WHEN I WAS A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR.
WE WOULD DETERMINE IF WE ARE GOING AFTER A STREET GANG, THE FEDS WOULD TAKE ONE GROUP OF DEFENDANTS AND THE STATE WOULD TAKE ANOTHER.
OR THE STATE INVESTIGATED A CASE AND WE WOULD MAKE A DECISION IN PARALLEL.
NOT QUITE THE SAME SITUATION.
SHE THINKS THERE ARE GOOD REASONS TO DO THAT, AND HER PROSECUTION WILL BE HARDER TO SHUT DOWN IF HE IS REELECTED.
THE FEDERAL INDICTMENTS WOULD BE EASY FOR HIM TO SHUT DOWN.
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A SCHEDULE.
>> MAYBE THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE RICO STATUTES THAT ARE SOME OF THE CHARGES BEING THROWN AT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS CO-CONSPIRATORS .
USUALLY RESERVED FOR CRIMINAL GANGS, THE MOB, WHY HERE?
>> RICO IS USUALLY USED AGAINST MOB BOSSES.
LIKE THE TRIAL WE HAD IN CHICAGO.
THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE BEHIND RICO.
THE IDEA IS THAT , WHEN THERE IS A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION, IT IS A WAY TO HAVE THE UNDERLYING CRIME , FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE STREET GANG CONTEXT, STATE CRIMES LIKE MURDER , CONTRIBUTED TO A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE , SO THE LEADER CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.
NOT ORIGINALLY FOR THIS.
IT IS MORE LIBERALLY CONSTRUED IN THE STATE.
EVEN THE FEDS APPLY THE RICO STATUTES UNDER EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
CHARGING R. KELLY AS A RICO CASE.
THERE WAS A GROUP OF TRADERS ON A TRADING DESK CHARGED IN CHICAGO IN FEDERAL COURT AS PART OF A RICO ENTERPRISE BUT WERE FOUND NOT GUILTY.
IT ALLOWS PROSECUTORS TO BRING IN CONDUCT , TO HOLD SOMEONE RESPONSIBLE NOT PERSONALLY INVOLVED.
BUT THE DOWNSIDE IS , IT IS COMPLICATED TO PROVE AND JURORS CAN SCRATCH THEIR HEADS AND FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT IT APPLIES.
>> ESPECIALLY WITH THE 18 CO-CONSPIRATORS , THIS WILL TAKE A LOT LONGER THAN THE JACK SMITH CASE.
MARK MEADOWS , THE CHIEF OF STAFF, HE WANTS TO MOVE IT INTO FEDERAL COURT, ON WHAT GROUNDS WHAT THE DEFENDANT TRIED TO DO THAT AND COULD THEY BE SUCCESSFUL?
>> THEY WOULD HAVE TO ARGUE THAT THE CONDUCT IS ESSENTIALLY PREEMPTED BY FEDERAL LAW.
IN OTHER WORDS , WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAKES A LAW, STATES CANNOT HAVE THEIR OWN LAWS THAT TRUMP THE FEDERAL LAWS.
SO, THEY MAY ARGUE, THE INDICTMENT , THE ACTIONS BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WRITING LETTERS TO SEND TO GEORGIA OFFICIALS, CONDUCT ONLY CAN BE PUNISHED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
>> THAT MAY BE AN ARGUMENT THEY COULD MAKE.
ENLIGHTENING AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU.
>>> NEXT , MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OF ACCOUNTABILITY TALK ABOUT THE NEW POLICE CHIEF OF CHICAGO.
STAY WITH US.
>>> AFTER WEEKS OF SPECULATION, THE MAYOR FINALLY MADE HIS CHOICE AS THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT.
LARRY SNELLING .
HERE IS WHAT THE FUTURE CHIEF SAID ABOUT HIS APPROACH TO POLICING AND TACKLING VIOLENT CRIME.
>> WE HAVE FORGOTTEN EVERYWHERE , THE VICTIMS OF CRIME.
THE TRAUMA THOSE VICTIMS DEAL WITH.
WE CANNOT FORGET ABOUT THEM.
WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE.
EVERY MEMBER OF THE CITY HAS TO BE STAKEHOLDER.
I AM WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY WITHIN THE CITY AND WORK TOGETHER TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE AND MAKE THE CITY AS SAFE AS WE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE IT.
>> HE IS CURRENTLY THE HEAD OF THE COUNTERTERRORISM BUREAU.
MAYOR JOHNSON CALLED HIM A PROVEN LEADER.
HE WITH MORE ON WHY THEY SELECTED HIM ARE ANTHONY DRIVER , PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNICATION MISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT COMMUNITY LEADER AND ADVOCATE FROM THE WESTSIDE, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO SERVED ON THE COMMISSION.
LARRY SNELLING WAS ONE OF THREE FINALISTS THE COMMISSION FORWARDED TO THE MAYOR.
WHAT SET HIM APART ?
>> HIS TRACK RECORD.
HIS PERSONAL STORY.
BORN IN RAISED IN INGLEWOOD.
HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE AN OFFICER.
HE HAS BEEN THROUGH THE RANKS IN THE DEPARTMENT .
>> WHAT WERE YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF HIM ?
>> CHIEF LARRY SNELLING CAME WITH A SENSE OF PREPAREDNESS.
HE WAS ABLE TO SHARE HIS EXPERIENCE AND LESSONS LEARNED.
HE WAS ABLE TO PAINT A CLEAR PICTURE OF HOW HE WILL MOVE FORWARD IN THIS ROLE IN A WAY THAT WOULD BENEFIT EVERYBODY IN CHICAGO.
>> A 31 YEAR VETERAN, HE ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS TO BE IN A POSITION TO APPLY FOR THIS.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT HIM?
>> THAT HE IS DEDICATED.
HE IS CONSISTENTLY MOVED UP THROUGH THE RANKS.
A SERGEANT JUST FIVE YEARS AGO.
IT TELLS YOU ABOUT HIS PREPAREDNESS.
HE HAS BEEN A RANK-AND-FILE OFFICER.
HE HAS RAISED HIS FAMILY HERE.
>> HE WILL TACKLE IMMEDIATE PRESSURE TO FIGURE OUT THE CITY'S PROBLEM WITH VIOLENT CRIME.
WHAT DID HE TELL YOU ABOUT HIS APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM ?
>> SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
THERE IS A NEED TO ENGAGE ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
HE HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO BE PRESENT, INVOLVED , ACCESSIBLE, WHICH IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR SOMEONE IN HIS POSITION.
HE IS LISTENING TO EVERYONE.
EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CHICAGO SO HE CAN MAKE A BALANCED DECISION AND STRATEGY ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD .
>> UNDER PRESSURE TO ACCELERATE THE PROCESS OF PERFORMING THE DEPARTMENT.
HERE IS A LITTLE OF WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
>> IF WE ARE JUST LOOKING TO GET OFFICERS THROUGH TRAINING, WE ARE PUTTING OFFICERS IN TRAINING BUT NOT TRAINING OFFICERS.
WE CANNOT JUST SIMPLY BELIEVE THAT THE CONSENT DECREE, WITHOUT TRUE ENFORCEMENT, IS GOING TO CHANGE THE DEPARTMENT.
IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE DEPARTMENT AND PRODUCE THE BEST POSSIBLE OFFICERS WE CAN PUT OUT THERE, OUR TRAINING HAS TO BE ROBUST AND IT HAS TO WORK FOR OFFICERS .
>> ANTHONY, WILL YOU SEE MORE RAPID COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSENT DECREE ?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
OUR PRIMARY JOB, IT IS OVERSIGHT.
WE WORK WITH EVERY PERSON AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE PAYING ATTENTION TO.
WE WILL EVALUATE THIS AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE OUR DEPARTMENT IS IN COMPLIANT .
>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE PUBLICLY ELECTED COMMISSION HAS GIVEN INPUT ON THE SELECTION OF A SUPERINTENDENT.
HOW DID IT GO ?
>> IT WAS A HEAVY LIFT.
THE RESULTS OF WHERE WE CAME TO , THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS BEING EXCITED ABOUT CHIEF LARRY SNELLING BEING SELECTED , IT IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW GREAT OF A PROCESS IT IS.
WHETHER YOU ARE SPEAKING TO BUSINESS OWNERS , OFFICERS, EVEN THE POLICE UNION .
WE ARE GETTING KUDOS FOR THE PROCESS OF MAKING IT TRANSPARENT, MAKING EVERYONE'S VOICE HEARD.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT.
>> HOW WILL HE BE RECEIVED IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY?
>> HE HAS ALREADY DEMONSTRATED HE HAS RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND OTHER COMMUNITIES .
THAT IS A GREAT THING.
NOT JUST SOMEONE WHO IS A BLACK CHIEF.
HE HAS RELATIONSHIPS ALL OVER THE CITY OF CHICAGO, WITH RANK-AND-FILE OFFICERS, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THAT WORK AND BUILDS TRUST WHERE IT NEVER EXISTED.
>> IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCE , HE SAID WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE OFFICER WELLNESS.
DO YOU THINK HE ALSO RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO CHANGE THE CULTURE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND NOT JUST MEETING THE TRAINING TO MEET THE CONSENT DECREE?
>> ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE MOST DISHEARTENING THINGS I HAVE LEARNED IS HOW STRESSED OUT SOME OF THE OFFICERS WERE.
HIS FOCUS ON TRAINING AND WELLNESS IS NEEDED.
SOMETHING OUR CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS .
>> THERE ARE MORE STEPS, A NUMBER OF CITY COUNCIL HEARINGS AND TOWNHALL HEARINGS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT IT.
>>> NEXT , CONCERNS OVER CYBER ATTACKS ON HOSPITALS.
>> WHAT DOES JUSTICE FOR EMMETT TILL LOOK LIKE?
>> BLACK STORYTELLING IS A HUGE PART OF OUR CULTURE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE YOUNG WRITERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR STORIES.
>> PEOPLE SHOULD FIND THE LIGHT WITHIN THEMSELVES.
IT CAN BE SPARKED WITH AN IDEA.
THAT CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
>>> A GROWING CONCERN BY HOSPITALS IS CYBER HACKING.
ATTACKS ON HOSPITALS MORE THAN DOUBLED BETWEEN 2016 AND 2021.
2000 CHILDREN'S SURGICAL FOUNDATION PATIENTS SAW THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS LEAKED TO AN UNKNOWN PARTY WITH THEIR NAMES, DATES OF BIRTHS, AND HEALTHCARE THE FBI SAYS IS THE NUMBER ONE ATTACK TARGET IN THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE ROBERT WAGNER, SECURITY OFFICER WITH ISSA, CHICAGO CHAPTER .
AND PATRICK DOLAN, SECURITY OFFICER AT LRS I.T.
SOLUTIONS.
ROBERT, WHY ARE THEY SO COMMON ON HOSPITALS?
>> A NUMBER OF REASONS, PEOPLE PRESUME THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY BUT HOSPITALS ARE OPERATING IN THE BLACK.
RIGHT NOW , HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN FOCUSED MAINLY ON PATIENT SAFETY AND NOT CYBERSECURITY.
WHEN IT COMES TO SYSTEMS LIKE THESE, THEY HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF THEMSELVES AS BEING A TARGET.
FROM A CRIMINALS POINT OF VIEW, THEY WILL PAY FAST BECAUSE LIVES ARE ON THE LINE.
NO HOSPITAL WANTS TO PUT PATIENT SAFETY AT RISK.
THEY WOULD MAYBE BE MORE LIKELY TO PAY IT THEN A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
>> WHAT ARE ATTACKERS TRYING TO STEAL AND WHAT DO THEY DO WITH IT?
>> GREAT QUESTION, PARIS.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR PATIENT DATA , SPECIFICALLY SENSITIVE DATA , SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS , FINANCIAL INFORMATION, HEALTH RECORDS , DATE OF BIRTHS , ADDRESSES , ANYTHING THAT CAN BE USED FOR SETTING UP THE HOSPITAL TO PAY RANSOM.
OR SELLING THAT INFORMATION ON THE DARK WEB.
MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AREAS OR REASONS FOR THESE ATTACKERS TO ATTACK HOSPITALS.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS, WHAT ARE SOME SINNERS WHERE THIS DISRUPTED A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM ?
>> WITH ONE AGENCY , THEY JUST ALL RECORDS.
OTHERS, AN ATTACK SHUT DOWN A SYSTEM AND A BABY DIED BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT MONITOR THE VITALS OF THE BABY.
>> THIS IS LIFE-AND-DEATH.
PATRICK, WHAT CAN HOSPITALS DO?
>> A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
FIRST, DO THE BASICS WITH CYBERSECURITY.
THAT CAN INCLUDE INCIDENT RESPONSE PLANS , UNDERSTANDING WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR DATA , BUT THEY'RE USING IT FOR.
UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE SENSITIVE DATA IS.
PROTECTING END POINTS.
SOMETHING ELSE VERY IMPORTANT IS , HAVING THE EXPERTISE INTERNALLY.
THAT IS AN ISSUE, FINDING TALENT.
HAVING SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT YOU CAN TRUST.
IF THEY BUILT ROBUST CYBERSECURITY PROGRAMS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THESE HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS NEED TO FOCUS ON.
>> THEY ARE PAYING THE RANSOM RIGHT AWAY SO THEY CAN GET BACK TO DOING BUSINESS THEY NEED TO DO.
AT WHAT COST ?
>> BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
IN HEALTHCARE FRAUD.
$380 BILLION LAST YEAR BECAUSE THEY USE THE RECORDS FOR EXTORTION , FRAUDULENT HEALTHCARE , EVEN GETTING EQUIPMENT AND SELLING IT ONLINE.
SOME OF THEM ARE NOT DIFFICULT TO TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION CAN REALLY HELP.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE GOOD BACKUPS , THEY CANNOT GET BACK ONLINE FAST.
THAT IS A PROACTIVE THING THAT THEY CAN DO.
>> PATRICK, THE NATURE OF THESE CRIMES , DIFFICULT FOR THE FBI OR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SOLVE.
AT LEAST IN A TIMELY MANNER?
>> IT CERTAINLY CAN BE.
THE WAY THESE ATTACKERS USE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVING YOU PAY RANSOM , WITH THINGS LIKE BITCOIN, WHICH IS HARDER TO TRACK.
IT CAN BE A BURDEN FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO FIND THESE ATTACKERS.
SOMEBODY CAME OUT FROM IBM AND SAID THE AVERAGE TIME IT TAKES TO IDENTIFY A DATA BREACH ITSELF IS 277 DAYS.
THAT IS A LOT OF TIME AFTER THE INITIAL ATTACK.
IT CAN TAKE A LOT OF WORK AND FORENSIC ANALYSIS TO FIND THE ORIGIN OF THESE ATTACKS.
>> HOSPITALS DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME.
IN THE OTHER EXAMPLES LOCALLY?
>> TWO HOSPITALS WERE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF A RANSOMWARE ATTACK.
THEY ARE OPERATING ON A SMALL MARGIN, THAT CAN STOP THEIR ABILITY TO TAKE MONEY WHICH CAN SHUT THEM DOWN.
THOSE HAPPEN IN ILLINOIS THIS YEAR, ONE IN PERU AND I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE THE OTHER ONE WAS.
>> PATRICK, WE TALKED ABOUT THE VULNERABILITY.
ANY OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE VULNERABLE ?
SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ?
>> PARIS, ANYBODY DEALING WITH SENSITIVE DATA.
FINANCIAL SERVICES.
YOU CAN THROW THEM IN.
HIGHER EDUCATION.
EVERYBODY AND ANYONE IS A TARGET FOR A CYBER ATTACK.
NOT JUST THE LARGE ORGANIZATIONS.
WE ARE PAST THE POINT WHERE HEALTHCARE , FINANCIAL SERVICES, WHERE THOSE ARE THE MAIN TARGETS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AS WELL, IT IS ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES.
>> ROBERT , PATRICK, THANK YOU.
WE ARE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>> WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?
WHERE ARE WE ?
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
>> WE WANT TO HELP ANYONE , THROUGH ACADEMIC SUPPORT , EMOTIONAL LEARNING , OR A SAFE SPACE TO BE THERE.
>> THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.
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>> I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN .
STAY HEALTHY, SAFE , AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
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