Director of Europol - Rob Wainwright
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Are the cyber-crooks several steps ahead of the cyber-cops? Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to Rob Wainwright, head of the European police agency Europol. In every aspect of our public and private lives we have become increasingly dependent on the power of the internet and computing. That makes us vulnerable to those who would do us harm. One such example is the worldwide spread of the ransomware known as WannaCry which has shut down vital computer systems in businesses, and public institutions around the world.
(Photo: Rob Wainwright at a hearing for the March 22 Brussels terror attacks, 2016. Credit: Aurore Belot/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Wed 17 May 201701:06GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
- Wed 17 May 201706:06GMTBBC World Service Australasia, East and Southern Africa & East Asia only
- Wed 17 May 201707:06GMTBBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
- Wed 17 May 201713:06GMTBBC World Service Australasia
- Wed 17 May 201714:06GMTBBC World Service except Australasia & News Internet
- Wed 17 May 201719:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
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