AWAY FROM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE UNDER ATTACK?
THE REALITY IS CYBER THIEVES ARE EVERYWHERE TRYING TO GET YOUR CREDIT CARD MEMBERS, MONEY, YOUR IDENTITY.
SOME OF THOSE ATTACKS ARE DETECTED RIGHT HERE.
THIS TECH SECURITY COMPANY DELIVERS 30% OF THE WORLD’S WEB TRAFFIC AND THEY ARE ON THE FRONTLINE.
>> YOU ARE MOST OFFICE CONNECTING THROUGH US.
WE MAKE THE WEB FAST FOR USERS AND MAKES IT REALLY HARD TO ACCESS FOR ATTACKERS.
SHAYNA: FROM HERE THEY SECURE AND DELIVER THE DIGITAL EXPERIENCE TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST CORPORATIONS IN THE WORLD.
AND IN HERE, THEY MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
>> ON THIS GLOBE WE CAN SEE THE SOURCE AND DESTINATION FOR ATTACKS HAPPENING IN REAL TIME.
MIKE: JOSH IS VICE PRESIDENT OF SECURITY.
ON THIS DAY ALONE THEY ARE TRACKING MORE THAN 98 MILLION HACKING ATTEMPTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
AMONG THE TRILLIONS OF INTERNET TRANSACTIONS.
CHINA AND RUSSIA ARE AWFUL AND PUBLICLY TIED -- OFTEN PUBLICLY TIED TO HACKING.
>> ATTACKERS ARE SMART.
THEY ARE HIDING WHERE THEIR ACTUAL LOCATION IS BY HACKING AND MACHINE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY AND DOING BAD STUFF FROM THAT MACHINE.
MIKE: NOT ALL THE BAD GUYS ARE HUMAN.
>> ROBOTS HAVE BECOME A HUGE PROBLEM.
WE CALLED THEM BOTS AND THEY CAUSE ALL KINDS OF HAVOC.
MIKE: IN THE LAST 1.5 YEARS THEY HAVE SEEN 55 BILLION BOT ATTACKS.
20% ARE AIMED AT GAMERS.
>> THERE IS ENORMOUS DOLLARS INVOLVED THERE.
ATTACKERS ARE TRYING TO TAKE OVER THEIR ACCOUNTS AND STEAL THE GAME TOKENS, THEIR WEAPONS, THEIR OUTFITS OR WHATEVER.
MIKE: THE MOST COMMON ATTACK, SOMETHING CALLED CREDENTIAL STUFFING.
HACKERS BREACH WEBSITES AND GET ALL THE USER’S NAMES AND PASSWORDS.
THEN THEY ATTACK IN ONE SWOOP, TRYING TO COMBINATIONS ON BIGGER SITES LIKE NEXT TO GET INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
THE BEST ADVICE, USE DIFFERENT PASSWORDS FOR ALL OF YOUR ACCOUNTS.
>> IF I’M TALKING TO MY DAD I AM TELLING HIM ON DIFFERENT WEBSITES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT PASSWORDS.
I HAVE BEEN ASKING HIM TO DO THAT FOR YEARS.
MIKE: BOSTON HAS A LONG HISTORY OF MOVING CARGO.
BY LAND, SEA, OR AIR.
HERE AT THE CONLEY TERMINAL ON CASTLE ISLAND, MORE THAN ONE QUARTER MILLION CONTAINERS MOVE THROUGH EVERY YEAR.
CHECKING FOR ANYTHING ILLEGAL IS A CONSTANT CHALLENGE.
>> EVER SINCE 9/11, WHAT WAS REALIZED IS THE SECURITY IS CRUCIAL.
MIKE: BOB IS THE CEO OF PASSPORT SYSTEMS.
AND THIS IS THEIR NEWEST WEAPON TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
THE SMART SCAN 3-D.
>> YOU CAN PUT ALMOST ANYTHING IN A CARGO CONTAINER.
THEREFORE, THE JOB OF VERIFYING WHAT IS IN IT IS EXTERNALLY COMPLICATED.
MIKE: IT X-RAYS THE INSIDE OF A CARGO CONTAINER.
AND ON A HUGE SCALE.
THE ENTIRE TRUCK IS DRIVEN INTO THE SYSTEM.
THINK OF IT AS WHEN YOU ARE SCANNED AT THE AIRPORT, BUT WITH MUCH MORE DETAIL.
THIS CARGO SCREENING SYSTEM IS SO GROUNDBREAKING THAT WE CANNOT SHOW YOU EVERYTHING.
EVEN TO GET IN, WE HAD TO HAVE SPECIAL SECURITY CLEARANCE.
TO TEST THE TRUCK, STEVE HAD CONTRABAND INSIDE.
>> HERE WE HAVE PALLETS OF PEPPERS.
WE HAVE HIDDEN SOME TEST OBJECTS INSIDE.
THIS IS THE COCAINE STIMULANT, ABOUT 10 KILOS.
MIKE: THERE IS ALSO DEPLETED URANIUM.
THE DRIVER PULLS INTO THE SCANNER AND GETS OUT.
THE 100,000 POUND TRUCK IS ON A MOVING PLATFORM AND IS QUICKLY SCANNED.
A 3D IMAGE IS CREATED.
THE SMART SCAN OPERATOR CAN ROTATE THE IMAGE TO GET A BETTER LOOK INSIDE.
>> UNLIKE TRADITIONAL X-RAY, YOU SEE MORE OF THESE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN THIS 3D IMAGE.
MIKE: THE YELLOW TRIANGLE POINTS OUT AREAS THAT MAY BE SUSPECT.
THE TRUCK IS AUTOMATICALLY MOVED INTO POSITION TO GET A MORE DETAILED SCAN.
THE SCAN CAN EVEN MEASURE AND DETECT CHEMICALS ON AN ATOMIC LEVEL, IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE, NO MATTER HOW THEY ARE DISGUISED.
IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS IDENTIFIES THIS AS COCAINE.
THE WHOLE PROCESS CAN BE DONE IN THREE MINUTES.
>> AS COMPARED TO SEVERAL HOURS OF OPENING UP THE CARGO.
MIKE: DETECTING NUCLEAR MATERIAL OR WEAPONS, EXPLOSIVES, DRUGS, OR SIMPLY CONFIRMING WITH THE MANIFEST SAYS IS REALLY IN THE CONTAINER.
ALL WITHOUT OPENING OR UNLOADING.
>> WE STARTED CONCENTRATING ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, BUT VERY QUICKLY WE IN THE GOVERNMENT REALIZED THAT IT IS EQUALLY APPLICABLE TO CONTRABAND.
SHAYNA: WOW.
THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
AS YOU MENTIONED YOU ACTUALLY HAD TO GO THROUGH SECURITY TO PUT THE PIECE TOGETHER.
MIKE: YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THE BAD GUYS WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS WORKS TOO.
SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
THESE ARE VERY BRIGHT PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUSALLY TWEAKING AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO MA