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LIZ: BREAKING NEWS, AND I DO
JUST WANT TO LET OUR VIEWERS
KNOW, NOW THE DOW IS DOWN 585
POINTS.
THE ACTUAL LOW OF THE SESSION AT
THIS POINT, A LOSS OF 667
POINTS.
WE ARE SEEING TREASURY YIELDS
THAT ARE DROPPING, FLIGHT TO
SAFETY, GOLD ABOVE $1900 A TROY
OUNCE, ANOTHER FLIGHT TO SAFETY,
BECAUSE OF WHAT’S ON YOUR
SCREEN.
WHAT WE SEE IS THE RUSSIAN
ATTACK APPEARS TO BE COMING IN
THE NEXT FEW DAYS ACCORDING TO
WEN LEADERS.
WESTERN LEADERS.
BUT IF YOU TALK TO ANYBODY ELSE,
ESPECIALLY UKRAINE, IT’S ALREADY
STARTED IN CYBERSPACE.
YESTERDAY THE UKRAINIAN
GOVERNMENT REPORTED THE LARGEST
SIGN CYBER ATTACK IN THE
NATION’S HISTORY.
BOTH THE DEFENSE MINISTRY AND
THE COUNTRY’S TWO LARGEST BANKS
WERE BREACHED.
IT’S NOT YET CONFIRMED RUSSIA
WAS BEHIND THE ATTACK, UKRAINE
SAYS THEY ARE MOST LIKELY THE
ONES BEHIND IT.
RUSSIA AND BELARUS RESPONSIBLE
FOR A SEPARATE CYBER ATTACK LAST
MONTH.
LET’S BRING IN TOP CYBERSECURITY
EXPERT AND CROWDSTRIKE CEO
GEORGE KURTZ.
GEORGE, GIVE ME YOUR SENSE OF
WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING HERE.
TO ME, IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT
IT’S THE RUSSIANS BECAUSE IT’S A
PILE ON AT THE MOMENT.
WE KNOW THAT THEY MIGHT BE
TRYING THIS FALSE FLAG OPERATION
WHERE SKIRMISHES START AT THE
BORDERS THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM
OTHER GROUPS OR COUNTRIES, NOT
RUSSIA, SO THAT KIND OF FORCES
UKRAINE TO SWIPE AND TAKE A SHOT
AT THEM, AND THEN SUDDENLY ALL
BETS ARE OFF AND YOU’VE GOT A
WAR.
NOT TO MENTION THEY’RE TRYING TO
PILE ON WITH THE CYBERSECURITY
ATTACKS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE
TODAY, IN 2022, CYBER IS A
CRITICAL ELEMENT OF ANY WARFARE
FIGHTING CAPABILITIES.
WE THINK ABOUT AIR, LAND, SEA.
CYBER IS JUST AS IMPORTANT, AND
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE OF
THE DAMAGE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY
DO.
YOU THINK ABOUT TAKING OUT THE
POWER GRIDS, CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE, GAS LINE,
PIPELINES, I MEAN, THE LIST GOES
ON AND ON, AND RUSSIA HAS,S
CERTAINLY, A HISTORY OF TAKING
OUT THINGS LIKE THE ELECTRICAL
GRID IN 2015.
NOT ONLY CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THERE’S A
BIG PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATION
ELEMENT TO THIS.
SCARING THE CITIZENS OF THE
UKRAINE, CREATING TURMOIL WITHIN
THE COUNTRY, POTENTIALLY FALSE
FLAGS.
SO BIG ELEMENT AND, OBVIOUSLY,S
I THINK EVERYONE IS WAITING TO
SEE HOW THIS UNFOLDS.
LIZ: SECURITY EXPERTS IN THE
UNITED STATES ARE WARNING
COMPANIES -- EVERYONE, NOT JUST
PUBLICLY TRADED, BUT THE SMALLER
COMPANIES HERE IN THE U.S --
SAYING THAT WE COULD SEE A
SPILLOVER EFFECT WHEN IT COMES
TO ALL KINDS OF HACKS.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
YOU’VE BEEN MONITORING A LOT OF
THIS ACTIVITY, SPECIFICALLY ARE
WE STARTING TO SEE THESE BAD
ACTORS KNOCKING ON, YOU KNOW,
THE CYBER DOORS OF U.S.
COMPANIES, AND WHAT SHOULD THEY
BE DOING?
>> WELL, WHETHER THE UKRAINE
CONFLICT IS IN PLAY OR NOT,
WE’RE ALWAYS SEEING NATION-STATE
ADVERSARIES KNOCKING ON THE
DOORS OF ALL COMPANIES, AND
THAT’S JUST THE REALITY OF WHERE
WE ARE.
CYBER IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT TO
ANY CORPORATION AND MAKING SURE
THEY’RE PROTECTING IS ABSOLUTELY
CRITICAL, ONE OF THE TOP ONE OR
TWO RISKS TO ANY BOARDS AT THE
COMPANY LEVEL.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT
SITUATION, I’VE TAKEN MORE PHONE
CALLS FROM CEO, SOME OF THE
LARGEST FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES
ASKING ABOUT THIS UKRAINE
SITUATION.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE OPERATIONS
IN UKRAINE OR THEY HAVE
SUPPLIERS IN THE UKRAINE WHICH
ARE VERY -- WHICH THEY’RE VERY
WORRIED ABOUT.
IN 2017, AN UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE WHERE RUSSIA
INFILTRATED AND KNOCKED OUT SOME
COMPANIES IN UKRAINE, AND THAT
SPREAD UNINTENTIONALLY TO
COMPANIES IN THE U.S.
IT WAS A BIG OUTAGE FOR MANY
COMPANIES.
IF.
LIZ: VERY HARD TO RING FENCE ANY
OPERATION, ISN’T THAT CORRECT,
WHEN IT COMES TO A COMPANY WITH
ANY KIND OF SERVERS IN THE
CLOUD?
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
EXACTLY HOW THESE COMPANIES, WHO
ARE TRYING TO GROW, SHOULD BE
MOVING FORWARD, IT’S IMPORTANT,
ISN’T IT, TO HAVE SOME SERVERS
ON SITE THAT THEY CAN THEN
PERHAPS SHUT OFF THE CLOUD
SERVERS IF THERE’S ANY KIND OF
BREACH, CORRECT?
>> WELL, THERE’S DIFFERENT
MODELS, HYBRID, CLOUD ONLY, ON
PREMISE.
I THINK WHAT’S IMPORTANT IS TO
MAKE SURE THOSE SYSTEMS ARE
PROTECTED THE RIGHT WAY WHETHER
IT’S THEIR ENDPOINT SERVERS OR
CLOUD WORKLOADS.
PROTECTION AND VISIBILITY SO
THAT WHEN THESE ATTACKS HAPPEN,
YOU CANNOT ONLY PREVENT THEM,
BUT YOU CAN IDENTIFY THAT THIS
ATTACK IS HAPPENING AND PREVENT
ANY SORT OF COLLATERAL DAMAGE OR
WHAT WE CALL LATERAL MOVEMENT BY
THE ADVERSARY, AND THAT’S,
OBVIOUSLY, WHAT CROWDSTRIKE IS
FOCUSED ON.
LIZ: GEORGE, DO THESE RUSSIAN
BAD ACTORS HAVE A FINGERPRINT,
SIGNATURE THAT YOU CAN SPOT
PRETTY QUICKLY?
IS AND IF SO, WHAT DOES IT LOOK
LIKE?
>> WE TOBACCO OVER -- TRACK OVER
170 DIFFERENT ADVERSARY GROUPS.
WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST
INTELLIGENCE TEAM, AND GIVING
THE TELEME TRY OF WHAT WE’VE
SEEN ON THESE ATTACKS ACROSS 176
COUNTRIES WHERE WE HAVE OUR
AGENTS AND SOFTWARE LOOKING AT
THESE ATTACKS, THERE CERTAINLY
ARE SELL TALE SIGN -- TELLTALE
SIGNS.
WE CALL THEM THE BIG FOUR, AND
IT’S WHAT WE CALL TRADE CRAFT.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT, I ALWAYS
MAKE THE JOKE PROGRAMMERS ARE
LAZY, THEY WRITE THE PROGRAM
ONCE SO THEY DON’T HAVE TO KEEP
WRITING IT.
THE SAME WAY IN THE CYBER WORLD.
IT’S SO EXPENSIVE TO CREATE
THESE TOOLKITS THAT ARE USED AND
PIECES OF MALWARE, THEY CAN’T
JUST USE THEM ONE TIME, SO THEY
WANT TO TWEAK AND REUSE THEM,
AND IT LEAVES BEFINGERPRINTS
THAT COMPANIES LIKE CROWDSTRIKE