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Lauri Love: The realities of cyber security

Stephen Sackur speaks to the accused computer hacker Lauri Love. What does his case tell us about the realities of cyber security?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the accused computer hacker Lauri Love. For nations, corporations and all of us as individuals, the age of the internet has heightened vulnerability. Information and data - the most valuable of all commodities - are at risk from hackers, motivated by greed or national or ideological interest. Lauri Love was, from childhood, a gifted computer geek who joined a so-called hacktivist collective. He was charged with hacking secrets from the US military, and narrowly avoided extradition. What does his case tell us about the realities of cyber security?

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Lauri Love, pictured in February 2018 (Credit: Neil Hall/EPA)

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