It is possible, some experts think, for certain hackers to get control of a ballistic missile and launch a nuclear war. Of get control of an electric grid of a whole country and shut it down for months. But some of people think there ought to be a law – an international law that all countries will adopt and obey.

https://youtu.be/VTsVZFu0eq0    (Video version 29 October 2018)

• Branka Marijan, program officer, Project Ploughshares
• John Daniele, VP, Cybersecurity (GTA), in conversation with the host, Metta Spencer.

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