C3 AI talks to Nicole Perlroth, who covers cybersecurity and digital espionage for The New York Times. She has covered Russian hacks of nuclear plants and elections, North Korea’s cyberattacks against movie studios, and Iranian attacks on oil companies. Her first book – This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends – came out earlier this year and has been optioned for television. In this podcast you will learn:

• Why cyber and ransomware attacks have escalated.
• How “zero-day” exploits became a multi-billion-dollar industry globally.
• Which critical industries are most vulnerable to cyber attacks.
• Whether attacks are state-sponsored or merely tolerated by host countries.
• What governments and companies must do to mitigate the attacks.