Cyber Criminals Attempt to Bribe Reporter to Hack BBC
A reporter was approached by cyber criminals offering money to facilitate a hacking attempt on the BBC. The clandestine nature of cyber-crime makes insider threats difficult to detect and discuss.
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36.0K views • Sep 29, 2025
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Like many things in the shadowy world of cyber-crime, an insider threat is something very few people have experience of.
Even fewer people want to talk about it.
But Joe Tidy, cyber correspondent for the BBC World Service, was given a unique and worrying experience of how hackers can leverage insiders when he was propositioned by a criminal gang.
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Even fewer people want to talk about it.
But Joe Tidy, cyber correspondent for the BBC World Service, was given a unique and worrying experience of how hackers can leverage insiders when he was propositioned by a criminal gang.
Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#CyberCrime #Hacking #BBCNews
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