1 00:00:00,433 --> 00:00:01,134 >> Sreenivasan: THE DEPARTMENT 2 00:00:01,134 --> 00:00:02,602 OF DEFENSE HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET 3 00:00:02,602 --> 00:00:06,806 OF $686 BILLION FOR 2019, AND, 4 00:00:06,806 --> 00:00:07,974 AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE LION'S 5 00:00:07,974 --> 00:00:09,376 SHARE OF THAT MONEY GOES TO 6 00:00:09,376 --> 00:00:11,144 PLANES, SHIPS, WEAPONRY AND 7 00:00:11,144 --> 00:00:12,545 PERSONNEL TO FIGHT A 8 00:00:12,545 --> 00:00:13,713 CONVENTIONAL WAR. 9 00:00:13,713 --> 00:00:15,448 BUT THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES 10 00:00:15,448 --> 00:00:17,183 ARE ALSO PREPARING FOR A NEW 11 00:00:17,183 --> 00:00:19,285 KIND OF WARFARE FOUGHT NOT ON 12 00:00:19,285 --> 00:00:21,388 LAND AND SEA AND AIR, BUT ACROSS 13 00:00:21,388 --> 00:00:22,722 COMPUTER NETWORKS. 14 00:00:22,722 --> 00:00:23,556 NEWSHOUR WEEKEND SPECIAL 15 00:00:23,556 --> 00:00:24,391 CORRESPONDENT CHRISTOPHER 16 00:00:24,391 --> 00:00:26,893 LIVESAY HAS THE STORY FROM 17 00:00:25,558 --> 00:00:27,994 TALLINN, ESTONIA. 18 00:00:27,994 --> 00:00:28,695 >> Reporter: THE CLOCK IS 19 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:30,630 TICKING AS NATO JUMPS INTO 20 00:00:30,630 --> 00:00:32,499 ACTION TO PROTECT ONE OF THEIR 21 00:00:32,499 --> 00:00:33,333 OWN. 22 00:00:33,333 --> 00:00:34,300 >> THERE ARE NATO NATIONS THAT 23 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:36,336 HAVE DETERRENCE FORCE TROOPS ON 24 00:00:36,336 --> 00:00:37,971 THE ISLAND OF BERYLIA, AND THEY 25 00:00:37,971 --> 00:00:39,773 ARE TRYING TO DETER AGGRESSION 26 00:00:39,773 --> 00:00:41,174 FROM CRIMSONIA. 27 00:00:41,174 --> 00:00:42,042 >> Reporter: BERYLIA'S POWER 28 00:00:42,042 --> 00:00:44,244 GRID HAS BEEN HACKED, ITS WATER 29 00:00:44,244 --> 00:00:46,413 SYSTEM CONTAMINATED... 30 00:00:46,413 --> 00:00:47,981 >> THE DRONES, THEY NEED TO FLY 31 00:00:47,981 --> 00:00:49,015 THEIR MISSION! 32 00:00:49,015 --> 00:00:49,616 >> Reporter: ...AND ITS 33 00:00:49,616 --> 00:00:50,984 SURVEILLANCE DRONES SENT OFF 34 00:00:50,984 --> 00:00:52,685 COURSE, LEADING EUROPE TO THE 35 00:00:52,685 --> 00:00:54,020 BRINK OF WAR. 36 00:00:54,020 --> 00:00:57,624 >> IT MAY BE ATTACKED THIS WAY. 37 00:00:57,624 --> 00:00:58,792 >> Reporter: NO, YOU HAVEN'T 38 00:00:58,792 --> 00:00:59,859 MISSED THE LATEST NEWS FROM 39 00:00:59,859 --> 00:01:00,560 EUROPE. 40 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:02,729 THIS IS NOT REAL WAR; IT'S A WAR 41 00:01:02,729 --> 00:01:04,998 GAME, THE LARGEST LIVE-FIRE 42 00:01:04,998 --> 00:01:06,900 CYBER DEFENSE EXERCISE IN THE 43 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:09,235 WORLD, INVOLVING MORE THAN 1,000 44 00:01:09,235 --> 00:01:11,438 EXPERTS FROM 30 NATIONS. 45 00:01:11,438 --> 00:01:14,074 IT'’’S CALLED LOCKED SHIELDS. 46 00:01:14,074 --> 00:01:14,974 THE NERVE CENTER OF THE 47 00:01:14,974 --> 00:01:17,544 OPERATION IS A HOTEL BALLROOM IN 48 00:01:17,544 --> 00:01:19,079 THE PICTURESQUE EASTERN EUROPEAN 49 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:21,081 CITY OF TALLINN, ESTONIA. 50 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:22,015 IT'S THE HOME OF THE EVENT'S 51 00:01:22,015 --> 00:01:24,417 ORGANIZERS, THE NATO COOPERATIVE 52 00:01:24,417 --> 00:01:25,718 CYBER DEFENSE CENTER OF 53 00:01:25,718 --> 00:01:26,853 EXCELLENCE. 54 00:01:26,853 --> 00:01:27,987 >> THE MOST SERIOUS THREATS ARE 55 00:01:27,987 --> 00:01:29,789 COMING FROM NATIONS AND 56 00:01:29,789 --> 00:01:31,858 NATION-STATES' AFFILIATED 57 00:01:31,858 --> 00:01:32,459 GROUPS. 58 00:01:32,459 --> 00:01:33,159 >> Reporter: THE CENTER'S 59 00:01:33,159 --> 00:01:35,929 DIRECTOR, ESTONIAN MERLE MAIGRE, 60 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:37,297 SAYS IN A WORLD MORE AND MORE 61 00:01:37,297 --> 00:01:39,299 DEPENDENT ON THE INTERNET, THESE 62 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:40,800 WAR GAMES ARE MORE IMPORTANT 63 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:41,968 THAN EVER. 64 00:01:41,968 --> 00:01:44,337 >> THE MOST DANGEROUS TARGETS 65 00:01:44,337 --> 00:01:46,239 ARE IN CRITICAL INFORMATION 66 00:01:46,239 --> 00:01:48,508 INFRASTRUCTURE-- OUR BANKING 67 00:01:48,508 --> 00:01:51,711 SYSTEMS, OUR TRAFFIC CONTROL 68 00:01:51,711 --> 00:01:54,614 SYSTEMS, OUR PORTS, AIRPORTS. 69 00:01:54,614 --> 00:01:58,218 ALL OF THIS IS RUN BY SYSTEMS 70 00:01:58,218 --> 00:02:02,122 THAT WERE SET UP IN THE '70s OR 71 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:03,790 '80s WHEN CYBER SECURITY 72 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:05,492 MEASURES WEREN'T REALLY THE 73 00:02:05,492 --> 00:02:08,228 FIRST PRIORITY, AND THEREBY THEY 74 00:02:08,228 --> 00:02:10,096 ARE VULNERABLE TO CYBER ATTACKS 75 00:02:10,096 --> 00:02:12,365 AS MORE AND MORE SYSTEMS ARE... 76 00:02:12,365 --> 00:02:13,933 ARE LINKED UP WITH INTERNET. 77 00:02:13,933 --> 00:02:14,901 >> Reporter: SO, HYPOTHETICALLY 78 00:02:14,901 --> 00:02:18,004 SPEAKING, A... AN ATTACKER COULD 79 00:02:18,004 --> 00:02:20,440 TARGET THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL 80 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,343 SYSTEM OF A COUNTRY AND CAUSE A 81 00:02:23,343 --> 00:02:24,410 PLANE CRASH. 82 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:25,378 >> ABSOLUTELY. 83 00:02:25,378 --> 00:02:26,646 THEORETICALLY SPEAKING, YOU 84 00:02:26,646 --> 00:02:28,615 DON'T REALLY NEED TO START A WAR 85 00:02:28,615 --> 00:02:30,416 BY TARGETING THE MILITARY. 86 00:02:30,416 --> 00:02:34,087 A CODE CAN RENDER YOUR FIGHTER 87 00:02:34,087 --> 00:02:36,256 PILOTS INCAPABLE EVEN BEFORE 88 00:02:36,256 --> 00:02:37,457 THEY TAKE OFF. 89 00:02:37,457 --> 00:02:39,425 >> Reporter: THE C.C.D.C.O.E. 90 00:02:39,425 --> 00:02:40,727 HAS BEEN RUNNING LOCKED SHIELDS 91 00:02:40,727 --> 00:02:42,795 EVERY YEAR SINCE 2010 WITH A 92 00:02:42,795 --> 00:02:44,764 SIMILAR SCENARIO: THE FICTIONAL 93 00:02:44,764 --> 00:02:46,633 COUNTRY OF CRIMSONIA WHICH SEEKS 94 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:48,501 TO DOMINATE THE REGION LAUNCHES 95 00:02:48,501 --> 00:02:50,203 A MASSIVE CYBER ATTACK AGAINST 96 00:02:50,203 --> 00:02:52,338 THE EQUALLY FICTIONAL BERYLIA. 97 00:02:52,338 --> 00:02:54,207 BERYLIA CALLS ON ITS NATO ALLIES 98 00:02:54,207 --> 00:02:55,241 FOR HELP. 99 00:02:55,241 --> 00:02:56,476 ALTHOUGH THE SCENARIO ISN'T 100 00:02:56,476 --> 00:02:58,011 REAL, THE ATTACKS ARE MEANT TO 101 00:02:58,011 --> 00:03:00,113 MIMIC THREATS THAT ARE, THREATS 102 00:03:00,113 --> 00:03:01,848 LIKE THOSE NATO FACES FROM 103 00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:03,616 POTENTIALLY HOSTILE COUNTRIES 104 00:03:03,616 --> 00:03:05,118 INCLUDING RUSSIA. 105 00:03:05,118 --> 00:03:06,719 >> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED 106 00:03:06,719 --> 00:03:08,454 TWO YEARS BACK IN UKRAINE WHEN 107 00:03:08,454 --> 00:03:09,656 THE ATTACKS AGAINST THE POWER 108 00:03:09,656 --> 00:03:11,291 GRID HAPPENED. 109 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:12,825 >> Reporter: 22 SO CALLED "BLUE 110 00:03:12,825 --> 00:03:14,661 TEAMS" FROM NATO AND E.U. 111 00:03:14,661 --> 00:03:16,896 NATIONS MUST DEFEND BERYLIA. 112 00:03:16,896 --> 00:03:18,131 THEY'LL BE RANKED ON HOW WELL 113 00:03:18,131 --> 00:03:19,532 THEY PROTECT ITS ELECTRICITY 114 00:03:19,532 --> 00:03:21,401 GRID, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION 115 00:03:21,401 --> 00:03:23,469 SYSTEM, SURVEILLANCE DRONES AND 116 00:03:23,469 --> 00:03:25,939 WATER SUPPLY FROM THE HACKERS. 117 00:03:25,939 --> 00:03:27,240 AMERICAN COMMANDER MICHAEL 118 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,308 WIDMANN IS ONE OF THE 119 00:03:28,308 --> 00:03:29,342 COORDINATORS. 120 00:03:29,342 --> 00:03:30,810 >> THESE ARE THE ACTUAL MOCKUPS 121 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:32,178 OF THE WATER GENERATION PLANTS 122 00:03:32,178 --> 00:03:33,012 THAT WE'RE USING DURING THE 123 00:03:33,012 --> 00:03:34,280 EXERCISE. 124 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:35,381 YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE TEAM 125 00:03:35,381 --> 00:03:36,749 NUMBERS CORRESPONDING TO THE 126 00:03:36,749 --> 00:03:37,917 TEAMS THAT ARE TRYING TO DEFEND 127 00:03:37,917 --> 00:03:39,185 THEM. 128 00:03:39,185 --> 00:03:40,587 THIS ONE HERE HAS BEEN 129 00:03:40,587 --> 00:03:41,321 COMPROMISED. 130 00:03:41,321 --> 00:03:42,455 THE WATER'S TURNED GREEN, SO 131 00:03:42,455 --> 00:03:43,523 IT'S NOT SUITABLE FOR HUMAN 132 00:03:43,523 --> 00:03:44,457 CONSUMPTION. 133 00:03:44,457 --> 00:03:45,592 >> Reporter: BLUE IS SAFE. 134 00:03:45,592 --> 00:03:47,093 GREEN MEANS THERE'S TOO LITTLE 135 00:03:47,093 --> 00:03:48,695 CHLORINE IN THE WATER SUPPLY; 136 00:03:48,695 --> 00:03:50,363 RED, TOO MUCH. 137 00:03:50,363 --> 00:03:51,998 >> FROM OVERALL, LOOKING AT THE 138 00:03:51,998 --> 00:03:53,566 MODELS HERE, THREE TEAMS HAVE 139 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:54,734 LOST CONTROL OF THEIR WATER 140 00:03:54,734 --> 00:03:56,402 PURIFICATION PLANTS. 141 00:03:56,402 --> 00:03:57,237 >> Reporter: AND THAT'S LEADING 142 00:03:57,237 --> 00:03:59,205 TO BIGGER PROBLEMS. 143 00:03:59,205 --> 00:04:00,707 >> CITIZENS FROM BERYLIA HAVE 144 00:04:00,707 --> 00:04:01,774 GOTTEN SICK. 145 00:04:01,774 --> 00:04:03,042 THE DETERRENCE FORCE PERSONNEL 146 00:04:03,042 --> 00:04:04,377 THAT ARE ON THE ISLAND ARE NOW 147 00:04:04,377 --> 00:04:05,678 HAVING TO DEAL WITH SICK 148 00:04:05,678 --> 00:04:06,980 PERSONNEL, SICK BERYLIAN 149 00:04:06,980 --> 00:04:07,981 CITIZENS. 150 00:04:07,981 --> 00:04:09,315 THEY'’’RE ALSO DEALING WITH RIOTS. 151 00:04:09,315 --> 00:04:11,384 THEY'RE ALSO DEALING WITH A... A 152 00:04:11,384 --> 00:04:14,120 PROXY GROUP FROM CRIMSONIA THAT 153 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:15,588 ARE ETHNIC CRIMSONIANS WITHIN 154 00:04:15,588 --> 00:04:16,656 BERYLIA. 155 00:04:16,656 --> 00:04:17,690 AND THEY ARE TAKING THE 156 00:04:17,690 --> 00:04:18,725 ADVANTAGE OF THE INCIDENTS THAT 157 00:04:18,725 --> 00:04:21,561 ARE OCCURRING TO DESTABILIZE 158 00:04:21,561 --> 00:04:23,196 THE GOVERNMENT, ESSENTIALLY. 159 00:04:23,196 --> 00:04:23,896 >> Reporter: DURING THE LOCKED 160 00:04:23,896 --> 00:04:25,565 SHIELDS EVENT, DEFENDERS USUALLY 161 00:04:25,565 --> 00:04:27,066 COMPETE REMOTELY FROM THEIR HOME 162 00:04:27,066 --> 00:04:28,001 COUNTRIES. 163 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:29,769 THE ESTONIAN TEAM WAS IN SECURE 164 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:31,638 ROOMS AT C.C.D.C.O.E 165 00:04:31,638 --> 00:04:33,206 HEADQUARTERS IN TALLINN. 166 00:04:33,206 --> 00:04:34,240 THAT'S WHERE WE FOUND THE 167 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,209 AMERICAN TEAM, AS WELL. 168 00:04:36,209 --> 00:04:37,410 IN PAST YEARS, THE U.S. 169 00:04:37,410 --> 00:04:39,178 COMPETED ON ITS OWN AND DIDN'T 170 00:04:39,178 --> 00:04:40,647 ALWAYS FARE WELL. 171 00:04:40,647 --> 00:04:43,149 IN 2017, IT CAME IN 12th. 172 00:04:43,149 --> 00:04:44,417 THIS YEAR, THE U.S. TEAMED UP 173 00:04:44,417 --> 00:04:45,985 WITH THREE BALTIC COUNTRIES, 174 00:04:45,985 --> 00:04:47,553 INCLUDING ESTONIA, WHICH CAME IN 175 00:04:47,553 --> 00:04:49,088 SECOND LAST YEAR. 176 00:04:49,088 --> 00:04:49,889 >> THE MORE WE CAN LEARN FROM 177 00:04:49,889 --> 00:04:50,657 ONE ANOTHER... 178 00:04:50,657 --> 00:04:51,557 >> Reporter: U.S. ARMY COLONEL 179 00:04:51,557 --> 00:04:53,393 BRIAN VILE SAYS IT JUST MADE 180 00:04:53,393 --> 00:04:54,160 SENSE. 181 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:54,927 >> REALLY THIS YEAR WAS A 182 00:04:54,927 --> 00:04:56,262 COMPLETE CHANGE IN TACTIC. 183 00:04:56,262 --> 00:04:56,996 WE SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO 184 00:04:56,996 --> 00:04:57,797 COMPETE INDIVIDUALLY. 185 00:04:57,797 --> 00:04:58,598 INSTEAD, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO 186 00:04:58,598 --> 00:04:59,866 IS WE'RE GOING TO COOPERATE, 187 00:04:59,866 --> 00:05:00,900 LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER. 188 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:02,302 AND THAT WAY, IF WE FINISH FIRST 189 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:03,036 OR WE'RE WITH THE TEAM THAT 190 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:05,338 FINISHED FIRST, WE MAKE SURE 191 00:05:05,338 --> 00:05:06,205 THAT WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY ARE 192 00:05:06,205 --> 00:05:07,373 DOING THAT'’’S SO GOOD. 193 00:05:07,373 --> 00:05:08,241 AND WE CAN TAKE IT BACK TO 194 00:05:08,241 --> 00:05:09,676 OURSELVES AND HOPEFULLY PUSH 195 00:05:09,676 --> 00:05:10,710 THAT BACK OUT TO ALL THE OTHER 196 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:12,078 TEAMS THAT WE WORK WITH AND ALL 197 00:05:12,078 --> 00:05:13,346 THE OTHER ALLIES. 198 00:05:13,346 --> 00:05:14,213 >> Reporter: THE GAME LASTS TWO 199 00:05:14,213 --> 00:05:14,814 DAYS. 200 00:05:14,814 --> 00:05:16,482 IN THE END, EACH TEAM DEFENDING 201 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:18,217 BERYLIA TOOK HITS. 202 00:05:18,217 --> 00:05:19,552 ALL THE SURVEILLANCE DRONES AND 203 00:05:19,552 --> 00:05:21,287 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 204 00:05:21,287 --> 00:05:23,556 WERE COMPROMISED IN SOME WAY, AS 205 00:05:23,556 --> 00:05:24,791 WERE A LITTLE OVER HALF THE 206 00:05:24,791 --> 00:05:26,926 ELECTRICITY AND WATER SYSTEMS. 207 00:05:26,926 --> 00:05:27,694 >> THERE'S A LOT OF LEARNING, 208 00:05:27,694 --> 00:05:28,328 ACTUALLY. 209 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:29,462 >> YEAH, THERE IS A LOT. 210 00:05:29,462 --> 00:05:30,396 >> Reporter: THE U.S./ESTONIA 211 00:05:30,396 --> 00:05:32,398 TEAM CAME IN FOURTH. 212 00:05:32,398 --> 00:05:34,033 BUT COLONEL VILE SAYS WINNING IS 213 00:05:34,033 --> 00:05:36,235 NOT THE POINT OF LOCKED SHIELDS; 214 00:05:36,235 --> 00:05:37,337 LEARNING IS. 215 00:05:37,337 --> 00:05:38,771 >> IT'’’S ALL ABOUT COOPERATION. 216 00:05:38,771 --> 00:05:39,672 IT'S ALL ABOUT INFORMATION 217 00:05:39,672 --> 00:05:40,506 SHARING. 218 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:41,574 NONE OF US IS AS SMART AS ALL OF 219 00:05:41,574 --> 00:05:42,308 US. 220 00:05:42,308 --> 00:05:42,942 >> SOMETHING IS VERY, VERY 221 00:05:42,942 --> 00:05:43,543 WRONG. 222 00:05:43,543 --> 00:05:44,377 >> SO, THE GREAT THING THAT WE 223 00:05:44,377 --> 00:05:45,378 ARE GETTING OUT OF THIS IS THE 224 00:05:45,378 --> 00:05:46,446 ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE 225 00:05:46,446 --> 00:05:47,947 PARTNERS SO IF SOMETHING EVER 226 00:05:47,947 --> 00:05:49,415 DOES HAPPEN IN THE REAL WORLD, 227 00:05:49,415 --> 00:05:51,584 WE'RE THAT MUCH BETTER PREPARED 228 00:05:50,683 --> 00:05:51,617 FOR IT.