BBC World News Commissions Cybercrime Series

BBC World News has commissioned a new six-part series, presented by technologist Ben Hammersley, exploring the potential threat of cybercrimes across the globe.

'Cybercrimes' is produced in partnership with The Open University by Tern TV and delves into the world of hacking, which has now become commonplace due to the new generation of organised cybercriminals running complex commercial enterprises, involving leaders, planners, engineers, infantry and hired money mules.
Hammersley investigates the scam emails that fill up our inboxes, why our credit card details are under threat, how drugs and guns can be bought anonymously on the darknet and discovers that governments have the ability to spy on citizens or launch cyber warfare at the push of a button.
Ben Hammersley said: "Cybercrime affects each and every one of us. Every aspect of our lives is vulnerable to the criminal abuse of our networked world – not just by hackers and criminals, but by governments and foreign enemies. In this series, we tell the jaw-dropping stories of some of the biggest cybercrimes of our time and what's being done to try and thwart the criminals."
Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersley is majority funded by the Open University, series produced and directed by Will Aspinall and executive produced by Harry Bell for Tern TV. It was commissioned for The Open University by Caroline Ogilvie.

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