From 2018, Lesley Stahl’s report on RT, the Russian state-owned news network which is accused of spreading disinformation in the United States. Also from 2018, Bill Whitaker’s examination of how Russian operatives launched a widespread cyber-attack against state voting systems during the 2016 presidential election. From 2021, Whitaker’s report on how Russian spies used a popular piece of software to unleash a virus that spread to 18,000 government and private computer networks. And from 2022, Whitaker’s story on the United States’ digital defense against Kremlin-directed cyberattacks.

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0:00 Introduction
0:11 Disinformation Warfare
14:00 Hacking Democracy
27:24 SolarWinds
40:55 Shields Up