Imagine being able to scroll through your memories like an Instagram feed, reliving with vivid details your favourite life moments and backing up the dearest ones.

Now imagine a dystopian version of the same future in which hackers hijack these memories and threaten to erase them if you don’t pay a ransom.

It might sound far-fetched, but this scenario could be closer than you think.

Source: BBC Technology News

Date: February 22nd, 2019

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47277340

Discussion

1) “A hacker could also threaten to erase or overwrite someone’s memories if money is not paid to them” – if we have technology good enough to alter memories, why is it that we won’t have technology good enough to protect that technology from a cyberattack?

2) Should every business student have a more than rudimentary understanding of steps to take around cybersecurity?