The Hack That Changed The World

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Duration

15 minutes

Genre

Factual

Station

Radio 4

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	The Cold Case	20211101	In 2009, someone broke into the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia and stole emails. The material was distributed online - mainly on blogs linked to climate change sceptics. It was used to make the case that scientists were surreptitiously twisting the facts to exaggerate climate change. That was not the case. But before that became clear, events would take on a life of their own, sparking a global media storm. This is a story that matters - firstly because it may have set back by years efforts to combat climate change. But also because it foretold a future in which emails would be stolen and weaponised and where information and social media would be used to cast doubt on science and expertise. More than a decade on, as the UK hosts a new global climate summit - COP26 in Glasgow - the mystery of who was behind Climategate' remains.? ? BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera goes on the trail of this cyber cold case', talking to the key players as well as police and spies, taking the listener on a journey to a place where climate change and information warfare met - with world-changing consequences. Producer: Sally Abrahams Editor: Richard Vadon Credit: MSNBC News Live 25 November 2009 and NBC Nightly News, 4 December 2009 Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
02	On the Trail	20211102	On the trail of a cyber cold case about global warming, but who are the main suspects? Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
03	The Russia Mystery	20211103	Following an evidence trail pointing towards Russian involvement in the Climategate hack. Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
04	Dark Money	20211104	Who had most to gain from the 'Climategate\u2019 hack and the doubt about science it created? Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
05	The Sceptics	20211105	Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	The Cold Case	20211101	In 2009, someone broke into the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia and stole emails. The material was distributed online - mainly on blogs linked to climate change sceptics. It was used to make the case that scientists were surreptitiously twisting the facts to exaggerate climate change. That was not the case. But before that became clear, events would take on a life of their own, sparking a global media storm. This is a story that matters - firstly because it may have set back by years efforts to combat climate change. But also because it foretold a future in which emails would be stolen and weaponised and where information and social media would be used to cast doubt on science and expertise. More than a decade on, as the UK hosts a new global climate summit - COP26 in Glasgow - the mystery of who was behind Climategate' remains.? ? BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera goes on the trail of this cyber cold case', talking to the key players as well as police and spies, taking the listener on a journey to a place where climate change and information warfare met - with world-changing consequences. Producer: Sally Abrahams Editor: Richard Vadon Credit: MSNBC News Live 25 November 2009 and NBC Nightly News, 4 December 2009 Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
02	On the Trail	20211102	On the trail of a cyber cold case about global warming, but who are the main suspects? Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
03	The Russia Mystery	20211103	Following an evidence trail pointing towards Russian involvement in the Climategate hack. Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
04	Dark Money	20211104	Who had most to gain from the 'Climategate\u2019 hack and the doubt about science it created? Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
05	The Sceptics	20211105	Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?