Journal Entry 8

Most media prioritizes entertainment over the accuracy of information. Usually their goal is to make profit from its stories, rather than leave audiences more informed about a certain topic. To smoothen the flow of a story or make it more engaging, media creators will often remove or change important factual details. But there’s also the possibility that creator does not know enough about the subject, and simply does not care to make corrections. As a result, the media ends up perpetuating many common myths and stereotypes about cybersecurity. This can be harmful to the audience since much of what they learn about the subject is misinformation that can lead to them engaging in risky cyber-behavior, and eventually them becoming a victim of a cybercrime. For instance, one of the movies shown in the video, Skyfall, depicts the Head of Technology of the British Secret Service plugging in a compromised laptop to connect it to their network. The expert in the video pointed out that this is bad operational security, since such an action can lead to everything else connected to the network being compromised as well. Since Skyfall is a fairly popular movie, a lot of people may unfortunately end up being comfortable connecting a dangerous device to their networks, after watching the movie.

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