You may have heard there is a big game tonight. Carolina meets Denver in Super Bowl 50, and they will take the field at Levi’s stadium, the home of the San Francisco 49ers, in the heart of Silicon Valley. And yes, in this day and age, anytime you have and event this big, it becomes a huge security undertaking. This year, officials are focusing in particular on cyberthreats. John Lightfoot joins me now. He is assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Francisco division. Welcome to the program.
JOHN LIGHTFOOT: Thank you, Rachel.
MARTIN: Let’s talk about Levi’s Stadium. This is not your average football stadium. It has hundreds of miles of fiber optic cable running through it, 13,000 Wi-Fi access points. How vulnerable is the stadium to a cyberattack, do you think?
LIGHTFOOT: You know, first of all, you’re absolutely right. Levi’s Stadium is not your typical stadium. It is the newest in the country, and it’s the most technologically capable stadium in the world. When they built and designed this place a couple of years ago, they built into it cybersecurity. And so going forward for tonight’s game, we have not assessed that there are any credible cyberthreats to either the functionality of the stadium or to the users or the fan experience for the 80 – 90,000 people who will be there. For the full article click here
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