1 00:00:11,077 --> 00:00:12,000 >>> ONE OF THE COSTLIEST RANSOMWARE ATTACKS IN HISTORY HAPPENED HERE IN LAS VEGAS. ENGLISH SPEAKING HACKERS TEAMED 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:18,000 >>> ONE OF THE COSTLIEST RANSOMWARE ATTACKS IN HISTORY HAPPENED HERE IN LAS VEGAS. ENGLISH SPEAKING HACKERS TEAMED 3 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,253 >>> ONE OF THE COSTLIEST RANSOMWARE ATTACKS IN HISTORY HAPPENED HERE IN LAS VEGAS. ENGLISH SPEAKING HACKERS TEAMED 4 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,000 UP WITH ELITE RUSSIAN HACKERS. IT MAY BE JUST THE BEGINNING. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED? >> THERE'S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 5 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,061 UP WITH ELITE RUSSIAN HACKERS. IT MAY BE JUST THE BEGINNING. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED? >> THERE'S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 6 00:00:28,128 --> 00:00:30,000 INVOLVED AT THIS POINT. >>> DID PEOPLE TRY TO KILL YOU? >> YES. >> AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE HAS 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:36,000 INVOLVED AT THIS POINT. >>> DID PEOPLE TRY TO KILL YOU? >> YES. >> AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE HAS 8 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,570 INVOLVED AT THIS POINT. >>> DID PEOPLE TRY TO KILL YOU? >> YES. >> AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE HAS 9 00:00:37,637 --> 00:00:42,000 BEEN MARKED MOST OF HIS LIFE. IN 2022, A KNIFE-WIELDING ATTACKER ALMOST KILLED HIM. THIS IS HIS FIRST TELEVISION 10 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,478 BEEN MARKED MOST OF HIS LIFE. IN 2022, A KNIFE-WIELDING ATTACKER ALMOST KILLED HIM. THIS IS HIS FIRST TELEVISION 11 00:00:45,545 --> 00:00:48,000 INTERVIEW. >> ONE OF THE SURGEONS WHO SAVED MY LIFE SAID TO ME, HE SAID, FIRST YOU WERE REALLY UNLUCKY. 12 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,652 INTERVIEW. >> ONE OF THE SURGEONS WHO SAVED MY LIFE SAID TO ME, HE SAID, FIRST YOU WERE REALLY UNLUCKY. 13 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:54,000 THEN YOU WERE REALLY LUCKY. I SAID, WHAT'S THE LUCKY PART. HE SAID, THE LUCKY PART IS THE MAN WHO ATTACKED YOU HAD NO IDEA 14 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:00,000 THEN YOU WERE REALLY LUCKY. I SAID, WHAT'S THE LUCKY PART. HE SAID, THE LUCKY PART IS THE MAN WHO ATTACKED YOU HAD NO IDEA 15 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:00,026 THEN YOU WERE REALLY LUCKY. I SAID, WHAT'S THE LUCKY PART. HE SAID, THE LUCKY PART IS THE MAN WHO ATTACKED YOU HAD NO IDEA 16 00:01:00,093 --> 00:01:06,000 HOW TO KILL A MAN WITH A KNIFE. >>> THIS IS A TASMANIAN TIGER, OR WAS A TASMANIAN TIGER. MOST SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE APEX 17 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,735 HOW TO KILL A MAN WITH A KNIFE. >>> THIS IS A TASMANIAN TIGER, OR WAS A TASMANIAN TIGER. MOST SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE APEX 18 00:01:08,802 --> 00:01:12,000 PREDATOR TO BE EXTINCT. BUT LIKE BIG FOOT AND THE LOCH NESS MONSTER, PLENTY OF PEOPLE BELIEVE OTHERWISE, THAT THIS 19 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,509 PREDATOR TO BE EXTINCT. BUT LIKE BIG FOOT AND THE LOCH NESS MONSTER, PLENTY OF PEOPLE BELIEVE OTHERWISE, THAT THIS 20 00:01:16,576 --> 00:01:18,000 TIGER IS STILL ROAMING THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN, HEARD THIS -- 21 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:24,000 TIGER IS STILL ROAMING THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN, HEARD THIS -- 22 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,119 TIGER IS STILL ROAMING THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN, HEARD THIS -- 23 00:01:26,186 --> 00:01:29,556 >> I'M LESLEY STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. 24 00:01:29,622 --> 00:01:30,000 >> I'M JON WERTHEIM. >> I'M CECILIA VEGA. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. THOSE STORIES AND MORE TONIGHT 25 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:35,495 >> I'M JON WERTHEIM. >> I'M CECILIA VEGA. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. THOSE STORIES AND MORE TONIGHT 26 00:01:35,562 --> 00:01:36,000 ON "60 MINUTES." >>> IN THE PAST YEAR, HOSPITALS, PHARMACIES, TECH COMPANIES, LAS VEGAS' BIGGEST HOTELS AND 27 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:42,000 ON "60 MINUTES." >>> IN THE PAST YEAR, HOSPITALS, PHARMACIES, TECH COMPANIES, LAS VEGAS' BIGGEST HOTELS AND 28 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:48,000 ON "60 MINUTES." >>> IN THE PAST YEAR, HOSPITALS, PHARMACIES, TECH COMPANIES, LAS VEGAS' BIGGEST HOTELS AND 29 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:53,880 ON "60 MINUTES." >>> IN THE PAST YEAR, HOSPITALS, PHARMACIES, TECH COMPANIES, LAS VEGAS' BIGGEST HOTELS AND 30 00:01:53,947 --> 00:01:54,000 CASINOS, HAVE BEEN PARALYZED BY RANSOMWARE ATTACKS, IN WHICH HACKERS BREAK INTO A CORPORATE NETWORK, ENCRYPT, OR LOCK UP 31 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:00,000 CASINOS, HAVE BEEN PARALYZED BY RANSOMWARE ATTACKS, IN WHICH HACKERS BREAK INTO A CORPORATE NETWORK, ENCRYPT, OR LOCK UP 32 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,356 CASINOS, HAVE BEEN PARALYZED BY RANSOMWARE ATTACKS, IN WHICH HACKERS BREAK INTO A CORPORATE NETWORK, ENCRYPT, OR LOCK UP 33 00:02:03,423 --> 00:02:06,000 CRITICAL FILES, AND HOLD THEM HOSTAGE UNTIL A RANSOM IS PAID. IT'S A CRIME THAT'S GROWING MORE COSTLY AND DISRUPTIVE EVERY 34 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:10,663 CRITICAL FILES, AND HOLD THEM HOSTAGE UNTIL A RANSOM IS PAID. IT'S A CRIME THAT'S GROWING MORE COSTLY AND DISRUPTIVE EVERY 35 00:02:10,730 --> 00:02:12,000 YEAR. NOW CYBER SECURITY RESEARCHERS FEAR IT'S ABOUT TO GET WORSE WITH THE EMERGENCE OF AN 36 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,869 YEAR. NOW CYBER SECURITY RESEARCHERS FEAR IT'S ABOUT TO GET WORSE WITH THE EMERGENCE OF AN 37 00:02:15,935 --> 00:02:18,000 AUDACIOUS GROUP OF YOUNG CRIMINAL HACKERS FROM THE U.S., UK, AND CANADA, THE FBI CALLS, SCATTERED SPIDER. 38 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:23,510 AUDACIOUS GROUP OF YOUNG CRIMINAL HACKERS FROM THE U.S., UK, AND CANADA, THE FBI CALLS, SCATTERED SPIDER. 39 00:02:23,576 --> 00:02:24,000 MORE TROUBLING, THEY HAVE TEAMED UP WITH RUSSIA'S MOST NOTORIOUS RANSOMWARE GANG. THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, ONE OF THE 40 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:30,000 MORE TROUBLING, THEY HAVE TEAMED UP WITH RUSSIA'S MOST NOTORIOUS RANSOMWARE GANG. THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, ONE OF THE 41 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:36,000 MORE TROUBLING, THEY HAVE TEAMED UP WITH RUSSIA'S MOST NOTORIOUS RANSOMWARE GANG. THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, ONE OF THE 42 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:36,489 MORE TROUBLING, THEY HAVE TEAMED UP WITH RUSSIA'S MOST NOTORIOUS RANSOMWARE GANG. THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, ONE OF THE 43 00:02:36,556 --> 00:02:42,000 MOST PERNICIOUS RANSOMWARE ATTACKS IN HISTORY WAS UNLEASHED ON MGM RESORTS, COSTING THE HOTEL AND CASINO GIANT MORE THAN 44 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,298 MOST PERNICIOUS RANSOMWARE ATTACKS IN HISTORY WAS UNLEASHED ON MGM RESORTS, COSTING THE HOTEL AND CASINO GIANT MORE THAN 45 00:02:45,365 --> 00:02:48,000 $100 MILLION. IT DISRUPTED OPERATIONS AT A DOZEN OF THE MOST RENOWNED GAMING PALACES ON THE LAS VEGAS 46 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:54,000 $100 MILLION. IT DISRUPTED OPERATIONS AT A DOZEN OF THE MOST RENOWNED GAMING PALACES ON THE LAS VEGAS 47 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:54,741 $100 MILLION. IT DISRUPTED OPERATIONS AT A DOZEN OF THE MOST RENOWNED GAMING PALACES ON THE LAS VEGAS 48 00:02:54,807 --> 00:03:00,000 STRIP, MGM GRAND, ARIA, MANDALAY BAY, NEW YORK, THE BELLAGIO. ANTHONY CURTIS IS A LAS VEGAS FIXTURE. 49 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:05,852 STRIP, MGM GRAND, ARIA, MANDALAY BAY, NEW YORK, THE BELLAGIO. ANTHONY CURTIS IS A LAS VEGAS FIXTURE. 50 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:06,000 HE'S SO GOOD AT COUNTING CARDS, HE'S BEEN BANNED FROM CARD GAMES HERE. HE NOW PUBLISHING "THE LAS VEGAS 51 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:12,000 HE'S SO GOOD AT COUNTING CARDS, HE'S BEEN BANNED FROM CARD GAMES HERE. HE NOW PUBLISHING "THE LAS VEGAS 52 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,694 HE'S SO GOOD AT COUNTING CARDS, HE'S BEEN BANNED FROM CARD GAMES HERE. HE NOW PUBLISHING "THE LAS VEGAS 53 00:03:14,761 --> 00:03:18,000 ADVISER," A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ON ALL THINGS VEGAS. >> INCREDIBLY, WHEN IT HAPPENED, I WAS IN AN MGM PROPERTY. 54 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,801 ADVISER," A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ON ALL THINGS VEGAS. >> INCREDIBLY, WHEN IT HAPPENED, I WAS IN AN MGM PROPERTY. 55 00:03:21,868 --> 00:03:24,000 AND IT HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE HAVING DINNER. THERE JUST BEGAN TO BE A RUMBLING THAT SOMETHING WAS 56 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,106 AND IT HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE HAVING DINNER. THERE JUST BEGAN TO BE A RUMBLING THAT SOMETHING WAS 57 00:03:27,173 --> 00:03:30,000 GOING ON. I COULD SEE THAT SLOT MACHINES WERE SITTING DARK, PEOPLE WERE SCRAMBLING AROUND. 58 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,145 GOING ON. I COULD SEE THAT SLOT MACHINES WERE SITTING DARK, PEOPLE WERE SCRAMBLING AROUND. 59 00:03:32,211 --> 00:03:36,000 THE SHUTDOWN WAS STARTING TO TAKE EFFECT. >> ACROSS THE VEGAS STRIP, THOUSANDS OF SLOT MACHINES 60 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,351 THE SHUTDOWN WAS STARTING TO TAKE EFFECT. >> ACROSS THE VEGAS STRIP, THOUSANDS OF SLOT MACHINES 61 00:03:38,418 --> 00:03:42,000 SUDDENLY STOPPED PAYING OUT. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN, PEOPLE ARE GOING, HOW DO I GET MY MONEY? WHAT'S WRONG? 62 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,391 SUDDENLY STOPPED PAYING OUT. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN, PEOPLE ARE GOING, HOW DO I GET MY MONEY? WHAT'S WRONG? 63 00:03:45,458 --> 00:03:48,000 PEOPLE WERE SITTING THERE WAITING AND COULDN'T GET PAID. >> WERE THEY ANGRY? >> THEY WERE GETTING ANGRY, 64 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,065 PEOPLE WERE SITTING THERE WAITING AND COULDN'T GET PAID. >> WERE THEY ANGRY? >> THEY WERE GETTING ANGRY, 65 00:03:52,131 --> 00:03:54,000 YEAH. AND THIS WAS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICE BERGS. >> PARKING GATES FROZE, DIGITAL 66 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,036 YEAH. AND THIS WAS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICE BERGS. >> PARKING GATES FROZE, DIGITAL 67 00:03:57,103 --> 00:04:00,000 DOOR KEYS WOULDN'T WORK. AS COMPUTERS WENT DOWN, RESERVATIONS LOCKED UP AND LINES BACKED UP AT THE FRONT DESKS. 68 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:05,211 DOOR KEYS WOULDN'T WORK. AS COMPUTERS WENT DOWN, RESERVATIONS LOCKED UP AND LINES BACKED UP AT THE FRONT DESKS. 69 00:04:05,278 --> 00:04:06,000 >> ANYTHING THAT REQUIRED TECHNOLOGY WAS NOT WORKING. >> SOUNDS LIKE CHAOS. >> NOBODY KNEW WHAT TO DO. 70 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,283 >> ANYTHING THAT REQUIRED TECHNOLOGY WAS NOT WORKING. >> SOUNDS LIKE CHAOS. >> NOBODY KNEW WHAT TO DO. 71 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:12,000 INCLUDING EMPLOYEES. THE EMPLOYEES JUST HAD TO, YOU KNOW, BEG FORGIVENESS AND PATIENCE. 72 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,821 INCLUDING EMPLOYEES. THE EMPLOYEES JUST HAD TO, YOU KNOW, BEG FORGIVENESS AND PATIENCE. 73 00:04:14,887 --> 00:04:18,000 >> LOOK, IT'S CORPORATE TERRORISM AT ITS FINEST. >> THE COMPANY DECLINED OUR INTERVIEW REQUEST. 74 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,260 >> LOOK, IT'S CORPORATE TERRORISM AT ITS FINEST. >> THE COMPANY DECLINED OUR INTERVIEW REQUEST. 75 00:04:21,327 --> 00:04:24,000 BUT AT A CONFERENCE A MONTH AFTER THE HACK, MGM'S CEO ADMITTED THE DISRUPTIONS WERE DEVASTATING. 76 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:30,000 BUT AT A CONFERENCE A MONTH AFTER THE HACK, MGM'S CEO ADMITTED THE DISRUPTIONS WERE DEVASTATING. 77 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:30,837 BUT AT A CONFERENCE A MONTH AFTER THE HACK, MGM'S CEO ADMITTED THE DISRUPTIONS WERE DEVASTATING. 78 00:04:30,903 --> 00:04:36,000 >> FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, WITH 36,000 HOTEL ROOMS AND REGIONAL PROPERTIES, WE WERE COMPLETELY IN THE DARK. 79 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,977 >> FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, WITH 36,000 HOTEL ROOMS AND REGIONAL PROPERTIES, WE WERE COMPLETELY IN THE DARK. 80 00:04:38,044 --> 00:04:42,000 >> THE HACKERS DEMANDED $30 MILLION TO UNLOCK MGM'S DATA. THE COMPANY REFUSED, BUT THEY 81 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,717 >> THE HACKERS DEMANDED $30 MILLION TO UNLOCK MGM'S DATA. THE COMPANY REFUSED, BUT THEY 82 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:48,000 STILL PAID A PRICE, $100 MILLION IN LOST REVENUE AND MILLIONS MORE TO REBUILD THEIR SERVERS. >> SO, HOW DID THE INTRUDERS GET 83 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:54,000 STILL PAID A PRICE, $100 MILLION IN LOST REVENUE AND MILLIONS MORE TO REBUILD THEIR SERVERS. >> SO, HOW DID THE INTRUDERS GET 84 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,161 STILL PAID A PRICE, $100 MILLION IN LOST REVENUE AND MILLIONS MORE TO REBUILD THEIR SERVERS. >> SO, HOW DID THE INTRUDERS GET 85 00:04:55,228 --> 00:05:00,000 IN? THROUGH A TECHNIQUE OF DECEPTION AND MANIPULATION CALLED SOCIAL ENGINEERING. 86 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,701 IN? THROUGH A TECHNIQUE OF DECEPTION AND MANIPULATION CALLED SOCIAL ENGINEERING. 87 00:05:01,768 --> 00:05:06,000 FIRST, HACKERS ZEROED IN ON AN EMPLOYEE, GATHERING INFORMATION FROM THE DARK WEB AND OPEN SOURCES, LIKE LINKEDIN. 88 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,441 FIRST, HACKERS ZEROED IN ON AN EMPLOYEE, GATHERING INFORMATION FROM THE DARK WEB AND OPEN SOURCES, LIKE LINKEDIN. 89 00:05:08,508 --> 00:05:12,000 NEXT, A SMOOTH-TALKING HACKER IMPERSONATING THE EMPLOYEE CALLED THE MGM TECH HELP DESK AND CONVINCED THEM TO RESET HIS 90 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:17,750 NEXT, A SMOOTH-TALKING HACKER IMPERSONATING THE EMPLOYEE CALLED THE MGM TECH HELP DESK AND CONVINCED THEM TO RESET HIS 91 00:05:17,817 --> 00:05:18,000 PASSWORD. >> WITH THAT, THE HACKER WAS INSIDE MGM'S COMPUTERS AND UNLEASHED THE DESTRUCTIVE 92 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:24,000 PASSWORD. >> WITH THAT, THE HACKER WAS INSIDE MGM'S COMPUTERS AND UNLEASHED THE DESTRUCTIVE 93 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,461 PASSWORD. >> WITH THAT, THE HACKER WAS INSIDE MGM'S COMPUTERS AND UNLEASHED THE DESTRUCTIVE 94 00:05:28,528 --> 00:05:30,000 MALWARE. ANTHONY CURTIS SAYS IT WAS THE CYBER CRIMINAL'S VERSION OF AN "OCEAN'S 11" HEIST. 95 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:36,000 MALWARE. ANTHONY CURTIS SAYS IT WAS THE CYBER CRIMINAL'S VERSION OF AN "OCEAN'S 11" HEIST. 96 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,203 MALWARE. ANTHONY CURTIS SAYS IT WAS THE CYBER CRIMINAL'S VERSION OF AN "OCEAN'S 11" HEIST. 97 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:42,000 >> THEY WANT TO GET THE MONEY. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? >> I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO GLOATING LIKE I LIKE THESE GUYS 98 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,710 >> THEY WANT TO GET THE MONEY. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? >> I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO GLOATING LIKE I LIKE THESE GUYS 99 00:05:43,776 --> 00:05:47,480 BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST CROOKS, RIGHT? BUT THESE HACKERS WERE ABLE TO TURN THE TABLES. 100 00:05:47,547 --> 00:05:48,000 THE CASINOS HAVE THEIR -- THEY HAVE THEIR SYSTEMS. THEY HAVE THEIR PROTECTIONS. THEY HAVE THEIR EXPERTS. 101 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:53,252 THE CASINOS HAVE THEIR -- THEY HAVE THEIR SYSTEMS. THEY HAVE THEIR PROTECTIONS. THEY HAVE THEIR EXPERTS. 102 00:05:53,319 --> 00:05:54,000 THEY HAVE THEIR SECURITY. THESE GUYS ARE BETTER. >> LATER, MGM'S BIGGEST COMPETITOR, CAESARS ADMITTED IT 103 00:05:54,000 --> 00:06:00,000 THEY HAVE THEIR SECURITY. THESE GUYS ARE BETTER. >> LATER, MGM'S BIGGEST COMPETITOR, CAESARS ADMITTED IT 104 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:00,593 THEY HAVE THEIR SECURITY. THESE GUYS ARE BETTER. >> LATER, MGM'S BIGGEST COMPETITOR, CAESARS ADMITTED IT 105 00:06:00,660 --> 00:06:06,000 ALSO SUFFERED A SOCIAL ENGINEERING ATTACK AROUND THE SAME TIME, SUSPECTED BY THE SAME GROUP. 106 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:06,065 ALSO SUFFERED A SOCIAL ENGINEERING ATTACK AROUND THE SAME TIME, SUSPECTED BY THE SAME GROUP. 107 00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:12,000 BUT CAESARS PAID A RANSOM, REPORTEDLY $15 MILLION, AND SUFFERED NO DISRUPTIONS. >> FROM AN FBI PERSPECTIVE, OUR 108 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:17,009 BUT CAESARS PAID A RANSOM, REPORTEDLY $15 MILLION, AND SUFFERED NO DISRUPTIONS. >> FROM AN FBI PERSPECTIVE, OUR 109 00:06:17,076 --> 00:06:18,000 POSITION IS WE RECOMMEND A RANSOM NOT BE PAID, BUT WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A BUSINESS DECISION DURING A TIME OF 110 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:24,000 POSITION IS WE RECOMMEND A RANSOM NOT BE PAID, BUT WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A BUSINESS DECISION DURING A TIME OF 111 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,785 POSITION IS WE RECOMMEND A RANSOM NOT BE PAID, BUT WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A BUSINESS DECISION DURING A TIME OF 112 00:06:25,852 --> 00:06:30,000 CRISIS. >> BRYAN VORNDRAN IS HEAD OF THE FBI'S CYBER DIVISION. HE TOLD US FBI ATTACKS HAVE 113 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:30,990 CRISIS. >> BRYAN VORNDRAN IS HEAD OF THE FBI'S CYBER DIVISION. HE TOLD US FBI ATTACKS HAVE 114 00:06:31,057 --> 00:06:36,000 GROWN INCREASINGLY BRAZEN. >> ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, IT'S A PROBLEM FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND FOR THE U.S. 115 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:36,896 GROWN INCREASINGLY BRAZEN. >> ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, IT'S A PROBLEM FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND FOR THE U.S. 116 00:06:36,963 --> 00:06:42,000 ECONOMY AND FOR THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES. THERE'S ESTIMATES THAT GLOBAL LOSSES EXCEED 1 BILLION U.S. 117 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,138 ECONOMY AND FOR THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES. THERE'S ESTIMATES THAT GLOBAL LOSSES EXCEED 1 BILLION U.S. 118 00:06:45,204 --> 00:06:48,000 DOLLARS PER YEAR. >> HAVE YOU MADE ANY ARRESTS IN THE LAS VEGAS CASES? >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT 119 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,475 DOLLARS PER YEAR. >> HAVE YOU MADE ANY ARRESTS IN THE LAS VEGAS CASES? >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT 120 00:06:49,542 --> 00:06:54,000 SPECIFIC CASES OR SPECIFIC COMPANIES. >> BUT HE DID POINT US TOWARD THE PRIME SUSPECT. 121 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:54,113 SPECIFIC CASES OR SPECIFIC COMPANIES. >> BUT HE DID POINT US TOWARD THE PRIME SUSPECT. 122 00:06:54,180 --> 00:07:00,000 >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ACTORS BEHIND SOME OF THE MORE RECENT RANSOMWARE ATTACKS, THE NAME THAT'S GENERALLY RAISED IS 123 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:05,324 >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ACTORS BEHIND SOME OF THE MORE RECENT RANSOMWARE ATTACKS, THE NAME THAT'S GENERALLY RAISED IS 124 00:07:05,391 --> 00:07:06,000 SCATTERED SPIDER. THAT'S A CRIMINAL GROUP THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ATTENTION ON BECAUSE OF THE HAVOC THEY'RE 125 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,996 SCATTERED SPIDER. THAT'S A CRIMINAL GROUP THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ATTENTION ON BECAUSE OF THE HAVOC THEY'RE 126 00:07:10,062 --> 00:07:12,000 WREAKING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. >> SCATTERED SPIDER IS WHAT THE FBI CALLS A LOOSE KNIT WEB OF 127 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:17,837 WREAKING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. >> SCATTERED SPIDER IS WHAT THE FBI CALLS A LOOSE KNIT WEB OF 128 00:07:17,904 --> 00:07:18,000 NATIVE SPEAKING HACKERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CASINO HACKS AND DOZEN MORE. THEIR SPECIALTY IS SOCIAL 129 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:24,000 NATIVE SPEAKING HACKERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CASINO HACKS AND DOZEN MORE. THEIR SPECIALTY IS SOCIAL 130 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:24,343 NATIVE SPEAKING HACKERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CASINO HACKS AND DOZEN MORE. THEIR SPECIALTY IS SOCIAL 131 00:07:24,410 --> 00:07:30,000 ENGINEERING. >> PART OF THEIR SUCCESS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE FLUENT IN WESTERN CULTURE, THEY KNOW HOW 132 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:30,082 ENGINEERING. >> PART OF THEIR SUCCESS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE FLUENT IN WESTERN CULTURE, THEY KNOW HOW 133 00:07:30,149 --> 00:07:36,000 OUR SOCIETY WORKS, THEY KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO GET SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING. >> ALLISON NIXON IS CHIEF 134 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:36,689 OUR SOCIETY WORKS, THEY KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO GET SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING. >> ALLISON NIXON IS CHIEF 135 00:07:36,756 --> 00:07:42,000 RESEARCH OFFICER AT UNIT 221B, A CYBER SECURITY FIRM THAT FOCUSES ON ENGLISH-SPEAKING CYBER CRIMINALS. 136 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,464 RESEARCH OFFICER AT UNIT 221B, A CYBER SECURITY FIRM THAT FOCUSES ON ENGLISH-SPEAKING CYBER CRIMINALS. 137 00:07:45,531 --> 00:07:48,000 SHE SAYS SCATTERED SPIDER IS JUST ONE OF MANY ELICIT HACKING GROUPS, ALL PART OF A SPRAWLING COLLECTION OF ONLINE CRIMINALS 138 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:54,000 SHE SAYS SCATTERED SPIDER IS JUST ONE OF MANY ELICIT HACKING GROUPS, ALL PART OF A SPRAWLING COLLECTION OF ONLINE CRIMINALS 139 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:54,874 SHE SAYS SCATTERED SPIDER IS JUST ONE OF MANY ELICIT HACKING GROUPS, ALL PART OF A SPRAWLING COLLECTION OF ONLINE CRIMINALS 140 00:07:54,941 --> 00:08:00,000 CALLING THEMSELVES THE COMMUNITY, OR THE COM. >> THE COM IS A SUBCULTURE. IT IS SPECIFICALLY AN ENGLISH 141 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:05,585 CALLING THEMSELVES THE COMMUNITY, OR THE COM. >> THE COM IS A SUBCULTURE. IT IS SPECIFICALLY AN ENGLISH 142 00:08:05,651 --> 00:08:06,000 SPEAKING YOUTH SUBCULTURE THAT HAS ARISEN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. IT'S VERY NEW, BUT IT'S 143 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:11,424 SPEAKING YOUTH SUBCULTURE THAT HAS ARISEN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. IT'S VERY NEW, BUT IT'S 144 00:08:11,490 --> 00:08:12,000 SURPRISINGLY DISRUPTIVE. >> MEMBERS OF THE COM HAVE HACKED INTO COMPANIES LIKE MICROSOFT, NVIDIA, AND 145 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:17,496 SURPRISINGLY DISRUPTIVE. >> MEMBERS OF THE COM HAVE HACKED INTO COMPANIES LIKE MICROSOFT, NVIDIA, AND 146 00:08:17,563 --> 00:08:18,000 ELECTRONIC ARTS. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED? >> YEARS AGO, IT WAS MAYBE A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE. 147 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:23,236 ELECTRONIC ARTS. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED? >> YEARS AGO, IT WAS MAYBE A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE. 148 00:08:23,302 --> 00:08:24,000 BUT SINCE 2018, THE POPULATION HAS EXPLODED BECAUSE OF THE MONEY COMING IN TO THESE GROUPS. AND THERE'S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 149 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:30,000 BUT SINCE 2018, THE POPULATION HAS EXPLODED BECAUSE OF THE MONEY COMING IN TO THESE GROUPS. AND THERE'S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 150 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,212 BUT SINCE 2018, THE POPULATION HAS EXPLODED BECAUSE OF THE MONEY COMING IN TO THESE GROUPS. AND THERE'S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 151 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:36,000 INVOLVED AT THIS POINT. >> HOW ARE THEY CONNECTED? >> THEY CONNECT OVER THE INTERNET, SOCIAL SPACES WHERE 152 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,585 INVOLVED AT THIS POINT. >> HOW ARE THEY CONNECTED? >> THEY CONNECT OVER THE INTERNET, SOCIAL SPACES WHERE 153 00:08:39,652 --> 00:08:42,000 PEOPLE HANG OUT, GAMING SERVERS. IT'S ALMOST ANALOGOUS TO, LIKE, MAYBE THE BACK ALLEY WHERE THE BAD KIDS HANG OUT, BUT ON THE 154 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:48,000 PEOPLE HANG OUT, GAMING SERVERS. IT'S ALMOST ANALOGOUS TO, LIKE, MAYBE THE BACK ALLEY WHERE THE BAD KIDS HANG OUT, BUT ON THE 155 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,195 PEOPLE HANG OUT, GAMING SERVERS. IT'S ALMOST ANALOGOUS TO, LIKE, MAYBE THE BACK ALLEY WHERE THE BAD KIDS HANG OUT, BUT ON THE 156 00:08:49,262 --> 00:08:54,000 INTERNET. >> HOW OLD ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? >> MALES UNDER THE AGE OF 25. >> UNDER 25 DOWN TO -- HOW 157 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,570 INTERNET. >> HOW OLD ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? >> MALES UNDER THE AGE OF 25. >> UNDER 25 DOWN TO -- HOW 158 00:08:57,637 --> 00:09:00,000 YOUNG? >> LIKE, 13, 14. >> INVOLVED THE IN PULLING OFF MAJOR CRIMES? 159 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,607 YOUNG? >> LIKE, 13, 14. >> INVOLVED THE IN PULLING OFF MAJOR CRIMES? 160 00:09:01,674 --> 00:09:06,000 >> YEAH. >> MEMBERS COMMUNICATE AND POST PICTURES ON MESSAGING APPS LIKE TELEGRAM. 161 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,481 >> YEAH. >> MEMBERS COMMUNICATE AND POST PICTURES ON MESSAGING APPS LIKE TELEGRAM. 162 00:09:08,547 --> 00:09:12,000 THEIR CHATTER, A TOXIC STEW OF RACISM, SEXISM, BOASTING ABOUT THE MONEY THEY'VE SCAMMED AND HOW MENACING THEY ARE. 163 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,688 THEIR CHATTER, A TOXIC STEW OF RACISM, SEXISM, BOASTING ABOUT THE MONEY THEY'VE SCAMMED AND HOW MENACING THEY ARE. 164 00:09:15,755 --> 00:09:18,000 >> THERE ARE THESE TOXIC ONLINE SPACES, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN SOCIALIZE AND MINGLE WITH CRIMINALS AND GANG MEMBERS. 165 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:24,000 >> THERE ARE THESE TOXIC ONLINE SPACES, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN SOCIALIZE AND MINGLE WITH CRIMINALS AND GANG MEMBERS. 166 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:24,163 >> THERE ARE THESE TOXIC ONLINE SPACES, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN SOCIALIZE AND MINGLE WITH CRIMINALS AND GANG MEMBERS. 167 00:09:24,230 --> 00:09:30,000 AND THE END RESULT OF ALL OF THIS IS THIS ONLINE SUBCULTURE HAS FORMED THAT GLORIFIES CRIME, THAT MEASURES ONE'S PERSONAL 168 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,172 AND THE END RESULT OF ALL OF THIS IS THIS ONLINE SUBCULTURE HAS FORMED THAT GLORIFIES CRIME, THAT MEASURES ONE'S PERSONAL 169 00:09:33,239 --> 00:09:36,000 WORTH BY HOW MUCH HARM THEY CAN CAUSE THE WORLD. >> SCATTERED SPIDER IS ONE OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED OFFSHOOTS 170 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:40,846 WORTH BY HOW MUCH HARM THEY CAN CAUSE THE WORLD. >> SCATTERED SPIDER IS ONE OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED OFFSHOOTS 171 00:09:40,913 --> 00:09:42,000 OF THE COM. THEIR CRIMINAL EXPLOITS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF CYBER SECURITY COMPANIES AND OTHER HACKERS, 172 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,886 OF THE COM. THEIR CRIMINAL EXPLOITS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF CYBER SECURITY COMPANIES AND OTHER HACKERS, 173 00:09:46,953 --> 00:09:48,000 INCLUDING THE MOST NOTORIOUS RUSSIAN RANSOMWARE GANG, BLACKCAT. THEY SAW THE YOUNG NATIVE 174 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:54,000 INCLUDING THE MOST NOTORIOUS RUSSIAN RANSOMWARE GANG, BLACKCAT. THEY SAW THE YOUNG NATIVE 175 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,061 INCLUDING THE MOST NOTORIOUS RUSSIAN RANSOMWARE GANG, BLACKCAT. THEY SAW THE YOUNG NATIVE 176 00:09:55,127 --> 00:10:00,000 ENGLISH SPEAKING WESTERNERS AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER. BOTH CLAIMED CREDIT FOR THE MGM ATTACK. 177 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:00,900 ENGLISH SPEAKING WESTERNERS AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER. BOTH CLAIMED CREDIT FOR THE MGM ATTACK. 178 00:10:00,967 --> 00:10:06,000 >> HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, RUSSIAN CYBER CRIMINALS DO NOT LIKE WORKING WITH WESTERN CYBER CRIMINALS. 179 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,107 >> HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, RUSSIAN CYBER CRIMINALS DO NOT LIKE WORKING WITH WESTERN CYBER CRIMINALS. 180 00:10:08,174 --> 00:10:12,000 THERE WAS NOT ONLY A LANGUAGE BARRIER, BUT ALSO THEY KIND OF LOOKED DOWN ON THEM AND VIEWED THEM AS UNPROFESSIONAL. 181 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,048 THERE WAS NOT ONLY A LANGUAGE BARRIER, BUT ALSO THEY KIND OF LOOKED DOWN ON THEM AND VIEWED THEM AS UNPROFESSIONAL. 182 00:10:16,115 --> 00:10:18,000 >> THE RUSSIAN AND WESTERN HACKERS MET IN THE SHADOWY CORNERS OF THE DARK WEB AND NOW ARE POWERFUL PARTNERS IN CRIME. 183 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:24,000 >> THE RUSSIAN AND WESTERN HACKERS MET IN THE SHADOWY CORNERS OF THE DARK WEB AND NOW ARE POWERFUL PARTNERS IN CRIME. 184 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:24,457 >> THE RUSSIAN AND WESTERN HACKERS MET IN THE SHADOWY CORNERS OF THE DARK WEB AND NOW ARE POWERFUL PARTNERS IN CRIME. 185 00:10:24,523 --> 00:10:30,000 SCATTERED SPIDER USES ITS ENGLISH AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING SKILLS TO BREAK IN TO WESTERN COMPANIES' NETWORKS. 186 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,264 SCATTERED SPIDER USES ITS ENGLISH AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING SKILLS TO BREAK IN TO WESTERN COMPANIES' NETWORKS. 187 00:10:32,331 --> 00:10:36,000 BLACKCAT PROVIDES ITS EXPERIENCE AND ITS MALWARE, USED IN SOME OF THE MOST SHOCKING RANSOMWARE ATTACKS. 188 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,805 BLACKCAT PROVIDES ITS EXPERIENCE AND ITS MALWARE, USED IN SOME OF THE MOST SHOCKING RANSOMWARE ATTACKS. 189 00:10:39,872 --> 00:10:42,000 INCLUDING THE 2021 ATTACK ON COLONIAL PIPELINE, WHICH CAUSED GAS SHORTAGES UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST. 190 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,779 INCLUDING THE 2021 ATTACK ON COLONIAL PIPELINE, WHICH CAUSED GAS SHORTAGES UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST. 191 00:10:46,846 --> 00:10:48,000 AND THIS YEAR'S ATTACK ON UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, WHICH DISRUPTED PHARMACIES NATIONWIDE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING 192 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:54,000 AND THIS YEAR'S ATTACK ON UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, WHICH DISRUPTED PHARMACIES NATIONWIDE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING 193 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,789 AND THIS YEAR'S ATTACK ON UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, WHICH DISRUPTED PHARMACIES NATIONWIDE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING 194 00:10:56,856 --> 00:11:00,000 A $15 MILLION REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON RUSSIA'S BLACKCAT. >> THIS IS BLACKCAT'S DATA LEAK 195 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:05,931 A $15 MILLION REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON RUSSIA'S BLACKCAT. >> THIS IS BLACKCAT'S DATA LEAK 196 00:11:05,998 --> 00:11:06,000 SITE. >> JON DiMAGGIO, A FORMER ANALYST AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY NOW INVESTIGATES 197 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:12,000 SITE. >> JON DiMAGGIO, A FORMER ANALYST AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY NOW INVESTIGATES 198 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:12,038 SITE. >> JON DiMAGGIO, A FORMER ANALYST AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY NOW INVESTIGATES 199 00:11:12,104 --> 00:11:18,000 RANSOMWARE AS CHIEF SECURITY STRATEGIST FOR THE CYBER SECURITY COMPANY. >> THERE'S A TERM CALLED 200 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,912 RANSOMWARE AS CHIEF SECURITY STRATEGIST FOR THE CYBER SECURITY COMPANY. >> THERE'S A TERM CALLED 201 00:11:19,979 --> 00:11:24,000 RANSOMWARE AS A SERVICE THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO THE STRUCTURE AND FORMAT OF THESE GANGS. >> DiMAGGIO SAYS RANSOMWARE AS A 202 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,886 RANSOMWARE AS A SERVICE THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO THE STRUCTURE AND FORMAT OF THESE GANGS. >> DiMAGGIO SAYS RANSOMWARE AS A 203 00:11:26,952 --> 00:11:30,000 SERVICE HAS TAKEN THE CRIME TO A NEW LEVEL. THE LONG ESTABLISHED RUSSIAN GANGS, LIKE BLACKCAT, OFFER 204 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,526 SERVICE HAS TAKEN THE CRIME TO A NEW LEVEL. THE LONG ESTABLISHED RUSSIAN GANGS, LIKE BLACKCAT, OFFER 205 00:11:33,592 --> 00:11:36,000 THEIR SERVICES, MALWARE, EXPERIENCE NEGOTIATING RANSOMS AND LAUNDERING MONEY, TO WHAT THEY CALL AFFILIATES, LIKE 206 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:41,167 THEIR SERVICES, MALWARE, EXPERIENCE NEGOTIATING RANSOMS AND LAUNDERING MONEY, TO WHAT THEY CALL AFFILIATES, LIKE 207 00:11:41,233 --> 00:11:42,000 SCATTERED SPIDER. >> IN RETURN, WHEN A VICTIM PAYS AN EXTORTION, THE PROFIT THAT COMES FROM IT IS NOW SHARED 208 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:48,000 SCATTERED SPIDER. >> IN RETURN, WHEN A VICTIM PAYS AN EXTORTION, THE PROFIT THAT COMES FROM IT IS NOW SHARED 209 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:48,174 SCATTERED SPIDER. >> IN RETURN, WHEN A VICTIM PAYS AN EXTORTION, THE PROFIT THAT COMES FROM IT IS NOW SHARED 210 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:54,000 AMONGST THOSE CRIMINALS. >> THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN GANGS ARE RUN LIKE LEGITIMATE COMPANIES, WITH EASY TO NAVIGATE 211 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,715 AMONGST THOSE CRIMINALS. >> THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN GANGS ARE RUN LIKE LEGITIMATE COMPANIES, WITH EASY TO NAVIGATE 212 00:11:56,782 --> 00:12:00,000 PLATFORMS, 24 HOUR SERVICE DESKS, EVEN HUMAN RESOURCES TO HIRE SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT 213 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,656 PLATFORMS, 24 HOUR SERVICE DESKS, EVEN HUMAN RESOURCES TO HIRE SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT 214 00:12:03,722 --> 00:12:06,000 SPECIALIZE IN DEVELOPING MALWARE AND RANSOMWARE, AND THEY'RE IN VERY HIGH DEMAND. >> YOU SAID YOU'VE GOTTEN TO 215 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,595 SPECIALIZE IN DEVELOPING MALWARE AND RANSOMWARE, AND THEY'RE IN VERY HIGH DEMAND. >> YOU SAID YOU'VE GOTTEN TO 216 00:12:09,662 --> 00:12:12,000 KNOW SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. >> YES. >> ARE THEY MOSTLY YOUNG MEN? >> THE LEADERSHIP ARE PEOPLE IN 217 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,234 KNOW SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. >> YES. >> ARE THEY MOSTLY YOUNG MEN? >> THE LEADERSHIP ARE PEOPLE IN 218 00:12:15,301 --> 00:12:18,000 THEIR 40s, LATE 30s. THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A FINANCIAL BACKGROUND. 219 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,307 THEIR 40s, LATE 30s. THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A FINANCIAL BACKGROUND. 220 00:12:21,373 --> 00:12:24,000 >> DiMAGGIO SAYS THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT PROVIDES A SAFE HAVEN FOR RANSOMWARE GANGS. >> AS LONG AS THEY DON'T TARGET, 221 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,379 >> DiMAGGIO SAYS THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT PROVIDES A SAFE HAVEN FOR RANSOMWARE GANGS. >> AS LONG AS THEY DON'T TARGET, 222 00:12:27,446 --> 00:12:30,000 YOU KNOW, AN ORGANIZATION THAT FALLS WITHIN RUSSIA OR THE FORMER SOVIET STATE, THEY DON'T GET PROSECUTED. 223 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:34,353 YOU KNOW, AN ORGANIZATION THAT FALLS WITHIN RUSSIA OR THE FORMER SOVIET STATE, THEY DON'T GET PROSECUTED. 224 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:36,000 IT'S NOT CONSIDERED A CRIME. >> IT'S NOT CONSIDERED A CRIME TO ATTACK AMERICAN BUSINESSES? >> IT'S CRAZY, RIGHT? 225 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:40,993 IT'S NOT CONSIDERED A CRIME. >> IT'S NOT CONSIDERED A CRIME TO ATTACK AMERICAN BUSINESSES? >> IT'S CRAZY, RIGHT? 226 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:42,000 THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, THOUGH. >> SO, IT'S LIKE THEY OPERATE WITH IMPUNITY. >> 100%. 227 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,966 THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, THOUGH. >> SO, IT'S LIKE THEY OPERATE WITH IMPUNITY. >> 100%. 228 00:12:47,032 --> 00:12:48,000 THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WHY THIS IS SUCH A POPULAR CRIME. >> RUSSIAN RANSOMWARE HAS BECOME SUCH A THREAT, THE ELITE CYBER 229 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:54,000 THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WHY THIS IS SUCH A POPULAR CRIME. >> RUSSIAN RANSOMWARE HAS BECOME SUCH A THREAT, THE ELITE CYBER 230 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,174 THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WHY THIS IS SUCH A POPULAR CRIME. >> RUSSIAN RANSOMWARE HAS BECOME SUCH A THREAT, THE ELITE CYBER 231 00:12:55,241 --> 00:13:00,000 WARRIORS AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY HAVE JOINED THE FIGHT. BEFORE RETIRING LAST MONTH, ROB 232 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:00,679 WARRIORS AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY HAVE JOINED THE FIGHT. BEFORE RETIRING LAST MONTH, ROB 233 00:13:00,746 --> 00:13:06,000 JOYCE WAS NSA'S DIRECTOR OF CYBER SECURITY. HE TOLD US THE COLONIAL PIPELINE ATTACK WAS A WAKEUP CALL. 234 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,488 JOYCE WAS NSA'S DIRECTOR OF CYBER SECURITY. HE TOLD US THE COLONIAL PIPELINE ATTACK WAS A WAKEUP CALL. 235 00:13:09,555 --> 00:13:12,000 >> IT CAUSED US TO STEP BACK AND DECIDE THAT WE HAD TO PUT MORE RESOURCES INTO THIS FOREIGN THREAT. 236 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,660 >> IT CAUSED US TO STEP BACK AND DECIDE THAT WE HAD TO PUT MORE RESOURCES INTO THIS FOREIGN THREAT. 237 00:13:14,727 --> 00:13:18,000 SO, ONE OF THE THINGS NSA HAS, WE HAVE HACKERS. AND IT REALLY, AT TIMES, TAKES A HACKER TO DEFEAT A HACKER. 238 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:23,769 SO, ONE OF THE THINGS NSA HAS, WE HAVE HACKERS. AND IT REALLY, AT TIMES, TAKES A HACKER TO DEFEAT A HACKER. 239 00:13:23,836 --> 00:13:24,000 THAT'S THE VALUE NSA CAN BRING IS WE CAN IDENTIFY PEOPLE, SPECIFIC PEOPLE, INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES. 240 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:30,000 THAT'S THE VALUE NSA CAN BRING IS WE CAN IDENTIFY PEOPLE, SPECIFIC PEOPLE, INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES. 241 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,711 THAT'S THE VALUE NSA CAN BRING IS WE CAN IDENTIFY PEOPLE, SPECIFIC PEOPLE, INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES. 242 00:13:32,778 --> 00:13:36,000 >> THE NSA HELPED IDENTIFY THE RUSSIAN HACKER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLONIAL PIPELINE ATTACK. AND IN JANUARY 2022, AFTER 243 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:40,653 >> THE NSA HELPED IDENTIFY THE RUSSIAN HACKER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLONIAL PIPELINE ATTACK. AND IN JANUARY 2022, AFTER 244 00:13:40,719 --> 00:13:42,000 MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS, RUSSIA ARRESTED HIM AND OTHER ACCOMPLICES. BUT FIVE WEEKS LATER, IT ALL 245 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:48,000 MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS, RUSSIA ARRESTED HIM AND OTHER ACCOMPLICES. BUT FIVE WEEKS LATER, IT ALL 246 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:48,294 MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS, RUSSIA ARRESTED HIM AND OTHER ACCOMPLICES. BUT FIVE WEEKS LATER, IT ALL 247 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:54,000 CAME UNDONE. >> FOLLOWING THE UKRAINE INVASION, THOSE PEOPLE WERE LET OUT OF JAIL. 248 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:54,099 CAME UNDONE. >> FOLLOWING THE UKRAINE INVASION, THOSE PEOPLE WERE LET OUT OF JAIL. 249 00:13:54,166 --> 00:14:00,000 >> SO, THEY'RE BACK IN BUSINESS. >> YES, SIR. >> AND NOW THEY'VE TEAMED UP WITH THE YOUNG NATIVE ENGLISH 250 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:00,606 >> SO, THEY'RE BACK IN BUSINESS. >> YES, SIR. >> AND NOW THEY'VE TEAMED UP WITH THE YOUNG NATIVE ENGLISH 251 00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:06,000 SPEAKERS OF SCATTERED SPIDER. THE FBI'S BRYAN VORNDRAN CALLS IT AN EVOLUTION OF CYBER CRIME. >> SO, IN THE CASE OF SCATTERED 252 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:10,216 SPEAKERS OF SCATTERED SPIDER. THE FBI'S BRYAN VORNDRAN CALLS IT AN EVOLUTION OF CYBER CRIME. >> SO, IN THE CASE OF SCATTERED 253 00:14:10,282 --> 00:14:12,000 SPIDER, IS IT POWERFUL THAT THEY ARE WITH BLACKCAT? OF COURSE. I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO 254 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,788 SPIDER, IS IT POWERFUL THAT THEY ARE WITH BLACKCAT? OF COURSE. I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO 255 00:14:15,854 --> 00:14:18,000 KNOW THAT WE ARE AGAINST THE VERY CAPABLE SET OF ADVERSARIES. THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT THEIR WORK. WE'RE ALSO VERY GOOD AT OUR 256 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,294 KNOW THAT WE ARE AGAINST THE VERY CAPABLE SET OF ADVERSARIES. THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT THEIR WORK. WE'RE ALSO VERY GOOD AT OUR 257 00:14:22,361 --> 00:14:24,000 WORK. >> IN JANUARY, THE BUREAU ARRESTED A 19-YEAR-OLD FROM FLORIDA, NOAH URBAN, CHARGED 258 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:29,802 WORK. >> IN JANUARY, THE BUREAU ARRESTED A 19-YEAR-OLD FROM FLORIDA, NOAH URBAN, CHARGED 259 00:14:29,868 --> 00:14:30,000 WITH STEALING CRYPTOCURRENCY. HE'S PLEADED NOT GUILTY. CYBER INVESTIGATORS HAVE TIED HIM TO SCATTERED SPIDER, BUT SO 260 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:36,000 WITH STEALING CRYPTOCURRENCY. HE'S PLEADED NOT GUILTY. CYBER INVESTIGATORS HAVE TIED HIM TO SCATTERED SPIDER, BUT SO 261 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,644 WITH STEALING CRYPTOCURRENCY. HE'S PLEADED NOT GUILTY. CYBER INVESTIGATORS HAVE TIED HIM TO SCATTERED SPIDER, BUT SO 262 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:42,000 FAR NOT TO THE CASINO HEISTS. THE SCATTERED SPIDER HACKERS WHO DID PULL OFF THE ATTACK ARE STILL ONLINE, HIDING IN PLAIN 263 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:48,000 FAR NOT TO THE CASINO HEISTS. THE SCATTERED SPIDER HACKERS WHO DID PULL OFF THE ATTACK ARE STILL ONLINE, HIDING IN PLAIN 264 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:48,621 FAR NOT TO THE CASINO HEISTS. THE SCATTERED SPIDER HACKERS WHO DID PULL OFF THE ATTACK ARE STILL ONLINE, HIDING IN PLAIN 265 00:14:48,687 --> 00:14:54,000 SIGHT, IN UNHOLY ALLIANCE WITH RUSSIANS. ALLISON NIXON CALLS LAS VEGAS A HARBINGER. 266 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,661 SIGHT, IN UNHOLY ALLIANCE WITH RUSSIANS. ALLISON NIXON CALLS LAS VEGAS A HARBINGER. 267 00:14:55,728 --> 00:15:00,000 >> THE LEVEL OF CYBER CRIME HAS RISEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT FEELS OVERWHELMING, AND EVERY YEAR IT GETS WORSE. 268 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,433 >> THE LEVEL OF CYBER CRIME HAS RISEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT FEELS OVERWHELMING, AND EVERY YEAR IT GETS WORSE. 269 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:06,000 AND IT FEELS LIKE, AS DEFENDERS, WE'RE -- IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE WINNING EVERY BATTLE AND LOSING THE WAR. 270 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,308 AND IT FEELS LIKE, AS DEFENDERS, WE'RE -- IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE WINNING EVERY BATTLE AND LOSING THE WAR. 271 00:15:17,016 --> 00:15:18,000 >>> SALMAN RUSHDIE HAS BEEN A MARKED MAN FOR NEARLY HALF HIS LIFE. IN 1989, IRAN'S LEADER, 272 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:24,000 >>> SALMAN RUSHDIE HAS BEEN A MARKED MAN FOR NEARLY HALF HIS LIFE. IN 1989, IRAN'S LEADER, 273 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,991 >>> SALMAN RUSHDIE HAS BEEN A MARKED MAN FOR NEARLY HALF HIS LIFE. IN 1989, IRAN'S LEADER, 274 00:15:26,058 --> 00:15:30,000 AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI, DECLARED HIS NOVELS AN INSULT TO ISLAM AND CALLED FOR HIS ASSASSINATION. RUSHDIE WENT INTO HIDING WITH 275 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:36,000 AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI, DECLARED HIS NOVELS AN INSULT TO ISLAM AND CALLED FOR HIS ASSASSINATION. RUSHDIE WENT INTO HIDING WITH 276 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:36,502 AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI, DECLARED HIS NOVELS AN INSULT TO ISLAM AND CALLED FOR HIS ASSASSINATION. RUSHDIE WENT INTO HIDING WITH 277 00:15:36,568 --> 00:15:40,839 AROUND THE CLOCK POLICE PROTECTION FOR TEN YEARS. HE EVENTUALLY MOVED TO THE U.S. AND THOUGHT HE WAS SAFE. 278 00:15:40,906 --> 00:15:42,000 BUT IN AUG 2022, AS HE WAS ABOUT TO SPEAK AT A LITERARY FESTIVAL IN CHAUTAUQUA NEW YORK, RUSHDIE WAS ATTACKED WITH A KNIFE. 279 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:48,000 BUT IN AUG 2022, AS HE WAS ABOUT TO SPEAK AT A LITERARY FESTIVAL IN CHAUTAUQUA NEW YORK, RUSHDIE WAS ATTACKED WITH A KNIFE. 280 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:53,786 BUT IN AUG 2022, AS HE WAS ABOUT TO SPEAK AT A LITERARY FESTIVAL IN CHAUTAUQUA NEW YORK, RUSHDIE WAS ATTACKED WITH A KNIFE. 281 00:15:53,852 --> 00:15:54,000 RUSHDIE LOST HIS RIGHT EYE AND CAME CLOSE TO DYING. HE'S COME TO TERMS WITH THE ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE BY WRITING A 282 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:59,992 RUSHDIE LOST HIS RIGHT EYE AND CAME CLOSE TO DYING. HE'S COME TO TERMS WITH THE ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE BY WRITING A 283 00:16:00,059 --> 00:16:06,000 BOOK ABOUT IT CALLED SIMPLY, "KNIFE," WHICH COMES OUT TUESDAY. THIS IS HIS FIRST TELEVISION 284 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:06,699 BOOK ABOUT IT CALLED SIMPLY, "KNIFE," WHICH COMES OUT TUESDAY. THIS IS HIS FIRST TELEVISION 285 00:16:06,765 --> 00:16:12,000 INTERVIEW SINCE THE ATTACK. >> YOU HAD HAD A DREAM TWO DAYS I THINK IT WAS BEFORE THE ATTACK. 286 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:12,371 INTERVIEW SINCE THE ATTACK. >> YOU HAD HAD A DREAM TWO DAYS I THINK IT WAS BEFORE THE ATTACK. 287 00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:18,000 WHAT WAS THE DREAM? >> I KIND OF HAD A PREMONITION. I HAD A DREAM OF BEING ATTACKED IN A NAZI THEATER. 288 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,145 WHAT WAS THE DREAM? >> I KIND OF HAD A PREMONITION. I HAD A DREAM OF BEING ATTACKED IN A NAZI THEATER. 289 00:16:20,212 --> 00:16:24,000 IT WAS A KIND OF ROMAN EMPIRE DREAM. IT'S AS IF I WAS IN THE COLOSSEUM AND WAS JUST SOMEBODY 290 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,820 IT WAS A KIND OF ROMAN EMPIRE DREAM. IT'S AS IF I WAS IN THE COLOSSEUM AND WAS JUST SOMEBODY 291 00:16:27,886 --> 00:16:30,000 WITH A SPEAR STABBING DOWNWARDS AND I WAS ROLLING AROUND ON THE FLOOR TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM HIM. 292 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,758 WITH A SPEAR STABBING DOWNWARDS AND I WAS ROLLING AROUND ON THE FLOOR TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM HIM. 293 00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:36,000 AND I WOKE UP AND WAS QUITE SHAKEN BY IT. AND I HAD TO GO TO CHAUTAUQUA. I SAID TO MY WIFE, ELIZA, I 294 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:42,000 AND I WOKE UP AND WAS QUITE SHAKEN BY IT. AND I HAD TO GO TO CHAUTAUQUA. I SAID TO MY WIFE, ELIZA, I 295 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,803 AND I WOKE UP AND WAS QUITE SHAKEN BY IT. AND I HAD TO GO TO CHAUTAUQUA. I SAID TO MY WIFE, ELIZA, I 296 00:16:44,870 --> 00:16:48,000 DON'T WANT TO GO. >> BECAUSE OF THE DREAM? >> BECAUSE OF THE DREAM. BUT I THOUGHT, THAT'S SILLY. 297 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,809 DON'T WANT TO GO. >> BECAUSE OF THE DREAM? >> BECAUSE OF THE DREAM. BUT I THOUGHT, THAT'S SILLY. 298 00:16:50,876 --> 00:16:54,000 >> SALMAN RUSHDIE HAD BEEN INVITED TO THE TRANQUIL TOWN OF CHAUTAUQUA TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING WRITERS 299 00:16:54,000 --> 00:17:00,000 >> SALMAN RUSHDIE HAD BEEN INVITED TO THE TRANQUIL TOWN OF CHAUTAUQUA TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING WRITERS 300 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,087 >> SALMAN RUSHDIE HAD BEEN INVITED TO THE TRANQUIL TOWN OF CHAUTAUQUA TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING WRITERS 301 00:17:02,154 --> 00:17:06,000 WHOSE LIVES ARE UNDER THREAT. >> DID YOU HAVE ANY ANXIETY BEING IN SUCH A PUBLIC SPACE? >> NOT REALLY. 302 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,327 WHOSE LIVES ARE UNDER THREAT. >> DID YOU HAVE ANY ANXIETY BEING IN SUCH A PUBLIC SPACE? >> NOT REALLY. 303 00:17:08,394 --> 00:17:12,000 IN THE MORE THAN 20 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING IN AMERICA, I'VE DONE A LOT OF THESE THINGS. >> YOU HAVEN'T HAD SECURITY 304 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,501 IN THE MORE THAN 20 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING IN AMERICA, I'VE DONE A LOT OF THESE THINGS. >> YOU HAVEN'T HAD SECURITY 305 00:17:15,567 --> 00:17:18,000 AROUND YOU, CLOSE PROTECTION DETAIL. >> LONG TIME, LONG TIME. WHAT HAPPENS IN MANY PLACES THAT 306 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,006 AROUND YOU, CLOSE PROTECTION DETAIL. >> LONG TIME, LONG TIME. WHAT HAPPENS IN MANY PLACES THAT 307 00:17:21,073 --> 00:17:24,000 YOU GO AND LECTURE IS THAT THEY'RE USED TO HAVING A CERTAIN DEGREE OF SECURITY, VENUE SECURITY. 308 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,211 YOU GO AND LECTURE IS THAT THEY'RE USED TO HAVING A CERTAIN DEGREE OF SECURITY, VENUE SECURITY. 309 00:17:26,278 --> 00:17:30,000 IN THIS CASE, THERE WASN'T ANY. >> THE IRONY, OF COURSE, IS YOU WERE THERE TO TALK ABOUT WRITERS IN DANGER. 310 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,185 IN THIS CASE, THERE WASN'T ANY. >> THE IRONY, OF COURSE, IS YOU WERE THERE TO TALK ABOUT WRITERS IN DANGER. 311 00:17:33,252 --> 00:17:36,000 >> YEAH, EXACTLY, AND THE NEED FOR WRITERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES TO HAVE SAFE SPACES IN AMERICA, AMONGST OTHER PLACES. 312 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,825 >> YEAH, EXACTLY, AND THE NEED FOR WRITERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES TO HAVE SAFE SPACES IN AMERICA, AMONGST OTHER PLACES. 313 00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:42,000 AND IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE A SAFE SPACE FOR ME. >> FOR YEARS, NO PLACE WAS SAFE FOR SALMAN RUSHDIE, WHOSE 314 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:48,000 AND IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE A SAFE SPACE FOR ME. >> FOR YEARS, NO PLACE WAS SAFE FOR SALMAN RUSHDIE, WHOSE 315 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,034 AND IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE A SAFE SPACE FOR ME. >> FOR YEARS, NO PLACE WAS SAFE FOR SALMAN RUSHDIE, WHOSE 316 00:17:49,101 --> 00:17:54,000 "SATANIC VERSES" OFFENDED SOME MUSS MUSLIMS FOR ITS DEPICTION OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD. 317 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:59,878 "SATANIC VERSES" OFFENDED SOME MUSS MUSLIMS FOR ITS DEPICTION OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD. 318 00:17:59,945 --> 00:18:00,000 FATWA, A DECREE CALLING FOR RUSHDIE'S DEATH IN 1989. THERE WERE WORLDWIDE PROTESTS FROM LONDON TO -- THE BOOK'S 319 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:06,000 FATWA, A DECREE CALLING FOR RUSHDIE'S DEATH IN 1989. THERE WERE WORLDWIDE PROTESTS FROM LONDON TO -- THE BOOK'S 320 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:12,000 FATWA, A DECREE CALLING FOR RUSHDIE'S DEATH IN 1989. THERE WERE WORLDWIDE PROTESTS FROM LONDON TO -- THE BOOK'S 321 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:12,958 FATWA, A DECREE CALLING FOR RUSHDIE'S DEATH IN 1989. THERE WERE WORLDWIDE PROTESTS FROM LONDON TO -- THE BOOK'S 322 00:18:13,025 --> 00:18:18,000 JAPANESE TRANSLATOR WAS MURDERED, AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH IT WERE ATTACKED. >> DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THAT IT 323 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,164 JAPANESE TRANSLATOR WAS MURDERED, AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH IT WERE ATTACKED. >> DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THAT IT 324 00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:24,000 WOULD CAUSE VIOLENCE? >> NO. I HAD NO IDEA. I THOUGHT PROBABLY SOME 325 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:24,503 WOULD CAUSE VIOLENCE? >> NO. I HAD NO IDEA. I THOUGHT PROBABLY SOME 326 00:18:24,570 --> 00:18:28,006 CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WOULDN'T LIKE IT. BUT THEY DIDN'T LIKE ANYTHING I WROTE ANYWAY. 327 00:18:28,073 --> 00:18:30,000 SO, I THOUGHT, WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE TO READ IT. >> WERE YOU NAIVE? >> PROBABLY. 328 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,111 SO, I THOUGHT, WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE TO READ IT. >> WERE YOU NAIVE? >> PROBABLY. 329 00:18:33,178 --> 00:18:36,000 IT'S EASY LOOKING BACK. NOTHING LIKE THIS HAD EVER HAPPENED TO ANYBODY. AND OF COURSE ALL THOSE PEOPLE 330 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,284 IT'S EASY LOOKING BACK. NOTHING LIKE THIS HAD EVER HAPPENED TO ANYBODY. AND OF COURSE ALL THOSE PEOPLE 331 00:18:39,351 --> 00:18:42,000 WHO ATTACKED THE BOOK DID SO WITHOUT READING IT. I'M OFTEN TOLD THAT I'M INTENDED TO INSULT, OFFEND PEOPLE. 332 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:48,000 WHO ATTACKED THE BOOK DID SO WITHOUT READING IT. I'M OFTEN TOLD THAT I'M INTENDED TO INSULT, OFFEND PEOPLE. 333 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:48,327 WHO ATTACKED THE BOOK DID SO WITHOUT READING IT. I'M OFTEN TOLD THAT I'M INTENDED TO INSULT, OFFEND PEOPLE. 334 00:18:48,393 --> 00:18:54,000 MY VIEW IS, IF I NEED TO INSULT YOU, I CAN DO IT REALLY QUICKLY. I DON'T NEED TO SPEND FIVE YEARS OF MY LIFE TRYING TO WRITE A 335 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,702 MY VIEW IS, IF I NEED TO INSULT YOU, I CAN DO IT REALLY QUICKLY. I DON'T NEED TO SPEND FIVE YEARS OF MY LIFE TRYING TO WRITE A 336 00:18:56,768 --> 00:19:00,000 600-PAGE BOOK TO INSULT YOU. >> RUSHDIE WAS LIVING IN LONDON WHEN HE WENT INTO HIDING. AND FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, THE 337 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,475 600-PAGE BOOK TO INSULT YOU. >> RUSHDIE WAS LIVING IN LONDON WHEN HE WENT INTO HIDING. AND FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, THE 338 00:19:03,542 --> 00:19:06,000 BRITISH GOVERNMENT PROVIDED HIM 24-HOUR POLICE PROTECTION. >> DID PEOPLE TRY TO KILL YOU? >> YES. 339 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,914 BRITISH GOVERNMENT PROVIDED HIM 24-HOUR POLICE PROTECTION. >> DID PEOPLE TRY TO KILL YOU? >> YES. 340 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:12,000 THERE WERE MAYBE AS MANY AS HALF A DOZEN SERIOUS ASSASSINATION ATEMPS, WHICH WERE NOT RANDOM PEOPLE. 341 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,220 THERE WERE MAYBE AS MANY AS HALF A DOZEN SERIOUS ASSASSINATION ATEMPS, WHICH WERE NOT RANDOM PEOPLE. 342 00:19:15,287 --> 00:19:18,000 THEY WERE STATE SPONSORED PROFESSIONALS. >> AFTER DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS, THE IRANIAN STATE 343 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,626 THEY WERE STATE SPONSORED PROFESSIONALS. >> AFTER DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS, THE IRANIAN STATE 344 00:19:20,692 --> 00:19:24,000 CALLED OFF ITS ASSASSINS IN 1988. RUSHDIE FINALLY CAME OUT OF THE SHADOWS. 345 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,164 CALLED OFF ITS ASSASSINS IN 1988. RUSHDIE FINALLY CAME OUT OF THE SHADOWS. 346 00:19:26,231 --> 00:19:30,000 HE MOVED TO NEW YORK AND FOR THE NEXT TWO DECADES LIVED OPENLY. HE WAS A MAN ABOUT TOWN. HE CONTINUED WRITING AND BECAME 347 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,505 HE MOVED TO NEW YORK AND FOR THE NEXT TWO DECADES LIVED OPENLY. HE WAS A MAN ABOUT TOWN. HE CONTINUED WRITING AND BECAME 348 00:19:33,572 --> 00:19:36,000 A CELEBRATED ADVOCATE FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. SO, WHEN HE RECEIVED THE INVITATION TO SPEAK AT 349 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,511 A CELEBRATED ADVOCATE FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. SO, WHEN HE RECEIVED THE INVITATION TO SPEAK AT 350 00:19:39,578 --> 00:19:42,000 CHAUTAUQUA IN AUGUST OF 2022, HE GLADLY ACCEPTED. >> IN HIS NEW BOOK, "KNIFE," HE DESCRIBED WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. 351 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:48,000 CHAUTAUQUA IN AUGUST OF 2022, HE GLADLY ACCEPTED. >> IN HIS NEW BOOK, "KNIFE," HE DESCRIBED WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. 352 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,388 CHAUTAUQUA IN AUGUST OF 2022, HE GLADLY ACCEPTED. >> IN HIS NEW BOOK, "KNIFE," HE DESCRIBED WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. 353 00:19:49,454 --> 00:19:54,000 >> THEN IN THE CORNER OF MY RIGHT EYE, THE LAST THING MY RIGHT EYE WOULD EVER SEE, I SAW THE MAN IN BLACK RUNNING TOWARD 354 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,295 >> THEN IN THE CORNER OF MY RIGHT EYE, THE LAST THING MY RIGHT EYE WOULD EVER SEE, I SAW THE MAN IN BLACK RUNNING TOWARD 355 00:19:56,361 --> 00:20:00,000 ME DOWN THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF BLACK CLOTHES, BLACK FACE MASK. HE WAS COMING IN HARD AND LOW, A SQUAT MISSILE. 356 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,636 ME DOWN THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF BLACK CLOTHES, BLACK FACE MASK. HE WAS COMING IN HARD AND LOW, A SQUAT MISSILE. 357 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:06,000 I CONFESSED I HAD SOMETIMES IMAGINED MY ASSASSIN RISING UP IN SOME PUBLIC FORUM OR OTHER AND COMING FOR ME IN JUST THIS 358 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:12,000 I CONFESSED I HAD SOMETIMES IMAGINED MY ASSASSIN RISING UP IN SOME PUBLIC FORUM OR OTHER AND COMING FOR ME IN JUST THIS 359 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,146 I CONFESSED I HAD SOMETIMES IMAGINED MY ASSASSIN RISING UP IN SOME PUBLIC FORUM OR OTHER AND COMING FOR ME IN JUST THIS 360 00:20:14,212 --> 00:20:18,000 WAY. SO, MY FIRST THOUGHT WHEN I SAW THIS MURDEROUS SHAPE RUSHING TOWARDS ME WAS, SO IT'S YOU. 361 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,887 WAY. SO, MY FIRST THOUGHT WHEN I SAW THIS MURDEROUS SHAPE RUSHING TOWARDS ME WAS, SO IT'S YOU. 362 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:24,000 HERE YOU ARE. >> SO, IT'S YOU. HERE YOU ARE. >> YEAH. 363 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:24,923 HERE YOU ARE. >> SO, IT'S YOU. HERE YOU ARE. >> YEAH. 364 00:20:24,990 --> 00:20:28,694 >> IT'S LIKE YOU'D BEEN WAITING FOR YOU. >> YEAH. THAT'S WHAT IT FELT LIKE. 365 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:30,000 IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING COMING OUT OF THE DISTANT PAST AND TRYING TO DRAG ME BACK IN TIME, IF YOU LIKE, BACK INTO THAT 366 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:35,434 IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING COMING OUT OF THE DISTANT PAST AND TRYING TO DRAG ME BACK IN TIME, IF YOU LIKE, BACK INTO THAT 367 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:36,000 DISTANT PAST, IN ORDER TO KILL ME. AND WHEN HE GOT TO ME, HE BASICALLY HIT ME VERY HARD HERE. 368 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:42,000 DISTANT PAST, IN ORDER TO KILL ME. AND WHEN HE GOT TO ME, HE BASICALLY HIT ME VERY HARD HERE. 369 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,209 DISTANT PAST, IN ORDER TO KILL ME. AND WHEN HE GOT TO ME, HE BASICALLY HIT ME VERY HARD HERE. 370 00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:48,000 AND INITIALLY I THOUGHT I'D BEEN PUNCHED. >> YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY SEE A KNIFE. 371 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:48,080 AND INITIALLY I THOUGHT I'D BEEN PUNCHED. >> YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY SEE A KNIFE. 372 00:20:48,146 --> 00:20:54,000 >> I DIDN'T SEE A KNIFE. AND I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I SAW BLOOD COMING OUT THAT THERE HAD BEEN A KNIFE IN HIS FIST. 373 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,154 >> I DIDN'T SEE A KNIFE. AND I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I SAW BLOOD COMING OUT THAT THERE HAD BEEN A KNIFE IN HIS FIST. 374 00:20:56,221 --> 00:21:00,000 >> WHERE WAS THAT STAB? >> HERE. >> IN YOUR NECK? >> IN MY NECK. 375 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:00,359 >> WHERE WAS THAT STAB? >> HERE. >> IN YOUR NECK? >> IN MY NECK. 376 00:21:00,425 --> 00:21:05,130 THEN THERE WERE MORE. THE WORST WOUND -- THERE WAS A BIG SLASH WOUND LIKE THIS ACROSS MY NECK. 377 00:21:05,197 --> 00:21:06,000 AND THERE'S A PUNCTURE, STAB WOUND HERE. AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S THE ATTACK ON MY EYE. 378 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:12,000 AND THERE'S A PUNCTURE, STAB WOUND HERE. AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S THE ATTACK ON MY EYE. 379 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:12,170 AND THERE'S A PUNCTURE, STAB WOUND HERE. AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S THE ATTACK ON MY EYE. 380 00:21:12,237 --> 00:21:17,476 >> DO YOU REMEMBER BEING STABBED IN THE EYE? >> NO. I REMEMBER FALLING. 381 00:21:17,542 --> 00:21:18,000 THEN I REMEMBER NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO MY EYE. >> HE WAS ALSO STABBED IN HIS HAND, CHEST, ABDOMEN, AND THIGH, 382 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:24,000 THEN I REMEMBER NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO MY EYE. >> HE WAS ALSO STABBED IN HIS HAND, CHEST, ABDOMEN, AND THIGH, 383 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,884 THEN I REMEMBER NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO MY EYE. >> HE WAS ALSO STABBED IN HIS HAND, CHEST, ABDOMEN, AND THIGH, 384 00:21:25,951 --> 00:21:30,000 15 WOUNDS IN ALL. >> HE WAS, BOTH, STABBING AND ALSO SLASHING. >> I THINK HE WAS JUST WILDLY -- 385 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,157 15 WOUNDS IN ALL. >> HE WAS, BOTH, STABBING AND ALSO SLASHING. >> I THINK HE WAS JUST WILDLY -- 386 00:21:32,224 --> 00:21:36,000 >> THE ATTACK LASTED 27 SECONDS. TO FEEL JUST HOW LONG THAT IS -- >> THIS IS WHAT 27 SECONDS IS. 387 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:42,000 >> THE ATTACK LASTED 27 SECONDS. TO FEEL JUST HOW LONG THAT IS -- >> THIS IS WHAT 27 SECONDS IS. 388 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:48,000 >> THE ATTACK LASTED 27 SECONDS. TO FEEL JUST HOW LONG THAT IS -- >> THIS IS WHAT 27 SECONDS IS. 389 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,476 >> THE ATTACK LASTED 27 SECONDS. TO FEEL JUST HOW LONG THAT IS -- >> THIS IS WHAT 27 SECONDS IS. 390 00:21:54,346 --> 00:22:00,000 [ SILENCE ] 391 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:04,656 [ SILENCE ] 392 00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:12,000 >> THAT'S QUITE A LONG TIME. THAT'S THE EXTRAORDINARY HALF-MINUTE OF INTIMACY IN WHICH LIFE MEETS DEATH. 393 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:17,669 >> THAT'S QUITE A LONG TIME. THAT'S THE EXTRAORDINARY HALF-MINUTE OF INTIMACY IN WHICH LIFE MEETS DEATH. 394 00:22:17,736 --> 00:22:18,000 >> WHAT STOPPED IT FROM BEING LONGER? >> THE AUDIENCE PULLING HIM OFF ME. 395 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,707 >> WHAT STOPPED IT FROM BEING LONGER? >> THE AUDIENCE PULLING HIM OFF ME. 396 00:22:21,773 --> 00:22:24,000 >> STRANGERS TO YOU. >> TOTAL -- TO THIS DAY I DON'T KNOW THEIR NAMES. >> SOME OF THE STRANGERS 397 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:29,247 >> STRANGERS TO YOU. >> TOTAL -- TO THIS DAY I DON'T KNOW THEIR NAMES. >> SOME OF THE STRANGERS 398 00:22:29,314 --> 00:22:30,000 RESTRAINED THE ATTACKERS, WHILE OTHERS TRIED TO STEM THE FLOW OF RUSHDIE'S BLOOD. >> THERE'S REALLY A LOT OF 399 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:35,854 RESTRAINED THE ATTACKERS, WHILE OTHERS TRIED TO STEM THE FLOW OF RUSHDIE'S BLOOD. >> THERE'S REALLY A LOT OF 400 00:22:35,921 --> 00:22:36,000 BLOOD. >> I WAS WATCHING IT SPREAD. AND THEN I REMEMBER THINKING THAT I WAS PROBABLY DYING. 401 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:40,425 BLOOD. >> I WAS WATCHING IT SPREAD. AND THEN I REMEMBER THINKING THAT I WAS PROBABLY DYING. 402 00:22:40,492 --> 00:22:42,000 AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT WAS QUITE MATTER OF FACT. IT WASN'T LIKE I WAS TERRIFIED OF IT OR WHATEVER. 403 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,598 AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT WAS QUITE MATTER OF FACT. IT WASN'T LIKE I WAS TERRIFIED OF IT OR WHATEVER. 404 00:22:46,665 --> 00:22:48,000 AND YEAH, THERE WAS NOTHING. NO HEAVENLY CHOIRS. NO PEARLY GATES. I MEAN, I'M NOT A SUPERNATURAL 405 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:54,000 AND YEAH, THERE WAS NOTHING. NO HEAVENLY CHOIRS. NO PEARLY GATES. I MEAN, I'M NOT A SUPERNATURAL 406 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:54,372 AND YEAH, THERE WAS NOTHING. NO HEAVENLY CHOIRS. NO PEARLY GATES. I MEAN, I'M NOT A SUPERNATURAL 407 00:22:54,439 --> 00:22:58,710 PERSON, YOU KNOW. I BELIEVE THAT DEATH COMES AS THE END. THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAPPENED 408 00:22:58,777 --> 00:23:00,000 THAT MADE ME CHANGE MY MIND ABOUT THAT. >> YOU HAVE NOT HAD A REVELATION. 409 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,414 THAT MADE ME CHANGE MY MIND ABOUT THAT. >> YOU HAVE NOT HAD A REVELATION. 410 00:23:02,481 --> 00:23:06,000 >> I HAVE NOT HAD ANY REVELATION EXCEPT THAT THERE'S NO REVELATION TO BE HAD. >> HIS ATTACKER, THE MAN IN 411 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:10,722 >> I HAVE NOT HAD ANY REVELATION EXCEPT THAT THERE'S NO REVELATION TO BE HAD. >> HIS ATTACKER, THE MAN IN 412 00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:12,000 BLACK, WAS HUSTLED OFF THE STAGE. >> IN THE BOOK, YOU DO NOT USE THE ATTACKER'S NAME. 413 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,393 BLACK, WAS HUSTLED OFF THE STAGE. >> IN THE BOOK, YOU DO NOT USE THE ATTACKER'S NAME. 414 00:23:15,460 --> 00:23:18,000 >> I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT HIS NAME IN MY BOOK. AND I DON'T USE IT IN CONVERSATION EITHER. 415 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,299 >> I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT HIS NAME IN MY BOOK. AND I DON'T USE IT IN CONVERSATION EITHER. 416 00:23:21,366 --> 00:23:24,000 >> THAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU TO NOT GIVE HIM SPACE IN YOUR BRAIN. >> YEAH. 417 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,237 >> THAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU TO NOT GIVE HIM SPACE IN YOUR BRAIN. >> YEAH. 418 00:23:25,303 --> 00:23:28,807 HE AND I HAD 27 SECONDS TOGETHER. THAT'S IT. I DON'T NEED TO GIVE HIM ANY 419 00:23:28,874 --> 00:23:30,000 ORE OF MY TIME. >> PARAMEDICS FLEW RUSHDIE TO A HOSPITAL IN ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 40 MILES AWAY, WHERE A TEAM OF 420 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:36,000 ORE OF MY TIME. >> PARAMEDICS FLEW RUSHDIE TO A HOSPITAL IN ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 40 MILES AWAY, WHERE A TEAM OF 421 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,382 ORE OF MY TIME. >> PARAMEDICS FLEW RUSHDIE TO A HOSPITAL IN ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 40 MILES AWAY, WHERE A TEAM OF 422 00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:42,000 DOCTORS BATTLED FOR EIGHT HOURS TO SAVE HIS LIFE. WHEN HE FINALLY CAME OUT OF SURGERY, HIS WIFE, ELIZA, A POET 423 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,022 DOCTORS BATTLED FOR EIGHT HOURS TO SAVE HIS LIFE. WHEN HE FINALLY CAME OUT OF SURGERY, HIS WIFE, ELIZA, A POET 424 00:23:44,089 --> 00:23:48,000 AND NOVELIST, WAS WAITING. >> I MEAN, HE WASN'T MOVING AND HE WAS JUST LAID OUT. >> HE LOOKED HALF DEAD TO YOU. 425 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,996 AND NOVELIST, WAS WAITING. >> I MEAN, HE WASN'T MOVING AND HE WAS JUST LAID OUT. >> HE LOOKED HALF DEAD TO YOU. 426 00:23:51,062 --> 00:23:54,000 >> YES, HE DID. HE WAS A DIFFERENT COLOR. HE WAS COLD. I MEAN, HIS FACE WAS STAPLED -- 427 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:59,871 >> YES, HE DID. HE WAS A DIFFERENT COLOR. HE WAS COLD. I MEAN, HIS FACE WAS STAPLED -- 428 00:23:59,938 --> 00:24:00,000 JUST STAPLES HOLDING HIS FACE TOGETHER. >> RUSHDIE WAS ON A VENTILATOR, UNABLE TO SPEAK. 429 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:05,877 JUST STAPLES HOLDING HIS FACE TOGETHER. >> RUSHDIE WAS ON A VENTILATOR, UNABLE TO SPEAK. 430 00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:06,000 ELIZA AND THE DOCTORS HAD NO IDEA WHETHER THE KNIFE THAT HAD PENETRATED HIS EYE HAD DAMAGED HIS BRAIN. 431 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:12,000 ELIZA AND THE DOCTORS HAD NO IDEA WHETHER THE KNIFE THAT HAD PENETRATED HIS EYE HAD DAMAGED HIS BRAIN. 432 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,852 ELIZA AND THE DOCTORS HAD NO IDEA WHETHER THE KNIFE THAT HAD PENETRATED HIS EYE HAD DAMAGED HIS BRAIN. 433 00:24:13,919 --> 00:24:18,000 >> SOMEONE FROM THE STAFF SAID THAT WE WOULD USE THE SYSTEM OF WIGGLING THE TOES. >> TO COMMUNICATE. 434 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,124 >> SOMEONE FROM THE STAFF SAID THAT WE WOULD USE THE SYSTEM OF WIGGLING THE TOES. >> TO COMMUNICATE. 435 00:24:19,191 --> 00:24:24,000 >> TO COMMUNICATE. >> DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASKED? >> I THINK I SAID, SALMAN, IT'S 436 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,931 >> TO COMMUNICATE. >> DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASKED? >> I THINK I SAID, SALMAN, IT'S 437 00:24:25,997 --> 00:24:30,000 ELIZA, CAN YOU HEAR ME. AND THERE WAS -- THERE WAS A WIGGLE. AND ASKED HIM, I THINK, CAN 438 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,504 ELIZA, CAN YOU HEAR ME. AND THERE WAS -- THERE WAS A WIGGLE. AND ASKED HIM, I THINK, CAN 439 00:24:32,571 --> 00:24:36,000 YOU -- DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE? WIGGLED. AND IT WAS -- IT WAS A VERY 440 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,543 YOU -- DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE? WIGGLED. AND IT WAS -- IT WAS A VERY 441 00:24:38,610 --> 00:24:42,000 BASIC, SIMPLE QUESTIONS. >> YOU CAN'T EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH ANY SUBTLETY WITH YOUR TOES. 442 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,483 BASIC, SIMPLE QUESTIONS. >> YOU CAN'T EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH ANY SUBTLETY WITH YOUR TOES. 443 00:24:45,550 --> 00:24:48,000 >> WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE THING. >> AFTER 18 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL AND THREE WEEKS IN REHAB, RUSHDIE WAS DISCHARGED. 444 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:54,000 >> WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE THING. >> AFTER 18 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL AND THREE WEEKS IN REHAB, RUSHDIE WAS DISCHARGED. 445 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,528 >> WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE THING. >> AFTER 18 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL AND THREE WEEKS IN REHAB, RUSHDIE WAS DISCHARGED. 446 00:24:56,595 --> 00:25:00,000 >> ONE OF THE SURGEONS WHO SAVED MY LIFE SAID TO ME, FIRST YOU WERE REALLY UNLUCKY. THEN YOU WERE REALLY LUCKY. 447 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:06,000 >> ONE OF THE SURGEONS WHO SAVED MY LIFE SAID TO ME, FIRST YOU WERE REALLY UNLUCKY. THEN YOU WERE REALLY LUCKY. 448 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:06,571 >> ONE OF THE SURGEONS WHO SAVED MY LIFE SAID TO ME, FIRST YOU WERE REALLY UNLUCKY. THEN YOU WERE REALLY LUCKY. 449 00:25:06,638 --> 00:25:12,000 I SAID, WHAT'S THE LUCKY PART? HE SAID, THE LUCKY PART IS THAT THE MAN WHO KILLED YOU HAD NO IDEA HOW TO KILL A MAN. 450 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,678 I SAID, WHAT'S THE LUCKY PART? HE SAID, THE LUCKY PART IS THAT THE MAN WHO KILLED YOU HAD NO IDEA HOW TO KILL A MAN. 451 00:25:13,745 --> 00:25:18,000 >> YOU'RE NOT A BELIEVER IN MIRACLES, BUT YOU WRITE IN THE BOOK BELIEVE THIS IS A MIRACLE. >> THIS IS A CONTRADICTION. 452 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,487 >> YOU'RE NOT A BELIEVER IN MIRACLES, BUT YOU WRITE IN THE BOOK BELIEVE THIS IS A MIRACLE. >> THIS IS A CONTRADICTION. 453 00:25:22,554 --> 00:25:24,000 I CERTAINLY DON'T FEEL THAT SOME HAND REACHED DOWN FROM THE SKIES AND GUIDED ME, BUT I DO THINK SOMETHING HAPPENED WHICH WASN'T 454 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:30,000 I CERTAINLY DON'T FEEL THAT SOME HAND REACHED DOWN FROM THE SKIES AND GUIDED ME, BUT I DO THINK SOMETHING HAPPENED WHICH WASN'T 455 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:30,562 I CERTAINLY DON'T FEEL THAT SOME HAND REACHED DOWN FROM THE SKIES AND GUIDED ME, BUT I DO THINK SOMETHING HAPPENED WHICH WASN'T 456 00:25:30,629 --> 00:25:36,000 SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN. AND I HAVE NO EXPLANATION FOR IT. >> HIS ATTACKER WAS A 457 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:36,001 SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN. AND I HAVE NO EXPLANATION FOR IT. >> HIS ATTACKER WAS A 458 00:25:36,067 --> 00:25:42,000 24-YEAR-OLD FROM NEW JERSEY, WHO LIVED IN HIS MOTHER'S BASEMENT. HE'S BELIEVED TO BE A LONE WOLF. HE'S PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 459 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,042 24-YEAR-OLD FROM NEW JERSEY, WHO LIVED IN HIS MOTHER'S BASEMENT. HE'S BELIEVED TO BE A LONE WOLF. HE'S PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 460 00:25:44,109 --> 00:25:48,000 ATTEMPTED MURDER AND IS AWAITING TRIAL. IN AN INTERVIEW, HE TOLD "THE NEW YORK POST," HE'D ONLY READ A 461 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,583 ATTEMPTED MURDER AND IS AWAITING TRIAL. IN AN INTERVIEW, HE TOLD "THE NEW YORK POST," HE'D ONLY READ A 462 00:25:51,650 --> 00:25:54,000 COUPLE OF PAGES OF "THE SATANIC VERSES." HE SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE HIM VERY MUCH BECAUSE RUSHDIE HAD, 463 00:25:54,000 --> 00:26:00,000 COUPLE OF PAGES OF "THE SATANIC VERSES." HE SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE HIM VERY MUCH BECAUSE RUSHDIE HAD, 464 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:00,458 COUPLE OF PAGES OF "THE SATANIC VERSES." HE SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE HIM VERY MUCH BECAUSE RUSHDIE HAD, 465 00:26:00,525 --> 00:26:04,663 ATTACKS ISLAM. >> DOES IT MATTER TO YOU WHAT HIS MOTIVE WAS? >> I MEAN, IT'S INTERESTING TO 466 00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:06,000 ME BECAUSE IT'S A MYSTERY. IF I HAD WRITTEN A CHARACTER WHO KNEW SO LITTLE ABOUT HIS PROPOSED VICTIM AND YET WAS 467 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:11,503 ME BECAUSE IT'S A MYSTERY. IF I HAD WRITTEN A CHARACTER WHO KNEW SO LITTLE ABOUT HIS PROPOSED VICTIM AND YET WAS 468 00:26:11,569 --> 00:26:12,000 WILLING TO COMMIT THE CRIME OF MURDER, MY PUBLISHERS MIGHT WELL SAY TO ME THAT THAT'S UNDERMOTIVATED. 469 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:18,000 WILLING TO COMMIT THE CRIME OF MURDER, MY PUBLISHERS MIGHT WELL SAY TO ME THAT THAT'S UNDERMOTIVATED. 470 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:18,576 WILLING TO COMMIT THE CRIME OF MURDER, MY PUBLISHERS MIGHT WELL SAY TO ME THAT THAT'S UNDERMOTIVATED. 471 00:26:18,643 --> 00:26:23,515 >> YOU NEED TO DEVELOP THAT CHARACTER? >> NOT ENOUGH OF A REASON, NOT CONVINCING. 472 00:26:23,581 --> 00:26:24,000 BUT YET THAT'S WHAT HE DID. >> RUSHDIE'S "KNIFE," HIS 22nd BOOK, IS ONE HE INITIALLY DID NOT WANT TO WRITE. 473 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:30,000 BUT YET THAT'S WHAT HE DID. >> RUSHDIE'S "KNIFE," HIS 22nd BOOK, IS ONE HE INITIALLY DID NOT WANT TO WRITE. 474 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:30,221 BUT YET THAT'S WHAT HE DID. >> RUSHDIE'S "KNIFE," HIS 22nd BOOK, IS ONE HE INITIALLY DID NOT WANT TO WRITE. 475 00:26:30,288 --> 00:26:35,427 >> IT WAS THE LAST THING I WANTED TO DO. >> BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANT THIS TO, YET AGAIN, DEFINE YOU. 476 00:26:35,493 --> 00:26:36,000 >> YEAH. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME AFTER "THE SATANIC VERSES" WAS PUBLISHED THAT THE ONLY THING 477 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:41,466 >> YEAH. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME AFTER "THE SATANIC VERSES" WAS PUBLISHED THAT THE ONLY THING 478 00:26:41,533 --> 00:26:42,000 PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT ME WAS THIS DEATH THREAT. IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT I COULDN'T WRITE ANYTHING ELSE. 479 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:47,672 PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT ME WAS THIS DEATH THREAT. IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT I COULDN'T WRITE ANYTHING ELSE. 480 00:26:47,739 --> 00:26:48,000 >> YOU HAD TO WRITE THIS FIRST. >> I HAD TO WRITE THIS FIRST. I HAD TO FOCUS ON -- TO USE THE CLICHÉ -- THE ELEPHANT IN THE 481 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:54,000 >> YOU HAD TO WRITE THIS FIRST. >> I HAD TO WRITE THIS FIRST. I HAD TO FOCUS ON -- TO USE THE CLICHÉ -- THE ELEPHANT IN THE 482 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,147 >> YOU HAD TO WRITE THIS FIRST. >> I HAD TO WRITE THIS FIRST. I HAD TO FOCUS ON -- TO USE THE CLICHÉ -- THE ELEPHANT IN THE 483 00:26:56,214 --> 00:27:00,000 ROOM. THE MOMENT I THOUGHT THAT, KIND OF SOMETHING CHANGED IN MY HEAD AND IT BECAME A BOOK I REALLY 484 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,153 ROOM. THE MOMENT I THOUGHT THAT, KIND OF SOMETHING CHANGED IN MY HEAD AND IT BECAME A BOOK I REALLY 485 00:27:02,220 --> 00:27:06,000 WANTED TO WRITE. >> YOU SAID, THE LANGUAGE WAS MY KNIFE. MAYBE THIS WAS THE KNIFE I COULD 486 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,325 WANTED TO WRITE. >> YOU SAID, THE LANGUAGE WAS MY KNIFE. MAYBE THIS WAS THE KNIFE I COULD 487 00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:11,830 USE TO FIGHT BACK TO TAKE CHARGE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, TO OWN IT, MAKE IT MINE. >> YEAH. 488 00:27:11,896 --> 00:27:12,000 I MEAN, LANGUAGE IS A WAY OF BREAKING OPEN THE WORLD. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WEAPONS, BUT I'D BEEN USING THIS 489 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:18,000 I MEAN, LANGUAGE IS A WAY OF BREAKING OPEN THE WORLD. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WEAPONS, BUT I'D BEEN USING THIS 490 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,272 I MEAN, LANGUAGE IS A WAY OF BREAKING OPEN THE WORLD. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WEAPONS, BUT I'D BEEN USING THIS 491 00:27:21,339 --> 00:27:24,000 PARTICULAR TOOL FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. SO, I FELT THIS WAS MY WAY OF DEALING WITH IT. 492 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,677 PARTICULAR TOOL FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. SO, I FELT THIS WAS MY WAY OF DEALING WITH IT. 493 00:27:25,744 --> 00:27:30,000 >> IT'S BEEN ALMOST TWO YEARS SINCE THE ATTACK, AND RUSHDIE IS BACK HOME NOW IN NEW YORK, SLOWLY GETTING USED TO 494 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,418 >> IT'S BEEN ALMOST TWO YEARS SINCE THE ATTACK, AND RUSHDIE IS BACK HOME NOW IN NEW YORK, SLOWLY GETTING USED TO 495 00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:36,000 NAVIGATING THE WORLD WITH ONE EYE. >> HOW MUCH TIME DID IT TAKE TO, KIND OF, READJUST? 496 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,822 NAVIGATING THE WORLD WITH ONE EYE. >> HOW MUCH TIME DID IT TAKE TO, KIND OF, READJUST? 497 00:27:37,889 --> 00:27:42,000 >> I'M STILL DOING IT. >> YOU STILL ARE? >> YEAH. >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE A 498 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,462 >> I'M STILL DOING IT. >> YOU STILL ARE? >> YEAH. >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE A 499 00:27:44,529 --> 00:27:46,898 DIFFERENT PERSON AFTER THE ATTACK? >> I DON'T FEEL I'M VERY DIFFERENT. 500 00:27:46,965 --> 00:27:48,000 BUT I THINK IT HAS CAST A SHADOW. I THINK THAT SHADOW IS JUST THERE. 501 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,301 BUT I THINK IT HAS CAST A SHADOW. I THINK THAT SHADOW IS JUST THERE. 502 00:27:50,368 --> 00:27:54,000 SOME DAYS IT'S DARK, AND SOME DAYS IT'S NOT. >> YOU FEEL LESS THAN YOU WERE BEFORE? 503 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:54,439 SOME DAYS IT'S DARK, AND SOME DAYS IT'S NOT. >> YOU FEEL LESS THAN YOU WERE BEFORE? 504 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:59,644 >> NO. I JUST FEEL MORE THE PRESENCE OF DEATH. >> IN AN INTERVIEW ALMOST 25 505 00:27:59,711 --> 00:28:00,000 YEARS AGO, YOU SAID OF THE FATWA, I WANT TO FIND AN END TO THIS STORY. IT IS THE ONE STORY I MUST FIND 506 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:05,583 YEARS AGO, YOU SAID OF THE FATWA, I WANT TO FIND AN END TO THIS STORY. IT IS THE ONE STORY I MUST FIND 507 00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:06,000 AN END TO. HAVE YOU FOUND THAT ENDING? AND AN ENDING TO THIS STORY AS WELL? 508 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,521 AN END TO. HAVE YOU FOUND THAT ENDING? AND AN ENDING TO THIS STORY AS WELL? 509 00:28:09,587 --> 00:28:12,000 >> I THOUGHT I HAD, AND THEN TURNED OUT I HADN'T. I'M HOPING THIS IS JUST A LAST TWITCH OF THAT STORY. 510 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:18,000 >> I THOUGHT I HAD, AND THEN TURNED OUT I HADN'T. I'M HOPING THIS IS JUST A LAST TWITCH OF THAT STORY. 511 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,231 >> I THOUGHT I HAD, AND THEN TURNED OUT I HADN'T. I'M HOPING THIS IS JUST A LAST TWITCH OF THAT STORY. 512 00:28:20,298 --> 00:28:23,134 I DON'T KNOW. I'LL LET YOU KNOW. 513 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:30,000 >>> SALMAN RUSHDIE ON CENSORSHIP IN AMERICA TODAY. >> THERE'S -- FROM THE LEFT AND FROM THE RIGHT. 514 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:34,779 >>> SALMAN RUSHDIE ON CENSORSHIP IN AMERICA TODAY. >> THERE'S -- FROM THE LEFT AND FROM THE RIGHT. 515 00:28:34,846 --> 00:28:36,000 >>> THERE'S THE LOCH NESS MONSTER IN SCOTLAND. AND IN THE HIMALAYAS, THERE'S THE YETI, THE ABOMINABLE 516 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:42,000 >>> THERE'S THE LOCH NESS MONSTER IN SCOTLAND. AND IN THE HIMALAYAS, THERE'S THE YETI, THE ABOMINABLE 517 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:48,000 >>> THERE'S THE LOCH NESS MONSTER IN SCOTLAND. AND IN THE HIMALAYAS, THERE'S THE YETI, THE ABOMINABLE 518 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:54,000 >>> THERE'S THE LOCH NESS MONSTER IN SCOTLAND. AND IN THE HIMALAYAS, THERE'S THE YETI, THE ABOMINABLE 519 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,834 >>> THERE'S THE LOCH NESS MONSTER IN SCOTLAND. AND IN THE HIMALAYAS, THERE'S THE YETI, THE ABOMINABLE 520 00:28:55,900 --> 00:29:00,000 SNOWMAN. IN TASMANIA, THERE'S THE THYLACINE, A CREATURE THAT BRINGS OUT FOLKLORE AND FOLKS 521 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,406 SNOWMAN. IN TASMANIA, THERE'S THE THYLACINE, A CREATURE THAT BRINGS OUT FOLKLORE AND FOLKS 522 00:29:01,473 --> 00:29:06,000 ARMED WITH GRAINY IMAGES, CONVINCED THEY'VE SEEN THE THING. BUT UNLIKE OTHER MYTHICAL 523 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,481 ARMED WITH GRAINY IMAGES, CONVINCED THEY'VE SEEN THE THING. BUT UNLIKE OTHER MYTHICAL 524 00:29:09,547 --> 00:29:12,000 CREATURES, THE THYLACINE, ACTUALLY INDISPUTABLY EXISTED. WHICH GIVES HOPES TO SO MANY OBSESSIVES, DREAMERS, AND TRUE 525 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:18,000 CREATURES, THE THYLACINE, ACTUALLY INDISPUTABLY EXISTED. WHICH GIVES HOPES TO SO MANY OBSESSIVES, DREAMERS, AND TRUE 526 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:22,560 CREATURES, THE THYLACINE, ACTUALLY INDISPUTABLY EXISTED. WHICH GIVES HOPES TO SO MANY OBSESSIVES, DREAMERS, AND TRUE 527 00:29:22,627 --> 00:29:24,000 BELIEVERS LOOKING FOR THE TASMANIAN TIGER IN THE BUSH, AND AS YOU'LL SEE, IN THE LAB. THIS IS A STORY THAT SAYS AS 528 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:28,900 BELIEVERS LOOKING FOR THE TASMANIAN TIGER IN THE BUSH, AND AS YOU'LL SEE, IN THE LAB. THIS IS A STORY THAT SAYS AS 529 00:29:28,967 --> 00:29:30,000 MUCH ABOUT HUMAN NATURE AS IT DOES NATURE NATURE, FURTHER PROOF THAT EVEN IN THE FACE OF SCIENCE AND LOGIC, PASSION 530 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:36,000 MUCH ABOUT HUMAN NATURE AS IT DOES NATURE NATURE, FURTHER PROOF THAT EVEN IN THE FACE OF SCIENCE AND LOGIC, PASSION 531 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:36,674 MUCH ABOUT HUMAN NATURE AS IT DOES NATURE NATURE, FURTHER PROOF THAT EVEN IN THE FACE OF SCIENCE AND LOGIC, PASSION 532 00:29:36,741 --> 00:29:42,000 SURVIVES IN THE WILD JUST FINE. >> YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS HOW MANY YEARS NOW? >> I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 533 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:43,248 SURVIVES IN THE WILD JUST FINE. >> YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS HOW MANY YEARS NOW? >> I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 534 00:29:43,314 --> 00:29:48,000 30 YEARS, AND EVERY DAY IS AN ADVENTURE. >> ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. 535 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:53,525 30 YEARS, AND EVERY DAY IS AN ADVENTURE. >> ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. 536 00:29:53,591 --> 00:29:54,000 >> GETTING THERE WASN'T EASY, BUT ADRIAN "RICHO" RICHARDSON, RETRACED HIS STEPS. TRAMPING AROUND THE DENSE 537 00:29:54,000 --> 00:30:00,000 >> GETTING THERE WASN'T EASY, BUT ADRIAN "RICHO" RICHARDSON, RETRACED HIS STEPS. TRAMPING AROUND THE DENSE 538 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,601 >> GETTING THERE WASN'T EASY, BUT ADRIAN "RICHO" RICHARDSON, RETRACED HIS STEPS. TRAMPING AROUND THE DENSE 539 00:30:03,668 --> 00:30:06,000 OUTBACK OF TASMANIA ON JANUARY 28, 2017, 1245 :45 P.M., HE HEA THE SOUND. >> AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS THIS 540 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:12,000 OUTBACK OF TASMANIA ON JANUARY 28, 2017, 1245 :45 P.M., HE HEA THE SOUND. >> AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS THIS 541 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,381 OUTBACK OF TASMANIA ON JANUARY 28, 2017, 1245 :45 P.M., HE HEA THE SOUND. >> AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS THIS 542 00:30:16,447 --> 00:30:18,000 MIGHTY HELL LIKE THIS. I WAS GOB SMACKED. THE HAIRS ON MY NECK STOOD ON END. 543 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:24,000 MIGHTY HELL LIKE THIS. I WAS GOB SMACKED. THE HAIRS ON MY NECK STOOD ON END. 544 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,990 MIGHTY HELL LIKE THIS. I WAS GOB SMACKED. THE HAIRS ON MY NECK STOOD ON END. 545 00:30:26,057 --> 00:30:30,000 AS THAT CALL FINISHED, ANOTHER ONE CALLED FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FOREST. ANOTHER HOWL LIKE THAT ONE. 546 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,330 AS THAT CALL FINISHED, ANOTHER ONE CALLED FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FOREST. ANOTHER HOWL LIKE THAT ONE. 547 00:30:32,397 --> 00:30:36,000 >> WHAT DID THAT ONE SOUND LIKE? >> EXACTLY LIKE -- >> RICHO CRANED HIS NECK BUT SAW NO CREATURE. 548 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,537 >> WHAT DID THAT ONE SOUND LIKE? >> EXACTLY LIKE -- >> RICHO CRANED HIS NECK BUT SAW NO CREATURE. 549 00:30:39,604 --> 00:30:42,000 STILL, HE'S SURE OF WHAT IT WAS, A TASMANIAN TIGER. >> THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT WENT QUIET FOR ABOUT A MINUTE. 550 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:48,000 STILL, HE'S SURE OF WHAT IT WAS, A TASMANIAN TIGER. >> THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT WENT QUIET FOR ABOUT A MINUTE. 551 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,147 STILL, HE'S SURE OF WHAT IT WAS, A TASMANIAN TIGER. >> THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT WENT QUIET FOR ABOUT A MINUTE. 552 00:30:49,214 --> 00:30:54,000 THERE WAS THIS UNBELIEVABLE FEELING. I JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. >> YOU'RE STILL EMOTIONAL 553 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:54,085 THERE WAS THIS UNBELIEVABLE FEELING. I JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. >> YOU'RE STILL EMOTIONAL 554 00:30:54,152 --> 00:31:00,000 TALKING ABOUT THIS. >> LOOK, I'M GOING TO REMEMBER THAT CALL TO THE TIME I DIE. THEN I HAD TO TRY AND PROVE TO 555 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,793 TALKING ABOUT THIS. >> LOOK, I'M GOING TO REMEMBER THAT CALL TO THE TIME I DIE. THEN I HAD TO TRY AND PROVE TO 556 00:31:01,859 --> 00:31:06,000 OTHERS WHAT I'D HEARD. >> WHEN HE RETURNED TO HIS HOME IN HOBART, TASMANIA'S CAPITAL, HE DIDN'T GO TO THE PUB TO SHARE 557 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:11,703 OTHERS WHAT I'D HEARD. >> WHEN HE RETURNED TO HIS HOME IN HOBART, TASMANIA'S CAPITAL, HE DIDN'T GO TO THE PUB TO SHARE 558 00:31:11,769 --> 00:31:12,000 HIS ACCOUNT. HE STAYED UP AT HIS DESK. >> WHAT MY PASSION IS THE THYLACINE. 559 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:18,000 HIS ACCOUNT. HE STAYED UP AT HIS DESK. >> WHAT MY PASSION IS THE THYLACINE. 560 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:18,509 HIS ACCOUNT. HE STAYED UP AT HIS DESK. >> WHAT MY PASSION IS THE THYLACINE. 561 00:31:18,576 --> 00:31:24,000 I KNOW IT'S THERE. >> AND THIS ONLY REINFORCED YOUR FAITH. >> OH, WITHOUT A DOUBT. 562 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:24,215 I KNOW IT'S THERE. >> AND THIS ONLY REINFORCED YOUR FAITH. >> OH, WITHOUT A DOUBT. 563 00:31:24,282 --> 00:31:30,000 >> ONE SLIGHT HITCH, ONE CRIMP ON THE BARBIE, AS IT WERE, THE CREATURE RICHO DESCRIBED SO BREATHLESSLY, IT WAS DECLARED 564 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:34,525 >> ONE SLIGHT HITCH, ONE CRIMP ON THE BARBIE, AS IT WERE, THE CREATURE RICHO DESCRIBED SO BREATHLESSLY, IT WAS DECLARED 565 00:31:34,592 --> 00:31:36,000 EXTINCT ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO. >> THOUGHT MAYBE IT'S A DINGO. MAYBE IT'S A WOLF. >> IN TASMANIA, WE DO NOT HAVE 566 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:41,032 EXTINCT ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO. >> THOUGHT MAYBE IT'S A DINGO. MAYBE IT'S A WOLF. >> IN TASMANIA, WE DO NOT HAVE 567 00:31:41,099 --> 00:31:42,000 ANYTHING REMOTELY LIKE IT. WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE WILD DOGS IN ANY FORM. THE ONLY FERAL THING WE HAVE 568 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:48,000 ANYTHING REMOTELY LIKE IT. WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE WILD DOGS IN ANY FORM. THE ONLY FERAL THING WE HAVE 569 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:48,573 ANYTHING REMOTELY LIKE IT. WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE WILD DOGS IN ANY FORM. THE ONLY FERAL THING WE HAVE 570 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:54,000 AROUND HERE IS DEER OR CATS. >> I DON'T THINK DEERS ARE MAKING THAT NOISE. >> NO, SIR, THEY DID NOT. 571 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,880 AROUND HERE IS DEER OR CATS. >> I DON'T THINK DEERS ARE MAKING THAT NOISE. >> NO, SIR, THEY DID NOT. 572 00:31:55,947 --> 00:32:00,000 >> THE TASMANIAN TIGER ROAMED THESE PARTS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. MORE WOLF THAN TIGER, IT WAS -- 573 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:03,388 >> THE TASMANIAN TIGER ROAMED THESE PARTS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. MORE WOLF THAN TIGER, IT WAS -- 574 00:32:03,454 --> 00:32:06,000 IS -- A MARSUPIAL WEIGHING ABOUT 55 POUNDS. >> THE TASMANIAN TIGER. >> IT WAS ALSO A CARNIVORE THAT 575 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:11,863 IS -- A MARSUPIAL WEIGHING ABOUT 55 POUNDS. >> THE TASMANIAN TIGER. >> IT WAS ALSO A CARNIVORE THAT 576 00:32:11,929 --> 00:32:12,000 PREYED ON FARMERS' SHEEP. RECALLING THE FATE OF THE WOLF OF THE AMERICAN WEST AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT 577 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:18,000 PREYED ON FARMERS' SHEEP. RECALLING THE FATE OF THE WOLF OF THE AMERICAN WEST AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT 578 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:18,703 PREYED ON FARMERS' SHEEP. RECALLING THE FATE OF THE WOLF OF THE AMERICAN WEST AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT 579 00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:24,000 PAID OUT BOUNTIES TO HUNTERS PRESENTING CARCASSES. THE POPULATION DWINDLED ONE, CAPTIVE AT THE ZOO, WHERE IT 580 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:29,080 PAID OUT BOUNTIES TO HUNTERS PRESENTING CARCASSES. THE POPULATION DWINDLED ONE, CAPTIVE AT THE ZOO, WHERE IT 581 00:32:29,147 --> 00:32:30,000 DIED IN 1936. WITH THE REQUIRED 50 YEARS ELAPSES WITHOUT A CONFIRMED SIGHTING, THE TIGER WAS PUT ON 582 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:36,000 DIED IN 1936. WITH THE REQUIRED 50 YEARS ELAPSES WITHOUT A CONFIRMED SIGHTING, THE TIGER WAS PUT ON 583 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:36,354 DIED IN 1936. WITH THE REQUIRED 50 YEARS ELAPSES WITHOUT A CONFIRMED SIGHTING, THE TIGER WAS PUT ON 584 00:32:36,421 --> 00:32:42,000 THE EXTINCT LIST IN 1986. YET PUTTING THE MANIA IN TASMANIA, THE SEARCH BECAME A NATIONAL OBSESSION. 585 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,628 THE EXTINCT LIST IN 1986. YET PUTTING THE MANIA IN TASMANIA, THE SEARCH BECAME A NATIONAL OBSESSION. 586 00:32:43,695 --> 00:32:48,000 IN THE TASMANIAN TIGER, NOT THE TASMANIAN DEVIL, BECAME A LOCAL MASCOT. ITS IMAGE ADORNS TASMANIA'S COAT 587 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:52,337 IN THE TASMANIAN TIGER, NOT THE TASMANIAN DEVIL, BECAME A LOCAL MASCOT. ITS IMAGE ADORNS TASMANIA'S COAT 588 00:32:52,403 --> 00:32:54,000 OF ARMS AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. HERE'S THE ISLAND'S CURRENT LICENSE PLATE. 589 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,308 OF ARMS AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. HERE'S THE ISLAND'S CURRENT LICENSE PLATE. 590 00:32:57,375 --> 00:33:00,000 AT LOCAL WATERING HOLES, THE REGULARS PUT DOWN THEIR BEER LONG ENOUGH TO TELL YOU THEY'VE SEEN THE ANIMAL, OR KNOW SOMEONE 591 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:04,415 AT LOCAL WATERING HOLES, THE REGULARS PUT DOWN THEIR BEER LONG ENOUGH TO TELL YOU THEY'VE SEEN THE ANIMAL, OR KNOW SOMEONE 592 00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:06,000 WHO HAS. >> HELD A TORCH ON IT FOR 40 SECONDS, I RECKON. >> WHEN NICK MOONEY WAS A 593 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:12,000 WHO HAS. >> HELD A TORCH ON IT FOR 40 SECONDS, I RECKON. >> WHEN NICK MOONEY WAS A 594 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,326 WHO HAS. >> HELD A TORCH ON IT FOR 40 SECONDS, I RECKON. >> WHEN NICK MOONEY WAS A 595 00:33:15,393 --> 00:33:18,000 BIOLOGIST, IT FELL TO HIM TO INVESTIGATE THE VARIOUS TASMANIAN TIGER ACCOUNTS. >> I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO 596 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:24,000 BIOLOGIST, IT FELL TO HIM TO INVESTIGATE THE VARIOUS TASMANIAN TIGER ACCOUNTS. >> I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO 597 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:24,302 BIOLOGIST, IT FELL TO HIM TO INVESTIGATE THE VARIOUS TASMANIAN TIGER ACCOUNTS. >> I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO 598 00:33:24,369 --> 00:33:30,000 HAVE GOT CLASSES OF CAMERAS IN VERY REMOTE AREAS, SERVICED REMOTELY BY SATELLITE, AND WHO GO AND CHECK ON THE CAMERAS WITH 599 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:34,846 HAVE GOT CLASSES OF CAMERAS IN VERY REMOTE AREAS, SERVICED REMOTELY BY SATELLITE, AND WHO GO AND CHECK ON THE CAMERAS WITH 600 00:33:34,912 --> 00:33:36,000 THEIR OWN HE WILICOPTER, ALL SO OF THINGS. >> YOU MOVED WAY BEYOND THE GUY WITH BINOCULARS SAYING, I THINK 601 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:42,000 THEIR OWN HE WILICOPTER, ALL SO OF THINGS. >> YOU MOVED WAY BEYOND THE GUY WITH BINOCULARS SAYING, I THINK 602 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:43,388 THEIR OWN HE WILICOPTER, ALL SO OF THINGS. >> YOU MOVED WAY BEYOND THE GUY WITH BINOCULARS SAYING, I THINK 603 00:33:43,454 --> 00:33:48,000 I MAY HAVE SEEN SOMETHING. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> HE CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE, NO ONE EVER QUITE CAPTURES A CLEAR 604 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:53,097 I MAY HAVE SEEN SOMETHING. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> HE CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE, NO ONE EVER QUITE CAPTURES A CLEAR 605 00:33:53,164 --> 00:33:54,000 IMAGE. >> HAVE YOU EVER GOT A REPORT THAT GAVE YOU A LITTLE PAUSE? >> SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE DEAD 606 00:33:54,000 --> 00:34:00,000 IMAGE. >> HAVE YOU EVER GOT A REPORT THAT GAVE YOU A LITTLE PAUSE? >> SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE DEAD 607 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:00,705 IMAGE. >> HAVE YOU EVER GOT A REPORT THAT GAVE YOU A LITTLE PAUSE? >> SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE DEAD 608 00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:06,000 ACCURATE WITH THE TIMES, THE PLACES, THE DISTANCES. AND VERY GOOD NATURALISTS OFTEN DON'T EXAGGERATE. 609 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:12,000 ACCURATE WITH THE TIMES, THE PLACES, THE DISTANCES. AND VERY GOOD NATURALISTS OFTEN DON'T EXAGGERATE. 610 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:12,383 ACCURATE WITH THE TIMES, THE PLACES, THE DISTANCES. AND VERY GOOD NATURALISTS OFTEN DON'T EXAGGERATE. 611 00:34:12,450 --> 00:34:18,000 IT'S VERY HARD TO SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE, I DON'T THINK YOU SAW A THYLACINE. >> FOR THE DEVOTED ARMY OF 612 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,557 IT'S VERY HARD TO SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE, I DON'T THINK YOU SAW A THYLACINE. >> FOR THE DEVOTED ARMY OF 613 00:34:19,624 --> 00:34:24,000 SEEKERS, THE INVESTMENT ISN'T JUST ONE OF HOPE AND TIME. EACH YEAR, RICHO SPENDS MORE THAN HE CARES TO ADMIT DOLLARS 614 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,697 SEEKERS, THE INVESTMENT ISN'T JUST ONE OF HOPE AND TIME. EACH YEAR, RICHO SPENDS MORE THAN HE CARES TO ADMIT DOLLARS 615 00:34:26,764 --> 00:34:30,000 ON TRAIL CAM BATTERIES ALONE. >> HOW MUCH HAVE YOU SUNK INTO THIS OBSESSION? >> SIR, I WOULDN'T LIKE TO 616 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:36,000 ON TRAIL CAM BATTERIES ALONE. >> HOW MUCH HAVE YOU SUNK INTO THIS OBSESSION? >> SIR, I WOULDN'T LIKE TO 617 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,242 ON TRAIL CAM BATTERIES ALONE. >> HOW MUCH HAVE YOU SUNK INTO THIS OBSESSION? >> SIR, I WOULDN'T LIKE TO 618 00:34:38,309 --> 00:34:42,000 SPECULATE, AND PLEASE DON'T TELL MY WIFE. >> IT CAN BE OUR SECRET. >> SHE OFTEN ASKS AND I DON'T -- 619 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:47,185 SPECULATE, AND PLEASE DON'T TELL MY WIFE. >> IT CAN BE OUR SECRET. >> SHE OFTEN ASKS AND I DON'T -- 620 00:34:47,251 --> 00:34:48,000 CAN WE STOP THAT ONE? CAN WE READ THROUGH THAT ONE AGAIN? >> IN THE BUSH, WE MET ANOTHER 621 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:54,000 CAN WE STOP THAT ONE? CAN WE READ THROUGH THAT ONE AGAIN? >> IN THE BUSH, WE MET ANOTHER 622 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,928 CAN WE STOP THAT ONE? CAN WE READ THROUGH THAT ONE AGAIN? >> IN THE BUSH, WE MET ANOTHER 623 00:34:56,994 --> 00:35:00,000 ENTHUSIAST, CHRIS REHBERG, AND APPROACHES THE MATTER IN THE MANNER OF A CSI DETECTIVE. >> APART FROM THE CAMERAS, 624 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:06,000 ENTHUSIAST, CHRIS REHBERG, AND APPROACHES THE MATTER IN THE MANNER OF A CSI DETECTIVE. >> APART FROM THE CAMERAS, 625 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,438 ENTHUSIAST, CHRIS REHBERG, AND APPROACHES THE MATTER IN THE MANNER OF A CSI DETECTIVE. >> APART FROM THE CAMERAS, 626 00:35:07,505 --> 00:35:12,000 YOU'VE BEEN SCOURING FOR PRINTS, FIR, EVEN POO. >> YEAH, EVERYTHING. FOOTPRINTS IS A BIG ONE. 627 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,111 YOU'VE BEEN SCOURING FOR PRINTS, FIR, EVEN POO. >> YEAH, EVERYTHING. FOOTPRINTS IS A BIG ONE. 628 00:35:14,178 --> 00:35:18,000 I FOUND A SERIES OF 18, 19 INDIVIDUAL STEPS IN A TRACK LINE THAT ARE AN EXCELLENT MATCH FOR TASSIE TIGER. 629 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:21,953 I FOUND A SERIES OF 18, 19 INDIVIDUAL STEPS IN A TRACK LINE THAT ARE AN EXCELLENT MATCH FOR TASSIE TIGER. 630 00:35:22,019 --> 00:35:24,000 THE QUALITY OF THE PRINTS IS PRISTINE. CHECK IT OUT. WHAT'S THE ANIMAL BEEN EATING? 631 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:29,660 THE QUALITY OF THE PRINTS IS PRISTINE. CHECK IT OUT. WHAT'S THE ANIMAL BEEN EATING? 632 00:35:29,727 --> 00:35:30,000 >> THERE ARE EVEN TRACKING COLLECTIVES. RICHO WAS PART OF A BOOTH RICHARDSON TIGER TEAM. 633 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:34,732 >> THERE ARE EVEN TRACKING COLLECTIVES. RICHO WAS PART OF A BOOTH RICHARDSON TIGER TEAM. 634 00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,000 >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A HISTORIC DAY. >> WHICH MADE WORLDWIDE NEWS IN 635 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:42,000 >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A HISTORIC DAY. >> WHICH MADE WORLDWIDE NEWS IN 636 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:42,640 >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A HISTORIC DAY. >> WHICH MADE WORLDWIDE NEWS IN 637 00:35:42,707 --> 00:35:47,879 2017, AFTER CALLING A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE A SIGHTING. BUT WHEN THEY PROVIDED THIS 638 00:35:47,945 --> 00:35:48,000 IMAGE AS PROOF, NICK MOONEY ASSESSED IT AS A CHANCE BUT NOT AN OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION. >> WHAT IS THE MIDDLE GROUND. 639 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:54,000 IMAGE AS PROOF, NICK MOONEY ASSESSED IT AS A CHANCE BUT NOT AN OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION. >> WHAT IS THE MIDDLE GROUND. 640 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:54,285 IMAGE AS PROOF, NICK MOONEY ASSESSED IT AS A CHANCE BUT NOT AN OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION. >> WHAT IS THE MIDDLE GROUND. 641 00:35:54,352 --> 00:36:00,000 YOU CAN BE RIGHT. YOU CAN BE LYING. OR YOU CAN HAVE AN ILLUSION. >> AND THERE'S ALL SORTS OF WAYS 642 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,826 YOU CAN BE RIGHT. YOU CAN BE LYING. OR YOU CAN HAVE AN ILLUSION. >> AND THERE'S ALL SORTS OF WAYS 643 00:36:01,893 --> 00:36:06,000 THAT OUR MEMORY CAN BE AFFECTED BY TIME. I'VE HAD LOTS OF TALKS WITH SIGH PSYCHIATRISTS AND DETECTIVES 644 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:10,468 THAT OUR MEMORY CAN BE AFFECTED BY TIME. I'VE HAD LOTS OF TALKS WITH SIGH PSYCHIATRISTS AND DETECTIVES 645 00:36:10,535 --> 00:36:12,000 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS. YOU REALLY OFTEN HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE, A PERSONAL CALL IN THE END TO ESSENTIALLY TELL THEM 646 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:18,000 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS. YOU REALLY OFTEN HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE, A PERSONAL CALL IN THE END TO ESSENTIALLY TELL THEM 647 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:18,676 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS. YOU REALLY OFTEN HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE, A PERSONAL CALL IN THE END TO ESSENTIALLY TELL THEM 648 00:36:18,743 --> 00:36:23,147 THEY'RE WRONG AND THEIR MIND IS DECEIVING THEM. YOU CAN'T TELL THEM THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW. 649 00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:24,000 IF YOU WEREN'T THERE, YOU DON'T KNOW. >> RICHO AND THE OTHER SEEKERS WON'T HAVE TO WAIT LONG. 650 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:30,000 IF YOU WEREN'T THERE, YOU DON'T KNOW. >> RICHO AND THE OTHER SEEKERS WON'T HAVE TO WAIT LONG. 651 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:30,621 IF YOU WEREN'T THERE, YOU DON'T KNOW. >> RICHO AND THE OTHER SEEKERS WON'T HAVE TO WAIT LONG. 652 00:36:30,688 --> 00:36:36,000 THEY WON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO INTO THE BUSH IF A GROUP OF INVESTORS DELIVER ON THEIR GOAL. ANDREW PASK COMES TO THE QUEST 653 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:42,000 THEY WON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO INTO THE BUSH IF A GROUP OF INVESTORS DELIVER ON THEIR GOAL. ANDREW PASK COMES TO THE QUEST 654 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,901 THEY WON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO INTO THE BUSH IF A GROUP OF INVESTORS DELIVER ON THEIR GOAL. ANDREW PASK COMES TO THE QUEST 655 00:36:43,968 --> 00:36:48,000 ARMED WITH A MICROSCOPE. >> IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE IN THAT LANDSCAPE AND TO SEE ONE WALKING PAST IN THE PUSH, AN 656 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:54,000 ARMED WITH A MICROSCOPE. >> IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE IN THAT LANDSCAPE AND TO SEE ONE WALKING PAST IN THE PUSH, AN 657 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:54,679 ARMED WITH A MICROSCOPE. >> IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE IN THAT LANDSCAPE AND TO SEE ONE WALKING PAST IN THE PUSH, AN 658 00:36:54,745 --> 00:37:00,000 ACTUAL ONE RATHER THAN A CRAPPY PHOTOGRAPH. >> TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOING. >> WE CAN'T MAGICALLY BRING THE 659 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,887 ACTUAL ONE RATHER THAN A CRAPPY PHOTOGRAPH. >> TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOING. >> WE CAN'T MAGICALLY BRING THE 660 00:37:02,954 --> 00:37:06,000 TASMANIAN TIGER BACK. WE HAVE TO START WITH A LIVING CELL AND ENGINEER OUR THYLACINE BACK INTO EXISTENCE. 661 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,360 TASMANIAN TIGER BACK. WE HAVE TO START WITH A LIVING CELL AND ENGINEER OUR THYLACINE BACK INTO EXISTENCE. 662 00:37:09,427 --> 00:37:12,000 YOU FIND THE CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVE TO YOUR ANIMAL THAT HAS GONE EXTINCT. FOR US, THAT IS A SMALL 663 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:18,000 YOU FIND THE CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVE TO YOUR ANIMAL THAT HAS GONE EXTINCT. FOR US, THAT IS A SMALL 664 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,204 YOU FIND THE CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVE TO YOUR ANIMAL THAT HAS GONE EXTINCT. FOR US, THAT IS A SMALL 665 00:37:20,271 --> 00:37:24,000 MARSUPIAL. >> A DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGIST, PASK HAS RAISED $15 MILLION FOR A DEEXTINCTION PROJECT THAT 666 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:30,000 MARSUPIAL. >> A DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGIST, PASK HAS RAISED $15 MILLION FOR A DEEXTINCTION PROJECT THAT 667 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:30,281 MARSUPIAL. >> A DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGIST, PASK HAS RAISED $15 MILLION FOR A DEEXTINCTION PROJECT THAT 668 00:37:30,348 --> 00:37:36,000 RECALLS "JURASSIC PARK." LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, PARIS HILTON, AND EVEN THE CIA AMONG ITS ADVOCATES. 669 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:42,000 RECALLS "JURASSIC PARK." LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, PARIS HILTON, AND EVEN THE CIA AMONG ITS ADVOCATES. 670 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:48,000 RECALLS "JURASSIC PARK." LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, PARIS HILTON, AND EVEN THE CIA AMONG ITS ADVOCATES. 671 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,102 RECALLS "JURASSIC PARK." LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, PARIS HILTON, AND EVEN THE CIA AMONG ITS ADVOCATES. 672 00:37:51,168 --> 00:37:54,000 WE'LL LET HIM EXPLAIN. >> WE EXAMINE ALL OF ITS DNA. WE COMPARE THAT TO THE DNA OF YOUR EXTINCT SPECIES, THE 673 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,474 WE'LL LET HIM EXPLAIN. >> WE EXAMINE ALL OF ITS DNA. WE COMPARE THAT TO THE DNA OF YOUR EXTINCT SPECIES, THE 674 00:37:56,540 --> 00:38:00,000 TASMANIAN TIGER, AND WE LOOK AT THE TWO GENOMES OR TWO PILES OF DNA, HOW THEY'RE DIFFERENT. AND ONCE YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THE 675 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,881 TASMANIAN TIGER, AND WE LOOK AT THE TWO GENOMES OR TWO PILES OF DNA, HOW THEY'RE DIFFERENT. AND ONCE YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THE 676 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:06,000 DIFFERENCES, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THEN GOING IN AND MAKING ALL OF THOSE EDITS TO TURN YOUR FAT TAIL DUNNART INTO A CELL. 677 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:12,000 DIFFERENCES, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THEN GOING IN AND MAKING ALL OF THOSE EDITS TO TURN YOUR FAT TAIL DUNNART INTO A CELL. 678 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:17,361 DIFFERENCES, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THEN GOING IN AND MAKING ALL OF THOSE EDITS TO TURN YOUR FAT TAIL DUNNART INTO A CELL. 679 00:38:17,428 --> 00:38:18,000 >> YOU'RE SAYING THAT DUNNART IS CLOSER THAN THE TASMANIAN DEVIL. >> THAT LITTLE DUNNART IS A FEROCIOUS CARNIVORE EVEN THOUGH 680 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:24,000 >> YOU'RE SAYING THAT DUNNART IS CLOSER THAN THE TASMANIAN DEVIL. >> THAT LITTLE DUNNART IS A FEROCIOUS CARNIVORE EVEN THOUGH 681 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:24,935 >> YOU'RE SAYING THAT DUNNART IS CLOSER THAN THE TASMANIAN DEVIL. >> THAT LITTLE DUNNART IS A FEROCIOUS CARNIVORE EVEN THOUGH 682 00:38:25,002 --> 00:38:30,000 AND IT'S A VERY, VERY SURROGATE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THIS EDITING IN. >> A NATIVE OF MINNESOTA, KRIS 683 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,543 AND IT'S A VERY, VERY SURROGATE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THIS EDITING IN. >> A NATIVE OF MINNESOTA, KRIS 684 00:38:32,610 --> 00:38:36,000 HELGEN IS CREATIVE OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN SYDNEY. HE UNDERSTANDS THE PUSH TO DEEXTINCT THE TASSIE TIGER. 685 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:42,000 HELGEN IS CREATIVE OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN SYDNEY. HE UNDERSTANDS THE PUSH TO DEEXTINCT THE TASSIE TIGER. 686 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:42,887 HELGEN IS CREATIVE OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN SYDNEY. HE UNDERSTANDS THE PUSH TO DEEXTINCT THE TASSIE TIGER. 687 00:38:42,953 --> 00:38:48,000 >> THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MAMMALS. AND I LOVE ALL MAMMALS. I AM A MAMMAL GUY. 688 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:48,092 >> THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MAMMALS. AND I LOVE ALL MAMMALS. I AM A MAMMAL GUY. 689 00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:53,030 THIS IS A SPECIAL, SPECIAL ANIMAL. >> HE TOOK US UPSTAIRS TO HIS LAB TO SHOW US WHY. 690 00:38:53,097 --> 00:38:54,000 >> SO, THIS IS TASMANIAN TIGER OF THE 19th CENTURY. >> SEE THE STRIPES, SEE THE THICK TAIL, SEE THE GAPING MOUTH 691 00:38:54,000 --> 00:39:00,000 >> SO, THIS IS TASMANIAN TIGER OF THE 19th CENTURY. >> SEE THE STRIPES, SEE THE THICK TAIL, SEE THE GAPING MOUTH 692 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,640 >> SO, THIS IS TASMANIAN TIGER OF THE 19th CENTURY. >> SEE THE STRIPES, SEE THE THICK TAIL, SEE THE GAPING MOUTH 693 00:39:02,707 --> 00:39:06,000 WITH THE SHARP TEETH. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS DE-EXTINCTION EFFORT WITH RESPECT TO THE TASMANIAN TIGER. 694 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,146 WITH THE SHARP TEETH. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS DE-EXTINCTION EFFORT WITH RESPECT TO THE TASMANIAN TIGER. 695 00:39:09,213 --> 00:39:12,000 >> I WOULD BE THE FIRST PERSON TO LINE UP TO SEE THIS ANIMAL IF IT COULD BE SOMEHOW BROUGHT BACK FROM EXTINCTION. 696 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:16,420 >> I WOULD BE THE FIRST PERSON TO LINE UP TO SEE THIS ANIMAL IF IT COULD BE SOMEHOW BROUGHT BACK FROM EXTINCTION. 697 00:39:16,487 --> 00:39:18,000 >> THAT SAID, HELGEN IS THE SKEPTIC, EXPLAINING THAT WISHING TASSIE TIGERS WERE RUNNING RAMPANT DOESN'T OVERCOME 698 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:24,000 >> THAT SAID, HELGEN IS THE SKEPTIC, EXPLAINING THAT WISHING TASSIE TIGERS WERE RUNNING RAMPANT DOESN'T OVERCOME 699 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:24,228 >> THAT SAID, HELGEN IS THE SKEPTIC, EXPLAINING THAT WISHING TASSIE TIGERS WERE RUNNING RAMPANT DOESN'T OVERCOME 700 00:39:24,295 --> 00:39:30,000 SCIENCE. >> THE IDEA THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY TWEAK THE DNA OF THIS MOUSE-SIZED ANIMAL INTO MAKING 701 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:30,568 SCIENCE. >> THE IDEA THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY TWEAK THE DNA OF THIS MOUSE-SIZED ANIMAL INTO MAKING 702 00:39:30,634 --> 00:39:36,000 THIS APEX PREDATOR OF AUSTRALIA, IT STRETCHES IMAGINATION IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT. 703 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,943 THIS APEX PREDATOR OF AUSTRALIA, IT STRETCHES IMAGINATION IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT. 704 00:39:39,009 --> 00:39:42,000 >> WE ALL LOVE OPTIMISM. WE ALL LOVE INNOVATION. >> WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS WE'RE GOING TO MODIFY THE GENOME OF A 705 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:46,784 >> WE ALL LOVE OPTIMISM. WE ALL LOVE INNOVATION. >> WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS WE'RE GOING TO MODIFY THE GENOME OF A 706 00:39:46,851 --> 00:39:48,000 DUNNART TO CREATE A GENETICALLY MODIFIED DUNNART THAT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE MORE LIKE A THYLACINE. MAYBE WE'LL BE ABLE TO TWEAK IT 707 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:54,000 DUNNART TO CREATE A GENETICALLY MODIFIED DUNNART THAT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE MORE LIKE A THYLACINE. MAYBE WE'LL BE ABLE TO TWEAK IT 708 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,594 DUNNART TO CREATE A GENETICALLY MODIFIED DUNNART THAT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE MORE LIKE A THYLACINE. MAYBE WE'LL BE ABLE TO TWEAK IT 709 00:39:56,660 --> 00:40:00,000 GENETICALLY AND IT GETS BIGGER. MAYBE WE'LL BE ABLE TO TWEAK IT GENETICALLY AND IT HAS STEPS ON IT. 710 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,734 GENETICALLY AND IT GETS BIGGER. MAYBE WE'LL BE ABLE TO TWEAK IT GENETICALLY AND IT HAS STEPS ON IT. 711 00:40:03,801 --> 00:40:06,000 BUT THERE'S ABOUT 1,001 STEPS IN BETWEEN. >> HELGEN HAS THOUGHT ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THE TASSIE TIGER 712 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,940 BUT THERE'S ABOUT 1,001 STEPS IN BETWEEN. >> HELGEN HAS THOUGHT ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THE TASSIE TIGER 713 00:40:10,007 --> 00:40:12,000 OBSESSION AND WONDERS HOW MUCH IS DRIVEN BY REMORSE. >> IT'S A SPECIAL SYMBOL ABOUT AUSTRALIA AND ABOUT WHAT WE'VE 714 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,579 OBSESSION AND WONDERS HOW MUCH IS DRIVEN BY REMORSE. >> IT'S A SPECIAL SYMBOL ABOUT AUSTRALIA AND ABOUT WHAT WE'VE 715 00:40:15,646 --> 00:40:18,000 LOST. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF EXTINCTIONS HERE IN THE LAST 100, 200 YEARS. 30 MAMMAL MAS ALONE. 716 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:22,052 LOST. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF EXTINCTIONS HERE IN THE LAST 100, 200 YEARS. 30 MAMMAL MAS ALONE. 717 00:40:22,119 --> 00:40:24,000 SO, IN THE UNITED STATES, ONLY ONE OR TWO MAMMAL SPECIES HAVE DISAPPEARED ENTIRELY. >> WHY AREN'T PEOPLE TAKING THIS 718 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:30,000 SO, IN THE UNITED STATES, ONLY ONE OR TWO MAMMAL SPECIES HAVE DISAPPEARED ENTIRELY. >> WHY AREN'T PEOPLE TAKING THIS 719 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:35,399 SO, IN THE UNITED STATES, ONLY ONE OR TWO MAMMAL SPECIES HAVE DISAPPEARED ENTIRELY. >> WHY AREN'T PEOPLE TAKING THIS 720 00:40:35,466 --> 00:40:36,000 SERIOUSLY? >> SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE DREAM, IF WE CAN JUST GET THIS ANIMAL BACK. 721 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,036 SERIOUSLY? >> SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE DREAM, IF WE CAN JUST GET THIS ANIMAL BACK. 722 00:40:39,103 --> 00:40:42,000 MAYBE IT WOULD HELP US THINK DIFFERENT ABOUT EXTINCTION OR THE GUILT THAT WE MIGHT FEEL OF HAVING REMOVED SUCH A SPECIAL 723 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,909 MAYBE IT WOULD HELP US THINK DIFFERENT ABOUT EXTINCTION OR THE GUILT THAT WE MIGHT FEEL OF HAVING REMOVED SUCH A SPECIAL 724 00:40:44,975 --> 00:40:48,000 ANIMAL FROM THE PLANET, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, THEY IMAGINED IT MIGHT BE STILL HIDING IN TASMANIA OR IN A LAB TO BE REBORN. 725 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:52,483 ANIMAL FROM THE PLANET, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, THEY IMAGINED IT MIGHT BE STILL HIDING IN TASMANIA OR IN A LAB TO BE REBORN. 726 00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:54,000 THERE IS THIS BURNING HOPE. >> RICHO RECKONS THAT IF HIS COUNTRYMEN IN THE DNA SEQUENCING LABS CAN RESURRECT A TASSIE 727 00:40:54,000 --> 00:41:00,000 THERE IS THIS BURNING HOPE. >> RICHO RECKONS THAT IF HIS COUNTRYMEN IN THE DNA SEQUENCING LABS CAN RESURRECT A TASSIE 728 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,526 THERE IS THIS BURNING HOPE. >> RICHO RECKONS THAT IF HIS COUNTRYMEN IN THE DNA SEQUENCING LABS CAN RESURRECT A TASSIE 729 00:41:02,593 --> 00:41:06,000 TIGER, GOOD ON THEM. BUT REGARDLESS, HE'LL CONTINUE COMING HERE. FAITH UNSHAKEN, HE'S CERTAIN 730 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,732 TIGER, GOOD ON THEM. BUT REGARDLESS, HE'LL CONTINUE COMING HERE. FAITH UNSHAKEN, HE'S CERTAIN 731 00:41:08,799 --> 00:41:12,000 THIS ANIMAL, MOST FAMOUS FOR BEING EXTINCT, IS NOT EXTINCT AT ALL. >> IF SOMEONE ACCUSE YOU OF 732 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,673 THIS ANIMAL, MOST FAMOUS FOR BEING EXTINCT, IS NOT EXTINCT AT ALL. >> IF SOMEONE ACCUSE YOU OF 733 00:41:15,739 --> 00:41:18,000 BEING OBSESSED, WOULD YOU PLEAD GUILTY? >> CERTAINLY. YOUR HONOR, I AM GUILTY. 734 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,278 BEING OBSESSED, WOULD YOU PLEAD GUILTY? >> CERTAINLY. YOUR HONOR, I AM GUILTY. 735 00:41:21,345 --> 00:41:24,000 >> YOU'RE TASMANIAN TIGER OBSESSIVE. >> I AM, INDEED. IT'S BEEN MY LOVE. 736 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,684 >> YOU'RE TASMANIAN TIGER OBSESSIVE. >> I AM, INDEED. IT'S BEEN MY LOVE. 737 00:41:26,750 --> 00:41:30,000 >> WHY IS THAT? WHY HAVE YOU CONTINUED TO SEARCH SO LONG FOR THIS? >> I JUST KNOW IT'S THERE. 738 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,557 >> WHY IS THAT? WHY HAVE YOU CONTINUED TO SEARCH SO LONG FOR THIS? >> I JUST KNOW IT'S THERE. 739 00:41:33,624 --> 00:41:36,000 IN MY OWN HEART, I KNOW IT'S THERE. >> AND IF IT ISN'T THERE, WELL, WE SAY, WHAT'S THE HARM IN 740 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,230 IN MY OWN HEART, I KNOW IT'S THERE. >> AND IF IT ISN'T THERE, WELL, WE SAY, WHAT'S THE HARM IN 741 00:41:39,296 --> 00:41:42,000 SEARCHING? COMING TO THE PLANET SUBBASEMENT, BUSH BASHING THIS GORGEOUS TERRAIN, THERE ARE 742 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,536 SEARCHING? COMING TO THE PLANET SUBBASEMENT, BUSH BASHING THIS GORGEOUS TERRAIN, THERE ARE 743 00:41:45,603 --> 00:41:48,000 WORSE WAYS AND PLACES TO SPEND YOUR DAYS. 744 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,474 WORSE WAYS AND PLACES TO SPEND YOUR DAYS. 745 00:41:58,482 --> 00:42:00,000 >>> NOW, THE LAST MINUTE OF "60 MINUTES." >> NOW, AN UPDATE ON OUR STORY FROM NOVEMBER ABOUT THE SOCIAL 746 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:06,000 >>> NOW, THE LAST MINUTE OF "60 MINUTES." >> NOW, AN UPDATE ON OUR STORY FROM NOVEMBER ABOUT THE SOCIAL 747 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,125 >>> NOW, THE LAST MINUTE OF "60 MINUTES." >> NOW, AN UPDATE ON OUR STORY FROM NOVEMBER ABOUT THE SOCIAL 748 00:42:08,192 --> 00:42:12,000 SECURITY ADMINISTRATION DEMANDING REPAYMENT FROM PEOPLE THE AGENCY HAS MISTAKENLY OVERPAID, SOMETIMES YEARS OR 749 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:13,163 SECURITY ADMINISTRATION DEMANDING REPAYMENT FROM PEOPLE THE AGENCY HAS MISTAKENLY OVERPAID, SOMETIMES YEARS OR 750 00:42:13,230 --> 00:42:18,000 EVEN DECADES AGO. LAST MONTH, SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSIONER MARTIN O'MALLEY TOLD THE SENATE HEARING, HE'S 751 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,970 EVEN DECADES AGO. LAST MONTH, SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSIONER MARTIN O'MALLEY TOLD THE SENATE HEARING, HE'S 752 00:42:20,037 --> 00:42:24,000 MAKING SOME CHANGES. >> MANY OF YOU PROBABLY SAW THE TELEVISION JOURNALISM PIECE DONE BY "60 MINUTES," HIGHLIGHTING 753 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:28,512 MAKING SOME CHANGES. >> MANY OF YOU PROBABLY SAW THE TELEVISION JOURNALISM PIECE DONE BY "60 MINUTES," HIGHLIGHTING 754 00:42:28,579 --> 00:42:30,000 THE INJUSTICE THAT WE DO TO AMERICANS WHEN, THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, WE OVERPAY THEM AND THEN CLAW BACK IN A RATHER 755 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:36,000 THE INJUSTICE THAT WE DO TO AMERICANS WHEN, THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, WE OVERPAY THEM AND THEN CLAW BACK IN A RATHER 756 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:36,553 THE INJUSTICE THAT WE DO TO AMERICANS WHEN, THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, WE OVERPAY THEM AND THEN CLAW BACK IN A RATHER 757 00:42:36,620 --> 00:42:42,000 BRUTAL AND SUMMARY WAY 100% OF THEIR CHECK. >> SOCIAL SECURITY WILL NOW WITHHOLD NO MORE THAN 10% OF THE 758 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,662 BRUTAL AND SUMMARY WAY 100% OF THEIR CHECK. >> SOCIAL SECURITY WILL NOW WITHHOLD NO MORE THAN 10% OF THE 759 00:42:44,728 --> 00:42:48,000 MONTHLY PAYMENT AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR BENEFICIARIES 760 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:54,000 MONTHLY PAYMENT AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR BENEFICIARIES 761 00:42:54,000 --> 00:43:00,000 MONTHLY PAYMENT AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR BENEFICIARIES 762 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:06,000 MONTHLY PAYMENT AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR BENEFICIARIES 763 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,084 MONTHLY PAYMENT AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR BENEFICIARIES