Cyber-security experts and agencies around the world are warning people about a wave of opportunistic hacking attempts linked to the IT outage.

Although there is no evidence that the CrowdStrike outage was caused by malicious activity, some hackers are attempting to take advantage.

For more about that, KCBS Radio anchor Pat Thurston was joine by Dr. Scott J. White, Associate Professor and Director of the Cybersecurity Program at George Washington University.

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