Episode
60 Minutes: Ransomware, Frontotemporal Dementia, Polar Punk
Overview
How cybercriminals hold data hostage; then, living with Frontotemporal Dementia; and, the sounds of Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 51
- Episode
- Episode 29
- Air date
- 2019-05-05
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Ransomware, Frontotemporal Dementia, Polar Punk is Episode 29 in Season 51 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2019-05-05. The runtime is 44 min.
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