Work in the Future

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Work in the future / How can we stay cyber safe?

Episode 251201/ 1 Dec 2025

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Transcript

Note: This is a transcript of a spoken conversation and is not a word-for-word script.

PhilDo you know how to keep information safe at work?

Joe

TidyI cannot cover every single cyber attack that takes place. There are just too many. Every day there seems to be some sort of data breach somewhere.

PippaToday we'll be talking about cyber security and how hackers can cause chaos for businesses.

PhilHello and welcome to Learning English for Work. I'm Phil.

PippaAnd I'm Pippa. Find a transcript for this episode to read along on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

PhilPippa, have you ever been targeted by a scam email or text?

PippaYes, I have. I don't really get too many scam emails. I think maybe they just go into my junk folder, but I get quite a lot of texts from people I don't know saying that they're a certain business, or I get phone calls from people pretending to be my bank or something like that, which is a bit scary, really.

PhilYeah. No, I get the same. Lots of notifications, lots of, like, text messages that are usually telling me to do something or with a link to click on, and I can usually tell that they're that they're not real, but sometimes it can be hard.

PippaMhm. Yeah. Trying to protect ourselves and the companies we work for from cyber attacks is really stressful. So, to help, I spoke to BBC journalist Joe Tidy.

Joe

TidyMy name is Joe Tidy and I m the BBC's cyber correspondent. So, I report on everything to do with sort of like the dark side of the internet, really. So cyber crime, hacking, digital security, data protection and potential harms and safety online.