What hackers do to get your personal data, Wray on US data

The top story: Tourism associated with the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is running into hurdles as ticket sales lag past events. Ameera David has details. Afterwards, Boom Bust’s Bianca Facchinei reports how hackers stole bitcoins worth millions in an attack on a bitcoin exchange in Hong Kong. Then, RT Correspondent Simone del Rosario reports live from the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas on the security and privacy issues that hackers are talking about.

After the break, Ameera talks to STA Wealth Advisors’ Worth Wray about what recent data say about the health of the US economy. And in the Big Deal, Ameera and Edward discuss the collapse in economic data series coming from the UK.

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