Morning Jolt: Hackers Strike Again

On the menu today: The Electoral College gathers today, and the Cleveland Indians will cease to exist under that moniker after 2021. But we will start with the kind of story that won't get as much attention as, say, what title the First Lady uses, because it is complicated and technical. Sadly, complicated and technical are not synonyms for "inconsequential."

The Acting Executive Branch Is Inactive

Back in 2015, I quoted an unnamed defense contractor's assessment of the hack of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management: "The OPM hack was just the start and it won't be the last." That hack was widely described as the "cyber Pearl Harbor" and yet . . . most Americans didn't notice. A bunch of Russian ads on Facebook stirred more Americans to anger than hackers — believed to be affiliated with the Chinese government — stealing ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 14 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 14 2020 Hackers Strike Again On the menu today: The Electoral College gathers today, and the Cleveland Indians will cease to exist under that moniker after 2021. But we will start with the kind of story that won't get as much attention as, say, what title the First Lady uses, because it is complicated and technical. Sadly, complicated and technical are not synonyms for "inconsequential." The Acting Executive Branch Is Inactive Back in 2015, I quoted an unnamed defense contractor's assessment of the hack of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management: "The OPM hack was just the start and it won't be the last." That hack was widely described as the "cyber Pearl Harbor" and yet . . . most Americans didn't notice. A bunch of Russian ads on Facebook stirred more Americans to anger than hackers — believed to be affiliated with the Chinese government — stealing ...   READ MORE

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Trending on National Review 1. A Stunning Passage from the Latest Court Rejection of Team Trump 2. California's Business-Climate Deniers 3. The Dawning of the '20s

Top Stories Fred Bauer How to Paralyze the Immigration System in One Ill-Conceived Step An effort by Congress to remove per-country caps on employment-based green cards could backfire ... David L. Bahnsen In Defense of Capitalism We must capably defend the call of the entrepreneur, the vitality of capital markets, and the nobility of free ... NEWS Cleveland Indians to Scrap Team Name The name will remain for the 2021 season and be changed when the 2022 season starts.

Kathryn Jean Lopez We Don't Need a President to Save Us, We Need to Be Heroes There is tremendous power in virtue. Those who live well will be more important than all the politicians in the ... NEWS Warnock Labeled Senators 'Gangsters and Thugs' for Backing Tax Cuts, Said They're 'Willing... The Georgia Senate candidate made the statement in a 2017 sermon after the body passed the Tax Cuts and Job ...

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Episode 109: Texas vs. Everyone Episode 284: This Ain't It, Tex

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Royal Ballet Rehearses 'The... Land of Light Show

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The U.S. Government Buys... Disney Stock Hits an...

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A Stunning Passage from the Latest... Australia Stands Up to an Unhinged...

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