“Nobody has ever made money selling America short. We’re an extraordinary country.” — John Steele Gordon To honor America’s semiquincentennial birthday, the Wall Street Journal has been celebrating the most impactful American inventions of all time: 1. Internet 2. Light bulb 3. Integrated circuit 4. Personal computer 5. Airplane The…
Episode 2890: Anja Shortland Shines a Light on the Dark Screen of Ransomware https://keenon.substack.com/p/we-know-you-can-pay-a-million?utm_source=youtube
“It’s like wrecking a car to steal a pair of sunglasses. The sunglasses are the ransom. The damage to the car is fifty to seventy-five billion dollars a year.” — Anja Shortland Cybercrime is booming. Ransomware attacks — where criminal gangs encrypt your servers and hold your data hostage until…
Episode 2889: Gary Slutkin on Violence as Our Most Contagious Disease https://keenon.substack.com/p/the-deadliest-of-plagues?utm_source=youtube
