Sandworm
Decisions were made at the advent of the internet about critical things such as security, privacy, user sovereignty et cetera without any form of democracy. As we now know, many of these choices had profound, often irrevocable, consequences that will reverberate throughout the digital world for decades to come.
Piers Kicks • Into The Void
Meghan Hannes, a cyber-insurance portfolio manager, remembers the moment she realised the ground had shifted, back in 2019. “My claims person called and said, ‘Hey Meg, we had seven ransomware demands this week, and they’re all for millions of dollars,’” she said
Amanda Chicago Lewis • Secrets of a ransomware negotiator
There was another working theory among Range employees as they searched for a money trail leading to the Smiths: the money was coming from Russia and being funneled through a foundation like Heinz in an attempt to disrupt the U.S. energy industry.
Eliza Griswold • Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
Meanwhile, effective statecraft is conspicuously lacking. Institutions have failed to adapt. No one today would design a UN Security Council that looked like the current one, yet real reform is impossible, because those who would lose influence block any changes. Efforts to build effective frameworks to deal with the challenges of globalization, in
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