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Unbelievably creative attack in South Carolina

In a previous post we noted that someone cracked the South Carolina Department of Revenue computer system and stole 3.6 million names and Social Security numbers, along with thousands of unencrypted matching credit card numbers. Questioned as to why South Carolina … Continue reading →

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It’s Complicated

Someone snuck into the South Carolina Department of Revenue database in August and made off with the names and Social Security numbers of 3.6 million South Carolinians. (To put it in perspective, the population of the entire state is 4.6 … Continue reading →

Posted in Fail, Quotes, Tech, Words | Tagged encryption, Hacking, Nikki Haley, pwnage | 2 Comments

Die Große Lüge

While observing and participating in many early online discussions, my friend Mike Godwin in 1990 created “Godwin’s Law,” which states: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1. The concept of … Continue reading →

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Negative Politics

Some say this quadrennial presidential campaign is disappointing, focusing too much on negative personal attacks rather than serious discussions about important issues. George Friedman, a political scientist and chief executive of … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotes, Words | Tagged George Friedman, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson | 1 Comment

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Unbelievably creative attack in South Carolina

It’s Complicated

Die Große Lüge

Negative Politics

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