Economics Should Baltimore Have Paid a Ransom to End a Cyberattack on City Infrastructure? While the cost to combat the malware will be in the millions—as opposed to a $100,000 ransom—paying cyber criminals could set a dangerous precedent. Josephine Wolff
Social Justice Deleting Cyber Abuse One Case at a Time Private security firms—like Fortalice Solutions—are taking on cases of cyber abuse and bullying when law enforcement and technology companies won't step in. Sonia Weiser
News in Brief How Unreliable Data Leads to the Undercounting of Cybercrime Until we find more certainty regarding how cybersecurity statistics are reported, we won't be to able to fully understand the scope of the problem. Josephine Wolff
Economics The High-Tech—and Very Low-Tech—Tactics of Corporate Espionage No matter the methods, the motivations are the same. Lauren Kirchner
Social Justice Should We Encourage Our Kids to Spend Their Teenage Years as Cyber Deviants? Research finds that hacking and online theft among teenagers is widespread, but mostly harmless. Lauren Kirchner
Economics Hackers for Hire, Just in It for the Cash It’s not always about politics and chaos. Lauren Kirchner