News in Brief These Four Charts Show the Sorry State of Cybersecurity Cyber attacks are ramping up, and we're not ready for it. Nick Hagar
News in Brief What Libraries Can Teach Us in Our Fight for Digital Rights As civil society worries about the threat of targeted surveillance, the library provides a critical blueprint for how to tackle the problem. Seeta Peña Gangadharan
News in Brief Redrawing the Battle Lines in the Internet Privacy Debate By Eric Null As Americans spend more and more time online and on their devices, they also want… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Russia Is Copying China’s Approach to Internet Censorship — Will It Work? (Photo: Damien Meyer/Getty Staff) When you hear the words Russia and Internet, you probably think of Kremlin-backed hacking.… Emily Parker
News in Brief What’s Wrong With America’s Current Approach to Cybersecurity? It’s almost impossible these days to avoid media coverage of Russia’s role in hacking the 2016 election. So… Gregory Michaelidis
News in Brief The Rise of the Hacker Industrial Complex We continue to put our faith and finances in networks that are increasingly difficult to protect. By Jonathan… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Meet the Estonian Woman Shaping International Cybersecurity Policy Marina Kajurand’s appointment to the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace is a milestone in the undeniably… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What It Means to Have an ‘Adult’ Conversation on Encryption In 2017, we need to move past the debate over backdoors. By Kevin Bankston (Photo: Ilya Pavlov/Unsplash) Since… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Who’s Trying to Murder the Internet? An inside look at the most basic and effective way for hackers to shut down someone’s website. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What’s Really at Stake in the Apple Encryption Debate The government has never been allowed to create a "backdoor" to encrypted devices. Now, it's trying to force Apple to build one. Julia Angwin