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hat s ybersecurity?
re ou nto omputers nd nd ideo ames? olving uzzles nd nd ysteries?
riting ode nd rogramming omputers? racking riminals? efending ur ountry? hen ybersecurity ould er e or ou! ecause YBERSECURITY S. Securing
hon Because the telecommunications
y b the nation’s critical information infra-
structure, these businesses are inviting
arget foreign adversaries. In January 2023, T-
c a a ore tha n
c dat included names, Social Security num-
bers, and birthdays. The massive breach
n t b k a I swapping attack earlier in 2021. In these
incidents, hackers may have leveraged
me ea to acc we keep in them, such as photos, emails,
passwords, and even that handy banking
app. (Time to borrow some one else’s
phone and call your bank, asap.)
Defending Our Nation
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an ut r st an an , the notable cyb rs. e r t r h t S , . h t S , . go as efe S ha breached Microsoft’s Exchange servers, impacting over 30,000 organiza-
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R here ha ge 14 t th s n d re d s a k o i ng with k h m ( s e
eff effort with specialists from various government agencies. See page 44.
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