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The Tech Economics of the Colonial Pipeline Hack

It's all about zero marginal cost.

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Jonathan V. Last
May 12, 2021∙ Paid
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1. Cyber Crime

I assume you’ve already read enough about Liz Cheney for one morning. So let’s talk about the cyber attack which is screwing up oil supplies on the eastern seaboard.

Brian Krebs has an excellent deep-dive on DarkSide.

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