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Cyber Security in 2026: What Actually Works Now

The Breach That Changed How I Think About Cyber Security In February 2024, Change Healthcare suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted insurance claims processing for nearly every hospital and pharmacy in the United States. UnitedHealth Group later confirmed the breach affected approximately 100 million individuals — making it the largest healthcare

Carl B. Johnson Apr 23, 2026 5 min read
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Cyber Security in 2022: What's Actually Breaking

In March 2022, Okta confirmed that the Lapsus$ threat actor group had breached a third-party support contractor, potentially affecting hundreds of enterprise customers. A few weeks later, the same group hit Microsoft, Nvidia, and Samsung. These weren't obscure targets — they were companies with massive cyber security budgets, sophisticated

Carl B. Johnson Aug 11, 2022 7 min read
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Cyber Security Basics That Actually Stop Breaches

The Colonial Pipeline Hack Was a Wake-Up Call Nobody Should Have Needed On May 7, 2021, a single compromised password shut down the largest fuel pipeline in the United States. Colonial Pipeline paid a $4.4 million ransom to the DarkSide threat actor group, and fuel shortages rippled across the

Carl B. Johnson Jun 01, 2021 6 min read
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Cyber Security in 2026: What Actually Works Now

In March 2024, Change Healthcare suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted insurance claims processing for nearly every hospital and pharmacy in the United States. The root cause? Stolen credentials on a system without multi-factor authentication. One overlooked gap in cyber security brought a $32 billion company to its knees and

Carl B. Johnson Feb 25, 2019 6 min read