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Cyber Security in 2026: What Actually Stops Breaches

A $9.5 Billion Problem That Keeps Getting Worse The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported $12.5 billion in cybercrime losses in 2023 — a figure that's only climbed since. If you're searching for answers about cyber security, you're asking the

Carl B. Johnson May 05, 2026 5 min read
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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 millions of Americans. UnitedHealth Group confirmed paying a $22 million ransom. The attack vector? Stolen credentials on a system that lacked multi-factor authentication. One missing

Carl B. Johnson May 02, 2026 5 min read
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Cyber Security in 2025: What Actually Works Now

The Breach That Changed How I Think About Cyber Security In February 2024, Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the United States — was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted pharmacies, hospitals, and insurance claims across the country for weeks. UnitedHealth Group, its parent company, later

Carl B. Johnson Nov 06, 2025 7 min read
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Cyber Security in 2025: What Actually Works Now

The Breach That Changed How I Think About Cyber Security In February 2025, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that losses from cybercrime exceeded $16 billion in 2024 — a record that shattered the previous year's numbers. That single statistic rewired how I approach cyber security

Carl B. Johnson Oct 15, 2025 7 min read
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Cyber Security in 2024: What Actually Works Now

The $4.88 Million Wake-Up Call You Can't Afford to Ignore IBM's 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report pegs the global average cost of a breach at $4.88 million — the highest figure ever recorded. That's not a typo. And it's

Carl B. Johnson Jul 13, 2024 8 min read
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Cyber Security in 2024: What Actually Stops Breaches

The Breach That Changed How I Think About Cyber Security In January 2024, Microsoft disclosed that Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard had been lurking inside their corporate email systems since November 2023. Not a small startup. Not a company that skimps on security budgets. Microsoft. If their cyber security defenses

Carl B. Johnson May 13, 2024 7 min read
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Cyber Security Basics That Stop 90% of Attacks

The Breach That Started With a Single Password In May 2021, a single compromised password shut down the Colonial Pipeline and triggered fuel shortages across the Eastern United States. The attackers used a stolen VPN credential — no multi-factor authentication, no zero trust architecture, just one reused password. That's

Carl B. Johnson Jul 30, 2022 6 min read
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Cyber Security in 2021: What Actually Stops Breaches

Colonial Pipeline. JBS Foods. SolarWinds. The first half of 2021 has delivered a masterclass in what happens when cyber security fails at scale. Colonial paid $4.4 million in ransom. JBS paid $11 million. And the SolarWinds fallout — which compromised nine federal agencies and over 100 private companies — is still

Carl B. Johnson Jul 01, 2021 7 min read
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Cyber Security in 2026: What Actually Stops Breaches

A Single Stolen Password Cost One Company $150 Million In 2024, Change Healthcare suffered a catastrophic breach that disrupted pharmacy operations across the United States for weeks. The entry point? A compromised credential on a system lacking multi-factor authentication. That single oversight in cyber security led to what UnitedHealth Group

Carl B. Johnson Feb 14, 2019 6 min read