WannaCry, like the Russian attacks on the Ukraine power grid in the previous two years, was among a new generation of attacks that put civilians in the crosshairs. In that regard, it is akin to terrorism. “If you are wondering why you’re getting hacked—or attempted-hacked—with greater frequency,” said Jared Cohen, the former State Department official who now runs Alphabet’s Jigsaw, a part of the Google parent company, which has done pioneering work in how to make people safer on the Internet, “it is because you are getting hit with the digital equivalent of shrapnel in an escalating
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