While the United States was still the top player in offense, it was woefully behind in locking up its own systems, and only becoming more vulnerable by the day. American data breaches had surged 60 percent year over year, and were now so commonplace that most barely registered as more than a blip on the eleven o’clock news. Half of Americans had to have their credit cards replaced at least once because of internet fraud, including President Obama. Breaches had hit the White House, the State Department, the top federal intelligence agencies, the largest American bank, its top hospital operator,
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