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The FPA’s Must Reads (September 6-13)

The FPA’s Must Reads (September 6-13)

Need some reading for the weekend? Check out our selection of longform reads and the best of ForeignPolicyBlogs.com.

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Hackers Crash Tea Party?

Hackers Crash Tea Party?

It’s ten days to midterm elections in the US. Tempers are running a bit high. Now FreedomWorks, one of the larger organized vehicles driving Tea Party activism, claims to have been shut down by a “cyber attack” when they were about to start a Glenn Beck online fundraiser. The WSJ doesn’t provide many details apart […]

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India Restricts Chinese Telecom Firms Citing Security Concerns

Security Agencies Say Companies Failed Important Security Tests

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Electricity and The Future of War

Perhaps it is a complete coincidence that Brazil experienced a massive blackout affecting 60 million people only days after last week’s 60 Minutes showed a segment on cyber attacks on infrastructure including banks, internal governmental computer systems and power grids. In it, they mentioned a previously successful attack on a major electric power grid, which sources […]

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