Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr was recently elected 1st Vice President of the National Rifle Association (NRA). That makes the Georgian one of the premier 2nd Amendment advocates in the nation, where he will work closely with with current President Charles Cotton and the NRA’s Board of Directors. The new position has Barr’s influence RISING…
Mercer hack exposes nearly 100,000
Georgia is the cybersecurity capital of the Southeast – and possibly of the entire U.S. – but it is far from safe from cyber attacks. Mercer University, in Macon, is the target of two federal lawsuits alleging that the school did not do enough to keep personal information safe ahead of a major data breach that led to more than 93,000 people having their personal data leaked online. The hack occurred in February but individuals were notified in May that their personal information, including Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers may have been compromised. One suit says the attack was “highly foreseeable” and that the school didn’t do enough to prevent it, and was too slow to alert individuals who had their information leaked. The cyber attack has Mercer’s cybersecurity SINKING…
