Some voices on the Left have made a major fuss in recent years about voter suppression in Georgia, but the numbers from the 2022 midterms don’t back up the case. 52 percent of Georgia’s voter-eligible population cast ballots last November, the highest rate of any state in the South and 13th highest in the nation, (the national rate was 46 percent). Voter turnout and access in Georgia are 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…
