The week kicked off with the Iowa caucuses, which went very poorly, in so many ways! We'll talk about a few of them below, but the main takeaway is that adding unvetted technology to the voting process—or anything—rarely makes things better. Other states, please take note! Actually, Nevada and New Hampshire already have. It's a start. In another unwelcome technological evolution, ransomware has started targeting industrial control systems, which bodes poorly for critical infrastructure.

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