- Hacking pays: “The security firm Cybereason said in 2024 that 84% of ransomware victims paid, and that most were breached again within a year,” via Bloomberg.
- Social security funds have six years until depletion: “When the programme launched in 1940, its future must have seemed assured. Lots of money went in and little came out: for each retired person drawing benefits, more than 150 workers were contributing to the fund, which invested in Treasury securities.
“Today, after years of demographic transformation—lower birth rates bringing fewer workers to the labour force, and longer lifespans for the fortunate recipients—the ratio of workers to recipients is less than three to one.”
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