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    #312: Perpetual Nightmare

    December 24th, 2020 · 70 minutes

    Time to talk about two ongoing nightmares: a massive hack that implicates many government agencies, and the release of Cyberpunk 2077.

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    Links and Show Notes

    Russia's SolarWinds Hack Is a Historic Mess | WIRED
    Opinion | I Was the Homeland Security Adviser to Trump. We’re Being Hacked. - The New York Times
    A moment of reckoning: the need for a strong and global cybersecurity response - Microsoft On the Issues
    Hackers used SolarWinds' dominance against it in sprawling spy campaign | Reuters
    Cyberpunk 2077 Is the Game of the Year, but Only in That "Time Man of the Year" Kind of Way - Paste
    GameStop will reportedly accept Cyberpunk 2077 returns, even if you’ve opened the game - The Verge
    How Cyberpunk 2077 Sold a Promise—and Rigged the System | WIRED
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