As 2026 begins, America is staring down a long-overdue cybersecurity reckoning. What was once dismissed as an IT nuisance or a post-breach cleanup task has hardened into a national liability. Cyber risk now runs straight through the economy, politics, and culture, and how decisively we confront it will test whether competence, accountability, and national strength are still taken seriously at all.
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According to recent industry forecasts, global cybercrime costs are barreling toward the multi-trillion-dollar range annually, with ransomware, data extortion, and state-sponsored intrusion leading the charge. Credit rating agencies like Moody’s are now openly warning investors that cyber exposure is becoming a material risk to corporate creditworthiness.
That is not “alarmism.” That is the market speaking plainly. When insurers raise premiums, lenders tighten terms, and
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