12 Days of JOURNOS, Day Six: Real-Life Ninjas and Our National Security

On the Sixth Day of JOURNOS, we first look back on a ninja attack on American soil. Well, not really — but a guy in Kern County did dress up as one in September to ambush a special forces unit under a cloak of darkness. But speaking of vulnerabilities, how about that Colonial pipeline shitshow back in May? Among other things, it brought to light the burgeoning industry of Ransomware as a Service (RaaS), where organized crime starts to look a lot more like Salesforce than the Gambino Family.  While the threat of ninja attack is nothing to be worried about in the grand scheme of things, the notion of a forever cyberwar certainly is. Problem is, we’re just too used to fearing The Bomb.