Benjamin Freed was the managing editor of StateScoop and EdScoop, covering cybersecurity issues affecting state and local governments across the country. He wrote extensively about ransomware, election security and the federal government’s role in assisting states and cities with information security.
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Russians hacked two Florida counties in 2016, Gov. DeSantis says
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Report: Ransomware attacks against state and local government are on the rise
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Contractor-monitoring software bills that worried state CIOs mostly failed to pass
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Florida will reorganize IT governance yet again
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Why state governments struggle to hire women in cybersecurity roles
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‘RobbinHood’ ransomware knocks out city services in Baltimore
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Costly 2012 data breach showed Utah importance of tracking inventory
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