South Carolina gets hacked due to "outdated" technology

A look at some older cryptography used by the military and a look at what they are transitioning to

The article makes a clear argument with supporting facts, all while being easily accessible to people that are unfamiliar with the field and remaining entertaining

Clues left in the clumsily encrypted notes of a Mafia don have helped Italian investigators to track his associates and ultimately contributed to his capture after years on the run. The recently busted Bernardo Provenzano, reputed to be the "boss of bosses" of the Sicilian Mafia, used a modified form of the Caesar cipher to obscure "sensitive information" in notes left to either his family or underlings.