Not surprising.

https://www.bespacific.com/researcher-study-u-s-house-candidates-vulnerable-to-hacks/

Researcher study – U.S. House candidates vulnerable to hacks

Reuters: “Three of every 10 candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives have significant security problems with their websites, according to a new study by independent researchers that underscores the threat hackers pose to the November elections… A team of four independent researchers led by former National Institutes for Standards and Technology security expert Joshua Franklin concluded that the websites of nearly one-third of U.S. House candidates, Democrats and Republicans alike, are vulnerable to attacks. NIST is a U.S. Commerce Department laboratory that provides advice on technical issues, including cyber security. Using automated scans and test programs, the team identified multiple vulnerabilities, including problems with digital certificates used to verify secure connections with users, Franklin told Reuters ahead of the presentation. The warnings about the midterm elections, which are less than three months away, come after Democrats have spent more than a year working to bolster cyber defenses of the party’s national, state and campaign operations.

Democratic National Committee officials told Reuters they have completely rebuilt the party’s computer network, including email systems and databases, to avert a repeat of 2016, when Russian intelligence agents hacked into Democratic accounts and then used stolen data to undermine support for Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid…”

Perspective.

https://www.postandcourier.com/business/google-plans-to-spend-million-expanding-its-sc-data-center/article_01175774-9f01-11e8-aea6-97a2c0ca8518.html

Google plans to spend $600 million expanding its SC data center

Search engine giant Google Inc. plans to invest $600 million to expand its massive data center outside Charleston, according to records filed with Berkeley County.

… Since it first opened, Google has pumped $1.8 billion into the decade-old site, which is in Moncks Corner, but details of its expansion plans are still limited. The company declined to describe its plans until they win the blessing of Berkeley County officials.

… The company runs eight data centers in the U.S. and 15 worldwide, including three in the Carolinas and Georgia. Google didn’t say what prompted the expansion plans.

The company’s growth in South Carolina has drawn criticism from environmental groups, who say that the data center is drawing too much water to cool its servers. The company sparked controversy locally when it asked for permission to pull 1.5 million gallons of water a day from beneath Berkeley County, a request that has since stalled.

Something for my vets? They also have to be poor?

https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/comcast-has-now-helped-more-than-six-million-low-income-americans-cross-the-digital-divide-through-its-internet-essentials-program

Connecting More Than 6 Million Low-Income Americans

… The company also announced it will significantly expand eligibility – for the eleventh time in seven years – to low-income veterans, nearly one million of whom live within the Comcast footprint. According to the United States Census Bureau’s 2016 American Community Survey, less than 70 percent of low-income veterans have Internet access, and about 60 percent own a computer.