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Flashback: The year of the cyberattack, and immigration reform that wasn't
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Jan 2, 2015
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Flashback: The year of the cyberattack, and immigration reform that wasn't
The year began with a big hack at Target and ended with one at Sony. And it began with hopes for immigration reform, and ended without it.
Target turned 50 years old over the summer! Nampa, Idaho
Retailer Target was hit by the first of a series of cyberhacks in 2014.
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The year began with a big hack at Target and ended with one at Sony. And it began with hopes for immigration reform, and ended without it.

Journalists James Rainey of the LA Times and Elahe Izadi of the Washington Post look back at some of the big stories of the year, and make some informed guesses about things to come.