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Reason Foundation Issues Commentary: Let the Good Hackers Help: Why States Need a White hat Safe Harbor Now
February 28, 2026
LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 28 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary on Feb. 27, 2026, by policy analyst Jen Sidorova:

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Let the good hackers help: Why states need a white hat safe harbor now

We simply don't have the cybersecurity professionals to staff every agency and utility at the level the threat demands.

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Cyberattacks are hitting state and city systems hard enough to become civic emergencies. In . . .

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