Media

Here is a list of my media contributions.

2025

November 20

WXIA TV “The Take” - The causes of internet outages and how to prevent them

November 13

WXIA TV “The Take” - The dangers of deepfakes

October 21

WXIA TV “The Take” - Amazon tech outage: Inside what happened

September 24

WXIA TV “The Take” - Secret Service finds NYC SIM farm threat

June 19

WXIA TV “The Take” - NBS News poll on AI use in American society (interview is approximately 31 minutes in)

May 3

[WXIA TV - Cobb County cyberattack Group demands ransom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYS_lDJrhhc)

March 26

Marietta Daily Journal - Cobb Officials “Still Looking” to see if Data Compromised in Server Breach

January 20

WXIA TV - Hackers hijack digital tickets, leaving metro Atlanta woman frustrated


2024

November 19

WSB TV - Discord Security

October 17

WSB TV - password fatigue

August 1

WXIA TV - Georgians concerned after glitch in voter registration website

July 23

WXIA TV - Delta pilot describes ongoing issues with airline

July 22

WSB TV - Crowdstrike outage

July 20

WANF TV - ‘It will happen again’: Information security expert says it could take companies weeks to recover from CrowdStrike outage

July 19

WXIA TV - Explanation for why cyber outage happened across America

July 19

WSB TV - Crowdstrike outage

July 12

WSB TV - Millions of AT&T customers exposed in data breach, cyber expert talks security, privacy

March 30

WXIA TV - Millions of AT&T customers have personal information leaked following data breach

March 21

WSB TV - TikTok Federal legislation

February 27

WSB TV - Fulton County ransomware attack

February 20

WSB TV - the Fulton County ransomware attack

February 16

Neighborhood TV - the Fulton County ransomware attack

January 30

WXIA TV - Fulton County ransomware attack


2023

August 9

Maryland Association of Counties - Florida, California, and Others Take Action on Mandated Social Media Literacy for Youth

August 8

Route Fifty - More states look to boost kids’ social media literacy

June 27

Route Fifty - Digital literacy, not bans, should shape states’ approach to social media

May 16

Route Fifty - Enforcement questions dog state’s proposed TikTok ban

April 6

WXIA TV - Georgia attorney general launches next phase of investigations into cybercriminals across the state

March 20

WXIA TV - VERIFY: Has the U.S. ever placed a total ban on a foreign app?


2022

December 12

WXIA TV - Yes, text scams impersonating the United States Postal Service are circulating

December 8

WANF TV - Georgia senator wants to ban TikTok in Georgia

November 9

WSB TV - IT expert questions use of app by state officials

October 11

WSB TV - DeKalb County’s internal auditors refusing to release critical report

April 11

Harvard Crimson - IT Oversight Left Thousands of Harvard Internal Files Vulnerable — Again

April 11

MoneyGeek - Identy Theft & Fraud

March 22

Marietta Daily Journal - KSU cyber security expert on potential Russian cyber-attacks: ‘Don’t panic’

March 1

WABE Radio - Cyber threats to U.S. corporations, infrastructure loom amid Russian invasion of Ukraine

February 22

WSB TV - Federal hate crimes trial highlights use of texts, social media in court cases


2021

December 27

WXIA TV - What is the cloud?

November 17

WSB TV - As holiday shopping season ramps up, so are scammers coming for your money

October 12

Harvard Crimson - In Massive Security Oversight, Thousands of Private University Documents Left Vulnerable

September 16

AdvisorSmith - The Best Cyber Insurance Companies for 2021

September 14

WSB TV - Apple issues urgent iPhone software update to address spyware vulnerability

July 29

Chicago Tribune - Ransomware attack costs Illinois attorney general’s office more than $2.5M

July 29

Better Government Association - No Ransom Paid, but Illinois AG Office Is Spending More Than $2.5 Million on Hacker Attack

June 17

WATN TV - How long would it take hackers to crack your passwords?

June 7

WXIA TV - Why are cybercriminals able to paralyze the production of goods we need?

May 19

WXIA TV - steps to take to protect yourself from online cyberattacks

March 18

WSB TV - Experts say bills going through legislature will make it easier for government to hide details of cyber attacks

March 12

WSB TV - Police report shows Cobb County Schools withheld Information from parents, teachers

February 25

WSB TV - Cobb Schools AlertPoint Cyber Attack 6pm piece

February 25

WSB TV - Cobb Schools AlertPoint Cyber Attack 5pm piece

February 24

WXIA TV - Code-Red alert sent district-wide to Cobb schools, forcing lockdowns, was ‘targeted, external attack’

January 15

WSB TV - Experts criticizing city’s refusal to confirm they’ve done business with software firm hit with hack


2020

December 22

WSB TV interview - City of Atlanta refuses to answer whether it was impacted by massive computer attack

October 9

WSB TV interview - Cyberattack on Georgia agency exposed private information of parents, children

August 12

WXIA TV interview - Gwinnett students have issues logging in for virtual learning

August 12

WXIA TV interview - Gwinnett Schools report issues with digital learning on first day of school

June 6

Ars Technica - Georgia shows why November’s election could be chaos

April 7

Marietta Daily Journal - KSU security expert: Key to Zoom security is in the settings

March 2020

KSU Research Magazine - “False Alarm?”

January 3

WXIA TV - Amid threats of revenge, Atlanta knows Iran’s cyber capabilities all too well


2019

December 17

AJC - Henry County has spent $650,000 restoring computer network after hack

November 26

WXIA TV - VERIFY: Does Cyber Monday increase shoppers’ risk of getting hacked?

August 7

AJC - Henry County spends $88,000 on consultants for cyber security

July 29

WSB TV - Security expert gives Atlanta Public Schools ‘C’ for IT security

July 25

AJC - Experts: Henry, Lawrenceville cyberattack recovery will be slow

February 2

WXIA TV - Verify: Is your phone’s personal hot spot secure?


2018

December 19

CBS 46 Atlanta - Facebook’s data sharing deals

September 21

WMAZ TV - Duluth man convicted of hacking into world’s largest military base

September 19

AJC - Small businesses are big targets for cybercriminals

Alternate link via WRAL website

July 26

WMAZ TV - New emails circulating say there is video of you watching porn – Is it real?

July 25

WSB TV - Internal report reveals Fulton County lacks IT recovery plan

May 2

Deseret News - What we can learn from the good-guy hackers

May 1

AP News - Tech giants urge governor to veto Georgia cybercrime bill

April 17

STATESCOOP - Georgia infosec community urges governor to veto ambiguous computer crime bill

April 6

WXIA TV - Here’s why cyber activists are pushing for veto of anti-hacking bill

April 4

Law.com Daily Report - Georgia Bill Raises Concerns, Questions for ‘White Hat’ Hackers

April 2

WABE Radio - Bill Criminalizing ‘Unauthorized Computer Access’ Concerns Security Experts

April 2

WSB TV - Internal audit raises more questions about how well MARTA’s IT networks

March 30

Electronic Frontier Foundation - Georgia Passes Anti-Infosec Legislation

March 29

WABE Radio - What We Know About The Atlanta Ransomware Attack

March 29

Fox News Channel - Atlanta still battling effects of ransomware attack, expert says hack should be national ‘wakeup call’

March 29

Fox News Channel - Special Report with Bret Baier”

March 28

WXIA TV - How to protect your personal computer from ransomware

March 27

TechTarget - Five days after Atlanta ransomware attack, recovery begins

March 26

WXIA TV - Recovery from Atlanta cyber attack could take months

March 25

WXIA TV - Public deserves to know more about how Atlanta is battling cyberattack, expert says

March 23

WXIA TV - Video update from Kaitlyn Ross about City of Atlanta ransomware attack

March 23

Fox 5 Atlanta - Atlanta Mayor: No evidence citizen, employee data compromised in cyberattack

March 23

WSB TV - MARTA study show transit agency had severe IT security problem

March 22

WXIA TV - HACKED! The City of Atlanta’s systems were compromised by a ransomware attack - how do you protect yourself??

March 22

WXIA TV - Cyberattack hits Atlanta computers - ‘Everyone who has done business’ with city may be at risk

March 22

GovTech.com - FBI, DHS Assisting Atlanta Response to Reported Ransomware Attack

March 12

AJC - Georgia bill might limit efforts to find internet security problems

February 25

AP News - Sweeping Georgia cybercrime bill would target ‘snoopers’

February 21

WSB TV - IT expert criticizes how long MARTA is taking to correct problems that could affect riders

February 15

WABE Radio - Ga. Senate Passes Bill Criminalizing ‘Unauthorized Computer Access’

February 8

The Parallax View - Georgia bill could stifle the state’s booming cybersecurity community

January 15

KSU Sentinel - “Meltdown” and “Spectre” vulnerabilities pose threat to devices


2017

November 13

WSB TV - Confidential report shows MARTA paid contractor multimillion dollar contract after repeatedly not doing work

October 11

CBS46 TV - Trust and Caution

October 5

WSB TV - MARTA confirms exit of executive in charge of troubled IT system

June 21

CBS46 TV - Old votine machines questioned

June 20

CBS46 TV - Karen Handel defeats Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s 6th District (segment begins around the 8:08 mark)

May 24

WSB TV - KSU professor gives perspective on report that rips reliability of MARTA’s IT network

May 18

WSB TV - MARTA disagrees with experts calling its IT operation ‘chaotic’

May 17

WSB TV - Cyber expert concerned MARTA won’t release report

May 4

CDNet - How “adversarial engineering” of red teams is strengthening security practitioners

March 29

WXIA TV - Verify: Does Congressional repeal on internet ads invade your privacy?

February 3

WXIA TV - Ga. man steals over half a million dollars with single e-mail

January 2

WSB TV - MARTA hearing at Georgia State Capitol


2016

December 15

WXIA TV - Yahoo says hackers stole information from over 1 billion accounts

October 21

Newswise - Disruptive DYN attack motivations still sought, says Kennesaw State cybersecurity expert

February 3

WSB TV - MARTA network security followup


2015

December 18

WXIA TV - Internet-connected Christmas Toys

December 16

Coles College of Business - Expert Advice: How to keep kids safe with tech toys this season

December

Cobb in Focus - Prep Your Business for a Data Breach

November 26

WSB TV - October 2015 Data Breach at the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office

November 16

WSB TV - MARTA struggling to correct computer system security problems

September 30

Fox 5 Atlanta TV - Twitter, Cyber Mobs

September 23

Business RadioX - Silver Lining in the Cloud broadcast

February 15

Kennesaw State University - There’s No Free Lunch When Privacy is Involved

January 16

Kennesaw State University - Blackhat, Whitehat: Understanding Cyber Lingo


2014

December 14

WSB TV - Fake Twitter Account Causing Headaches for Local Police Department