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
July 20
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
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
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
February 22
WSB TV - Federal hate crimes trial highlights use of texts, social media in court cases
2021
December 27
November 17
WSB TV - As holiday shopping season ramps up, so are scammers coming for your money
October 12
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
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
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
January 15
2020
December 22
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
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
March 22
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
October 11
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
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