Media
Here is a list of my media contributions.
2026
August 12
WSB TV - Fake tech stole gym’s internet, so he’d get paid every time they paid the bills, police say
May 9
WXIA TV - Canvas platform back online after cyber breach
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
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 20
Security expert says DeKalb County poorly prepared to protect people’s personal information
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