In the Media
Citizen Lab staff and research in the news.
Senior Researcher Helmi Noman on the Syrian Electronic Army
Citizen Lab Senior Researcher Helmi Noman spoke to media this week about the Syrian Electronic Army and the latest hacking of the Associated Press’ verified Twitter account.
Director Ron Deibert interviewed by Wall Street Journal
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert spoke about how repressive governments around the world have been getting assistance from Western technology companies.
Citizen Lab Senior Researcher Helmi Noman interviewed on France24 Arabic
Noman discussed the recent Twitter compromises, techniques believed to be used (phishing URLs), and how the regional dimensions of the conflict in Syria is reflected on the Internet (e.g., defacement of Iranian and Russian websites over their support to Syrian regime).
TOM-Skype surveillance research in Bloomberg Business Week
Bloomberg Business Week reports on joint Citizen Lab and University of New Mexico research on surveillance in the TOM-Skype instant messaging client (Chinese version of Skype).
Senior Researcher Sarah McKune quoted in AFP piece
In a piece for Agence France Press, Citizen Lab Senior Researcher Sarah McKune was quoted in response to a recent report outlying alleged Chinese hacking of US firms.
Was Canada’s Delisle spying for the Russian mob?
Brian Stewart’s piece for CBC News features Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert on the Russian cybercrime underworld.
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert on CBC’s The Current
Professor Deibert spoke about the Canadian company Blackberry and the lack of transparency in Blackberry’s agreements with governments abroad.
Senior Researcher Sarah McKune in radio interview on Planet Blue Coat
On 30 January 2013, Senior Researcher Sarah McKune participated in a radio interview on WebmasterRadio.fm in the Cyber Law and Business Report show.
Citizen Lab Senior Researcher Sarah McKune in Huffington Post interview
Hosted by Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, the segment explored US involvement in exporting arms and censorship, surveillance and filtering technology to brutal regimes abroad.