Media Links
April 2018
As Britain faces the threat of possible cyber-attack from Russia, Rob comments on what the UK Government can do to mitigate the risk.
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
July 2020
Rob talks about the accusation by the US, the UK and Canada that Russia has been hacking COVID-19 vaccine researchers.
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April 2018
Rob talks about NATO’s cyber defence exercise to which Australia has sent an official observer following recent cyber attacks on Australian businesses.
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June 2017
Rob joins Fran Kelly of ABC to discuss what can be done about online extremism.
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http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/cyber/8592168
May 2017
Rob discusses the WannaCry ransomware attack which affected a large number of organisations globally, notably Britian’s NHS.
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Al Jazeera
December 2020
Rob commented on the Solarwinds story, a huge cyber attack on the US attributed to Russia.
July 2020 – Inside Story
Rob joins a panel to discuss the announcement by the UK government that it will ban Huawei equipment from its 5G network.
https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2020/07/fill-huawei-void-200720193612181.html
July 2020
Rob was interviewed about the Twitter hack where a number of high-profile accounts were used in an apparent cryptocurrency scam.
May 2017 – Inside Story
Rob joins a panel to discuss the computer virus WannaCry which affected major organisations including Britain’s NHS, French car maker Renault, international shipper FedEx, and Russia’s banks and interior ministry, as well as the Spanish telecoms company Telefonica.
March 2017 – Inside Story
Rob discusses privacy and security aspects of the modern connected world.
April 2016 – Inside Story
Rob joins a panel to discuss encryption and whether governments should have the right to snoop on what we share online.
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2016/04/encryption-160416145826188.html
May 2015 – Inside Story
Rob and the panel debate private and state internet surveillance
Associated Press
January 2020
Rob comments on the investigation into the hacking of Jeff Bezos’ mobile phone which he describes as “very incomplete”.
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BBC
September 2018
Rob provides insight in to how hackers may have stolen thousands of customer credit and debit card details from the British Airways website and app.
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CNBC
April 2015
Rob comments on the NATO cyber security drills held in Estonia.
CNN
March 2020
Rob comments on whether the allegations that downloading the Houseparty app can cause other accounts to be hacked are likely to be true…
Canadian TV
April 2015
Rob discusses the cyber attack which took France’s TV5Monde off the air
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EuroNews
December 2020
Rob was interviewed about the Russian Solarwinds cyber attack on the US.
Financier Worldwide
January 2017
Rob provides expertise for this risk management cover story.
Forbes
July 2019
Rob provides insight into the news that Google is to close a loophole that allowed publishers to detect people using incognito mode in the Chrome web browser and serve them up different content.
Huffington Post
August 2018
In this article written by Rob, he explains that the Millenium Bug was not an example of “overhype” but a disaster avoided by years of planning, re-work, and a lot of testing…
Inside Sources
October 2016
Rob discusses the risk and possible impact of cyber security breaches to major stock exchanges.
ITV News
October 2020
Rob comments on the news that six Russian GRU Officers have been charged in connection with deployment of destructive malware, including attacks against Ukraine’s electric power grid, spearphishing campaigns targeting French President Macron’s election campaign, attacks targeting the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and destructive malware attacks that infected computers worldwide using malware known as NotPetya.
Jane’s Intelligence Review
March 2021
Rob looks at the implications for cloud services following the SolarWinds attack reported in December 2020.
This article is available to Jane’s Intelligence Review subscribers only.
March 2020
Private technology companies hold increasing amounts of private data making them vulnerable to intelligence collection by nation-states. Rob provides some expert opinion for this article in Jane’s Intelligence Review.
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“Speaking to Jane’s in January 2020, cyber security expert Rob Pritchard said that technology companies such as Google and Facebook now faced insider threats traditionally associated with companies in the defence sector or critical national infrastructure (CNI). …”
The National
December 2018
Rob discusses the alleged hacking of EU diplomatic cables after a private cybersecurity company discovered sensitive documents online and released them to journalists.
NPR
April 2021
Rob comments on the ransomware attack on the Washington, D.C. Police Department for which a group called Babuk claimed responsibility and threatened to release information if they were not paid.
NBC News
October 2018
Rob comments on the Bloomberg magazine article alleging that China’s military has placed microchips into widely used computer systems.
Newsweek
July 2020
“Right now anyone who looks like they might be ahead of the game when it comes to a COVID-19 vaccine is going to have an edge others want to get” Rob tells Newsweek that pharmaceutical companies are frequent targets when it comes to state-backed cyber espionage.
July 2020
“I think we’re all lucky it was just crypto scammers and not something more insidious, to be honest.” Rob comments on the Twitter hack where some of the biggest accounts were used in a cryptocurrency scam.
March 2020
Rob comments on the video calling app Houseparty and their suggestion that recent allegations of a hack may have been a “paid commercial smear campaign”.
August 2019
Rob discusses the new Huawei operating system with Newsweek noting “If you didn’t trust Huawei hardware running Android then you aren’t going to trust Huawei hardware running their own operating system”.
July 2019
Rob discusses the Capital One hack/breach with Newsweek.
September 2018
Rob tells Newsweek he remains unconvinced about the alleged Wi-Fi security issue reported by SureCloud, saying “In essence, this report demonstrates that passwords to unencrypted portals over unprotected Wi-Fi can be captured, which shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone.”
August 2018
Rob comments on the Check Point report which said WhatsApp bugs could let hackers “spread misinformation from what appear to be trusted sources”.
April 2018
Rob comments on governments’ use of cell-site simulators to monitor citizens’ mobile communications.
June 2015
Rob explains why Britain has to fend off thousands of cyber attacks every day.
New York Times
May 2017
Rob comments on the global WannaCry ransomware attack.
OCP Policy Centre
March 2017
In this interview Rob discusses key cyber issues including cyber criminals, cyber defence, and the importance of national cyber strategies.
http://www.ocppc.ma/multimedia/interviews/robert-john-pritchard-cyber-security-glance
Radio News Hub
July 2020
In this interview Rob discusses key cyber issues
The Register
September 2020
Rob comments on the story that businesses are worried they will get caught in the cross-fire of a cyber attack.
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August 2020
“This pervasive idea that investing in vague ‘cyber capabilities’ can somehow replace actual defence spending on things that are useful for defence has gone on way too long…” Read Rob’s thoughts on the news that the British army is increasing spending on cyber security.
March 2019
Rob comments on the report from the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) which says the Chinese company is a threat to British national security after all …
February 2019
Rob comments on the upcoming report from the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) which is set to shame Huawei over lack of resolution on issues previously raised.
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/04/huawei_hcsec_gchq_brouhaha/
November 2015
Rob comments on the threat of cyber-terrorism.
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Sky News
November 2018
Rob is interviewed about cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab’s move out of Moscow to Switzerland in an effort to address concerns arising from its exposure to Russian intelligence services.
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October 2018
Rob is interviewed about the second annual review by the UK Government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), published on 16th October. The NCSC revealed it has handled 1,167 cyber incidents, including 557 in the last 12 months, the majority of which “were undertaken by groups of computer hackers directed, sponsored or tolerated by the governments of those countries”.
October 2018
Rob is interviewed about the security threats from Chinese companies building 5G networks, and the request by Admiral Lord West, a former First Sea Lord who served under Gordon Brown as a security minister, for the government to set up a unit reporting directly to the prime minister to monitor the risk posed by Chinese equipment in 5G.
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https://news.sky.com/story/chinese-kit-putting-all-of-us-at-risk-if-used-in-5g-11524792
April 2018
Rob provides his opinions on what a cyber war would look like.
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https://news.sky.com/story/what-can-the-uk-actually-expect-in-a-cyberwar-11230240
September 2017
Rob comments on the massive breach of US-based Equifax, in which it lost the personal data of millions of people to hackers.
The Sun
July 2018
Rob advises users how to protect themselves from Facebook scammers.
The Sydney Morning Herald
March 2021
Rob comments on the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China’s website DDoS attack “Attacks like this, against critics of the Chinese state, are really clearly just meant either to prevent people accessing publish material the Chinese state apparatus finds objectionable, or simply to disrupt the operations of the target”
Talk Radio
May 2017
Rob discusses the NHS ransomware attack.
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http://talkradio.co.uk/news/nhs-cyber-attack-wake-call-says-security-specialist-17051513752
The Telegraph
December 2020
Rob comments on the SolarWinds hack, considered to be the worst Russian cyber attack on the US in a decade.
January 2020
Rob comments on the value of the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre, also known as the Cell, which tests and probes Huawei equipment for use in the UK.
January 2019
Rob comments on the vulnerabilities of Twitter accounts and why it’s really important that security measures are put in place.
April 2018
Rob comments on the threat of cyber attacks by Russia.
June 2017
Passwords belonging to British politicians, diplomats and senior police officers have been traded.
TRT World
January 2019
Rob is interviewed about the new Vietnam cyber law
December 2018
Rob is interviewed about Chinese hacking
June 2017
Rob is interviewed about the global ransomware attack which started in the Ukraine
Verdict Encrypt
June 2019
Rob comments on the impact Wikileaks has had on cyber security.
The Wall Street Journal
September 2017
Rob comments in this article describing how old technology is being used to combat today’s threats.
Wired
March 2019
Rob comments on the major ransomware attack at Norway-based Norsk Hydro.
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Yahoo Media
August 2020
Rob comments on the report that trade documents were taken from an hacked email account of former international trade secretary Liam Fox.