ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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.
June 2017
Rob joins Fran Kelly of ABC to discuss what can be done about online extremism.
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.
Al Jazeera
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Read the Sky News article here:
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.
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.
Talk Radio
May 2017
Rob discusses the NHS ransomware attack.
http://talkradio.co.uk/news/nhs-cyber-attack-wake-call-says-security-specialist-17051513752