Cybersecurity
The Kaseya Ransomware Attack Is a Really Big Deal
Matt Tait Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 5:39 PM
If you’re not already paying attention to the Kaseya ransomware incident, you should be.
Matt Tait is the Chief Operating Officer of Corellium. Previously he was CEO of Capital Alpha Security, a consultancy in the UK, worked at Google Project Zero, was a principal security consultant for iSEC Partners, and NGS Secure, and worked as an information security specialist for GCHQ.
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Election Security
It’s Time to Start Thinking About Election Security in 2020
Matt Tait Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 12:34 PM
Those hoping for some peace and quiet after the conclusion of the contentious 2018 midterm electi
The Russia Connection
Russia Indictment 2.0: What to Make of Mueller’s Hacking Indictment
Autumn Brewington, Mikhaila Fogel, Susan Hennessey, Matthew Kahn, Katherine Kelley, Shannon Togawa Mercer, Matt Tait, Benjamin Wittes Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 10:01 PM
As President Trump prepares to meet with Vladimir Putin, his Justice Department says it can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the Russian president has been lying about his country’s involvement in the 2016 election hacking.
Interrogation
Now that Gina Haspel is CIA Director, It’s Time to Come to Terms With the Torture Program
Matt Tait Fri, May 18, 2018, 11:25 AM
On Thursday, the Senate voted to make Gina Haspel the next director of the CIA. I don’t know Haspel myself, but I have no reason to doubt that she is someone with a deep-rooted patriotism and a sense of duty to the officers who work under her. By all accounts, she appears to be a highly effective administrator. Her long career in the CIA makes her well suited to understand the agency and its operations, and having served as acting director, she already knows how to run the CIA day-to-day.
International Law: Self-Defense
U.K. Prime Minister's Speech on the Russian Poisoning of Sergei Skripal: Decoding the Signals
Matt Tait Tue, Mar 13, 2018, 11:19 AM
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday that it was “highly likely” that the Russian government was behind the poisoning and attempted murder of former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal on British soil using a Russian-developed nerve agent from the “Novichok” neurotoxin family.
The Russia Connection
Russian Influence Campaign: What’s in the Latest Mueller Indictment
Sarah Grant, Quinta Jurecic, Matthew Kahn, Matt Tait, Benjamin Wittes Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 10:55 PM
None of the defendants indicted Friday for their alleged influence operation against the U.S. political system is likely to ever see the inside of an American courtroom. None is in custody. None is likely to surrender to U.S. authorities. And Vladimir Putin will probably not race to extradite them.
Going Dark
Decrypting the Going Dark Debate
Matt Tait Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 10:00 AM
On Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave remarks about encryption at the U.S. Naval Academy. His speech as prepared for delivery can be read here.