How Your Internet-Enabled Device Could Be Hijacked to Launch Cyber-Attacks
October 24, 2016 | Paul Blake, ABC News
Press
Nick Weaver, a senior researcher at the International Computer Science Institute at University of California, Berkeley, explained it with a metaphor. “Suppose you’re a company with a bank of 50 phones, and somebody instructs 10,000 devices to all dial your phone number at the same time," Weaver told ABC News. "It just overwhelms with traffic.”
Spies for Hire
October 24, 2016 | Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept
“The overlap between offense and defense is very large,” Nicholas Weaver, a security researcher at the International Computer Science Institute, wrote in an email to The Intercept. “Especially when it comes to network monitoring: The exact same tools can be used to monitor your network to detect attacks and monitor a network for bulk surveillance.”
Editorial: Bravo, Ecuador, for unplugging Assange
October 20, 2016 | Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
There's no evidence of Russian/WikiLeaks collusion to influence the U.S election, Nicholas Weaver, a researcher at the International Computer Science Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, tells The Wall Street Journal.
Trump: We don’t know that Russia is hacking the US election. Experts: Yes, we do.
October 20, 2016 | Zack Beauchamp, Vox
“Unless you screw up and make your phishing campaign linkable like this group apparently did, it is very hard to attribute to any given actor,” Nicholas Weaver, a senior researcher at UC Berkeley’s International Computer Science Institute, tells me via email.
No, the 2016 Presidential Election Can't be Hacked
October 19, 2016 | Tal Kopan, CNN
"Nobody is going to be able to change the outcome of the presidential vote by hacking voting machines. The system is too distributed, too decentralized, too many implementations for any individual actor or group to make substantial change," said Nicholas Weaver, a computer scientist and cybersecurity expert at the International Computer Science Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. "Yes, they're horribly insecure, yes, many of them give me nightmares," he continued, "but the attacker's not going to be able to change the outcome of the presidential vote that way."
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange's Isolation Deepens
October 18, 2016 | Robert McMillan and Jennifer Valentino-Devries, Wall Street Journal
"Assange has made it very clear that he's willing to be a useful idiot for any intelligence service, as long as it furthers his own agenda." - Nick Weaver, ICSI
Russia has Weaponized the American Press
October 17, 2016 | Zack Beachamp, Vox
“It’s not just getting the information; it’s getting it distributed and disseminated widely,” Nicholas Weaver, a senior researcher at UC Berkeley’s International Computer Science Institute, explains. “One thing I think is important is for press institutions to recognize when they’re being used.”
Assange Grudge Against Clinton Shapes US Election
October 14, 2016 | Katie Bo Williams, The Hill
“I’m leery of attributing Assange as being directly supported [by Russia]. I think it’s fair to say that in furthering his own agenda, he is willing to be a tool of the Russians,” said Nicholas Weaver, a senior researcher at the International Computer Science Institute.
Why (And How) Is Wikileaks Helping Donald Trump?
October 3, 2016 | Liz Wahl, Newsy
"One thing I worry about is this group targeting a county election system. And it doesn't even have to be successful. It just has to cause the belief that it may have been successful. And when you already have a candidate complaining that the election might be stolen from me — imagine if five percent of the voter registration disappeared? It would be catastrophically chaotic." - Nick Weaver, ICSI
Did Russia Hack the NSA? Maybe Not.
September 23, 2016 | Mary Louise Kelly, NPR
"The hypothesis I've seen which makes the most sense is that an NSA operator screwed up," says Nick Weaver, a security researcher at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, Calif.