Justin Sherman
Slate
Washington, DC, United States
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Europe’s Spyware Scandal Is a Global Wakeup Call
Poland purchased Pegasus with funds intended to support victims of crime—and then used it to monitor opposition figures. → Read More
Russia’s Vast Cyber Web Enables Deniability and Obscurity—But Not Without Risks
The Russian government’s war on Ukraine has sparked renewed interest in Russian cyber proxies. Before the war began, headlines described “Russian-backed” hackers defacing Ukrainian websites; since then, analysts have continuously […] → Read More
Tech Diplomacy Floundered Under Trump. Here’s Biden’s Plan to Bring It Back.
Biden’s tech diplomacy strategy involves working with allies to counter cyber threats from Russia and China. → Read More
Apple Keeps Pretending We Don’t Live in a Post-Roe World
Having a pro-privacy brand doesn’t eradicate real privacy questions. → Read More
India’s Sudden Reversal on Privacy Will Affect the Global Internet
The Modi government says a data protection bill has become “too cumbersome” and that it needs to start again. → Read More
China’s New Organization Could Threaten the Global Internet
While information on the new internet body is still trickling out, it doesn’t look good. → Read More
It Looks Like Russia Is Bringing Its State-Owned Telecom Provider Into Its National Security Apparatus
This step would bring a significant portion of Russia’s internet infrastructure into the Russian military-industrial complex. → Read More
Russia’s War on Google and Apple Maps
Technology companies managing maps need to better develop contingency plans and policies for this kind of war and crisis in the future. → Read More
Russia Signals a New Era in Its War on Western Internet Platforms
Many Western commentators think the Kremlin talks of Western information warfare for propaganda purposes. It doesn’t. → Read More
Belarus Is Joining Russia’s Cyber Assault on Ukraine
Hackers and activists in Belarus are jumping into the conflict Russia started. That raises difficult questions for Western policymakers, Justin Sherman writes. → Read More
Facebook Is Going Up Against Russia
Putin is turning his information warfare on Facebook—and Facebook is fighting back. → Read More
Russia’s Cyber Threat to Ukraine Is Vast—and Underestimated
The Kremlin's web of nonstate hackers can wreak just as much havoc as Putin's government. → Read More
Why Russia, China, and Other Countries Are Demanding Big Tech Companies Build Local Offices
It’s not about invigorating the local economy. → Read More
Tonga’s Devastating Volcanic Eruption Has Left the Island Without Internet
In 2022, it is all but unthinkable that an entire country would simultaneously lack both drinking water and the ability to communicate that crisis. → Read More
Putin Is Ramping Up His War on Google
All of this matters for Russian citizens and for global internet freedom developments. → Read More
The U.S. and Russia Might Finally Be Making a Tiny Bit of Progress on Cybersecurity
Russia and the U.S. have fundamentally different views here, down to the language they use. A new development suggests things could change. Maybe a little. → Read More
In Russia, Apple and Google Staff Get Muscled Up By the State
When US tech companies opened offices there, it was supposed to mitigate oppression. Instead those workers are now vulnerable to threats from local authorities. → Read More
Beijing’s Growing Influence on the Global Undersea Cable Network
Introduction The vast majority of intercontinental internet traffic traverses submarine cables laid across the ocean floor. Private and state-owned firms have long invested in these submarine cables to carry internet traffic and other data, often in cooperation with one another due to the high costs and complex logistics of laying cables undersea. In recent years, Chinese state-owned… → Read More
Data Brokers Know Where You Are—and Want to Sell That Intel
These firms could track whether you've visited your therapist's office or your ex's house. And without regulation, they're a threat to democracy. → Read More
COVID-19 Deepening Asia-Pacific Cyber Trends: DRI Report
These trends will persist long after the pandemic has receded into the background. → Read More