Craig Blaha

Weblog: www.newtechobserver.com
Articles: 109
First Published: Nov 08, 2011 / Last Published: Oct 02, 2012
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Craig is a privacy, secrecy, and social media researcher pursuing his PhD in Information Studies at UT Austin. Craig teaches undergraduate classes on Social Media and Privacy and the Internet and Public Policy. Craig has numerous professional and academic publications and presentations including his latest co-authored book chapter titled “Privacy in Times of War”. In 2010 he authored a chapter titled “Getting Management Buy-In” in a book titled IT Security Metrics published by McGraw Hill. Craig started a policy, technology, and social media analysis blog called the New Tech Observer (newtechobserver.com) as a way to keep up with the rapid changes in technology and privacy policy, and a place to make some of his policy analysis public for others to use. Craig has fifteen years experience working in information technology in leadership positions ranging from web development to information security and policy to user services, and he holds both security and ITIL certifications.

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Craig Blaha's articles

  1. October 2, 2012

    The Weakest Apology in Tech History?
    Apple's Tim Cook apologizes for the new Apple map and suggests customers keep working to improve it.
  2. September 22, 2012

    Iran Behind Cyber-Attacks on U.S. Banks
    JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have been repeatedly attacked over the last year as part of a campaign targeting the U.S.
  3. September 19, 2012

    Internet Archive Launches TV News Archive
    The Internet Archive has launched a new service that makes previous news casts available to search, and a Netflix style borrowing service
  4. September 18, 2012

    New Wikileaks Emails Show DEA Told to Backoff in Afghanistan
    Wikileaks has released emails from security firm Stratfor that show Afghan President Karzai's brother was under investigation in 2007
  5. September 11, 2012

    GoDaddy Hacked, or Just a Technical Glitch?
    A person affiliated with the hacking group Anonymous takes credit for the outage, but a hack hasn't been confirmed
  6. September 7, 2012

    Hackers Steal Romney's Tax Returns?
    Tennessee county offices and PricewaterhouseCoopers reportedly received copies of the stolen documents. The Secret Service is investigating.
  7. September 5, 2012

    FBI Denies Agent was Hacked by AntiSec
    The FBI denies the files released by hacker group AntiSec came from an FBI agent's computer
  8. September 4, 2012

    AntiSec Claims FBI is Tracking Apple Users
    Hacker group AntiSec claims to have hacked an FBI laptop, revealing personal information of 12 million Apple users
  9. August 30, 2012

    GOP Adopts "Internet Freedom" Plank
    GOP promises to repeal Net Neutrality and fight United Nations control of the Internet
  10. August 29, 2012

    Pro-Syria Hackers Attack Amnesty International Web Site
    An unknown group has attacked the Amnesty International Web site, posting anti-rebel stories