Suzanne Smalley

Suzanne joined CyberScoop from Inside Higher Ed, where she covered educational technology and from Yahoo News, where she worked as an investigative reporter. Prior to Yahoo News, Suzanne worked as a consultant to the economist Raj Chetty as he launched his Harvard-based research institute Opportunity Insights. Earlier in her career Suzanne covered the Boston Police Department for the Boston Globe and covered two presidential campaigns for Newsweek. She holds a masters in journalism from Northwestern and a BA from Georgetown. A Miami native, Suzanne lives in upper Northwest Washington with her family.

Articles by Author

A laptop displays a message after being infected by a ransomware as part of a worldwide cyberattack on June 27, 2017. (Rob Engelaar / ANP / AFP)

Global counter-ransomware task force to become active in January

Threats

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly testifies before a House Homeland Security subcommittee on April 28 in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Insiders worry CISA is too distracted from critical cyber mission

Government

Rob Joyce, former White House cybersecurity coordinator and now NSA director of cybersecurity, in 2017.

NSA cyber director warns of Russian digital assaults on global energy sector

Geopolitics

A photographic illustration shows a mobile phone near the NSO Group company logo on February 9, 2022 in the Israeli city of Netanya. Several spyware vendors, including one co-founded by an NSO employee, appear in a Meta report on the surveillance-for-hire industry. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Meta takes down surveillance-for-hire firms, calls for government action against the industry

Uncategorized

Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol — Supporters of President Donald Trump outside the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6. A new Graphika and Stanford report documents how Russian disinformation has thrived on alt-right sites. (Elvert Barnes / Flickr)

Russian disinformation rampant on far-right social media platforms

Cybercrime

The U.S. Supreme Court Building on Oct. 03, 2022. The high court will hear a landmark content moderation case involving Google this term. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

White House argues platforms should be liable if algorithms promote harmful content

Threats

White House National Cyber Director Chris Inglis spoke at the Council of Foreign Relations on April 20, 2022 in Washington. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

US National Cyber Director plans Japan trip to bolster digital cooperation

Government

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Jan. 12, 2021. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)

$858 billion defense bill focuses heavily on cyber. These are some highlights.

Government

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas delivers remarks outlining his vision and roadmap for the Department’s cybersecurity efforts. (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)

DHS Cyber Safety Review Board to focus on Lapsus$ hackers

Government