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I started appearing in media reports in 2000. I used to provide this information on my Web site, but since I don’t keep that page up-to-date anymore, I decided to publish it here.

• As of 2017, Mr. Bejtlich generally declines press inquiries on cybersecurity matters, including those on background.

• 2016

  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Forture story Meet the US’s First Ever Cyber Chief, published 8 September 2016.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the NPR story Cybersecurity: Who’s Vulnerable To Attack?, aired 30 July 2016.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Washington Post story It’s not just the DNC; we all send emails we probably shouldn’t, published 25 July 2016.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the New Scientist story NATO says the internet is now a war zone – what does that mean?, published 22 June 2016.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Military Times story The Pentagon’s controversial plan to hire military leaders off the street, published 19 June 2016.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Idealog story Idealog talks with a cyber-war expert, published 6 May 2016.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the New Zealand Herald story Cyber-attacks part of doing business with China - experts, published 5 May 2016.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Christian Science Monitor story Iran hacking indictment highlights US naming and shaming strategy, published 30 March 2016.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Financial Times story Defence groups take aim at cyber security, published 28 March 2016.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Security Management story A Chinese New Year, published 4 January 2016.

• 2015

  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the AP story US Advised to Examine “Hack Back” Options against China, published 17 November 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Reuters story Data from US agency cyber breach not on black market - researcher, published 2 November 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the NextGov story Creative, Audacious or Destructive: The Different Personalities of Nation-State Hackers, published 2 November 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Baltimore Sun story As more devices go online, hackers hunt for vulnerabilities, published 24 October 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Atlantic story Can Campus Networks Ever Be Secure?, published 12 October 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Info Security story China Cuffs Hackers at Request of US Officials, published 12 October 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Risky Business podcast, aired 2 October 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the NextGov story Who’s Really in Charge of Federal Cybersecurity and Is It Time for a White House CISO?, published 30 September 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the FCW story Time for U.S. to gut ‘malware kingpins’, published 29 September 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the South China Morning Post story Xi and Obama agree on cybercrime cooperation meetings as threat of sanctions of alleged theft of trade secrets looms, published 27 September 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the MIT Technology Review story Waiting for a Drop in Corporate Hacks after U.S.-China Deal, published 25 September 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Foreign Policy story Will China Deliver on Its Promise to Stop Hacking American Businesses?, published 25 September 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the InfoWorld story U.S., China reach ‘common understanding’ on cyber attacks, published 25 September 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Buzzfeed story The U.S. And China Are Discussing A Cyber Arms Pact, But Everyone Is Still Getting Hacked, published 23 September 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the CNBC story China’s Xi to visit US tech—amid tepid expectations, published 23 September 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the USA Today story China: On cybersecurity, U.S. must not rock the boat, published 23 September 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Gigaom story Considering the security implications of CloudFlare’s partnership with Baidu, published 21 September 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the South China Morning Post story Companies must be willing to go to war against hackers to protect sensitive data, or stop collecting it: experts, published 17 Seotember 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the TechRepublic story The new art of war: How trolls, hackers and spies are rewriting the rules of conflict, published 14 September 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the GBTimes story Cyber security: A thorn in US-China relations, published 4 September 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the CNBC story http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/02/the-new-global-cyberwar-without-boundaries-or-winners.html, published 2 September 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the South China Morning Post story The US may have to go after the ‘Great Firewall’ to stop China’s cyber-attacks, published 30 August 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Dark Reading broadcast Richard Bejtlich Talks Business Security Strategy, US Security Policy, published 26 August 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the CBS News story Does Ashley Madison represent a new era in hacking?, published 19 August 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the New Economy story Firms’ lack of knowledge puts them dangerously at risk of cyber attacks, published 17 August 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Washington Post story Just how secure are private e-mail servers? Hint: not very, published 13 August 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the USNI story Sen. Gardner: Administration Unwilling to ‘Name Names’ in Cyber Security Breaches, published 23 July 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the NextGov story OPM Chief’s New Cyber Defense Operation Has Potential, Private Investigators Say, published 28 June 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the DefenseNews story OPM Attack Raises Delicate Political Questions, published 27 June 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed on CNBC Asia (video), aired live 25 June 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Risky Business podcast, aired 25 June 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Federal Times story OPM breach a failure on encryption, detection, published 22 June 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story OPM Breach Exposes Agency’s Systemic Security Woes, published 10 June 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed on the Kojo Nnamdi Show segment The Implications of a New Federal Government Data Breach, aired live 8 June 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Washington Post story Is e-mail the safest way to notify federal workers their data may have been hacked?, published 8 June 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich appeared on a panel on the TV program Defense News, in two segments, aired 7 June 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Washington Post story Why OPM should have seen the latest cyberattack coming, published 5 June 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Daily Beast story New Snowden Docs Show How the NSA and FBI Became BFFs, published 4 June 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Newsweek story Vladimir Putin’s Budding Bromance With China’s Xi Jinping, published 16 May 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story What Does China-Russia ‘No Hack’ Pact Mean For US?, published 11 May 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Tech Republic story Latest President Obama-requested cyberthreat intelligence agency may be overkill, published 1 May 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Financial Times story Pentagon makes pitch to young tech-savvy individuals, published 23 April 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Wall Street Journal story Five Simple Steps to Protect Corporate Data, published 19 April 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the China Digital Times story <http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/04/chinese-great-cannon-identified-behind-greatfire-attacks/&gt;, published 10 April 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Military Times story Does cyber corps merit its own service branch?, published 9 April 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Fortune story Gasp! China admits to having cyber warriors, published 26 March 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in The Hill story House Intel panel closing in on cyber bill, published 19 March 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in The Hill story DOJ: ‘We have no interest in prosecuting’ cyber researchers, published 19 March 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Washington Post story Federal government struggles to manage communication devices, published 17 March 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Baltimore Sun story Defense secretary: We could create separate military force to fight cyber wars, published 13 March 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Bloomberg story A BlackBerry Here, iPhone There: Clinton Reveals E-Mail Anarchy, published 12 March 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Bloomberg story Most Big Firms Have Had Some Hacking: Business of Law, published 11 March 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story Efforts To Team Up And Fight Off Hackers Intensify, published 5 March 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich’s testimony to the House Energy and Commerce committee was covered in the FierceGovernmentIT story CISOs must first define the risk, cybersecurity analyst tells Congress, published 5 March 2015, the Hill story Expert: Healthcare lacks ‘top-tier’ cyber defenses, published 3 March 2015, and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review story Cyber security expert to report to Congress, published 3 March 2015…
  • Mr. Bejtlich’s panel at the Washington Business Journal cyber security conference was covered in the stories Want to be acquired? Get your cybersecurity in order and Does your company need cyber insurance?, published on 27 February and 2 March 2015, respectively.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the SiriusXM POTUS channel, discussing CTIIC (audio download), aired on 27 February 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich’s panel at the Wall Street Journal CIO conference was covered in the stories Sony Attack Took Company ‘Back to the ‘80s’, Data Breaches Spark Debates on CISO, CIO Dynamic, and How the Sony Breach Changes Cybersecurity, published in early February 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was mentioned in the Intercept article Western Spy Agencies Secretly Rely on Hackers for Intel and Expertise, published 4 February 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich’s 28 January 2015 testimony to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Protecting America from Cyber Attacks: The Importance of Information Sharing was covered by USA Today, FierceGovernmentIT, The Daily Cardinal, SecurityWeek, and FedScoop.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Daily Beast story Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?, published 8 January 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story Using Free Tools To Detect Attacks On ICS/SCADA Networks, published 8 January 2015.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Wired story Critics Say New Evidence Linking North Korea to the Sony Hack Is Still Flimsy, published 8 January 2015.

• 2014

  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Dark Reading story Sony Hacked By N. Korea, Hacktivists, Ex-Employee, Or All Of The Above?, published 30 December 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Huffington Post story As North Korea Loses Internet, Anonymous, Others Question Whether It Really Hacked Sony, published 22 December 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the CBS News story Hacking After Sony: What Companies Need to Know, published 13 December 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the SearchSecurity story Security Strategy with Richard Bejtlich, published 6 December 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Fox Business segment US Businesses Behind on Cyber Security (video), aired 2 December 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story FBI Warning Shows Targeted Attacks Don’t Just Steal Anymore, published 2 December 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in an excerpt from Shane Harris’ book, @War, as Google’s secret NSA alliance, published 16 November 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Fedscoop story What does the White House network breach mean for cybersecurity reform?, published 3 November 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was mentioned by FCW as one of 4 cybersecurity gurus to follow on Twitter, published 1 October 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was introduced by Sqrrl as a company advisor in Sqrrl Bolsters Cybersecurity Capabilities with New Advisors, published 22 September 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the McClatchy news bureau story Chinese hacking into critical Pentagon contractors, published 17 September 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Ars Technica story In case of cyber attack: NATO members ready to pledge mutual defense, published 4 September 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the CSO story The hacker ‘skills gap’ may be more of a strategy gap, published 3 September 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the ZDNet story Cybersecurity hiring crisis: Rockstars, anger and the billion dollar problem, published 26 August 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the NextGov story Exclusive: Nuke Regulator Hacked by Suspected Foreign Powers, published 18 August 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Washington Post story Chinese cyberspies have hacked Middle East experts at major U.S. think tanks, published 7 July 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Foreign Policy story Supreme Court Shields Cell Phone Data, published 25 June 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Voice of America story US Cyberfirm: China Military Continues Hacking After US Indictment, published 10 June 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the CSO story Needed: Breach Detection, published 27 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the ABC This Week story Cyber Spying Alert, aired 25 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Dark Reading story State-Owned Chinese Firms Hired Military Hackers for IT Services, published 21 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Washington Business Journal story Will China retaliate over cyber-espionage charges?, published 21 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the NPR story Charges Of Chinese Cybercrimes To Play Out In American Courts, aired 19 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Recode story What to Expect From Charges Against Chinese Hackers: Nothing, published 19 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the USA Today story China’s theft of business secrets is beyond espionage, published 19 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the AP story US charges Chinese officials in cyberspying case, published 19 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Dark Reading story The New Normal: US Charges Chinese Military Officers With Cyber Espionage, published 19 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Christian Science Monitor story US indicts five in China’s secret ‘Unit 61398’ for cyber-spying on US firms, published 19 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Hill story Holder hits China on cyber spying, published 19 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed on the Kojo Nnamdi Show segment The U.S. Criminal Hacking Case Against China, aired live 19 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Daily Beast story #ShotsFired in U.S.-China Cyberwar, published 19 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the PCWorld story Chinese state-owned enterprises ‘hired’ military hacking unit, published 19 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Foreign Policy story Caught Red-Handed, published 19 May 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Register story Call of Duty ‘fragged using OpenSSL’s Heartbleed exploit’, published 10 April 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed in the NPR story For China And U.S., An Attempt To Clarify Rules Of Cyberwarfare, aired 7 April 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the PBS story Opening Doors to Iran, U.S. Allows Academic Exchanges, aired 7 April 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Bloomberg story SEC Probes Threat From Cyber Attacks Against Wall Street, published 25 March 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Wall Street Journal story Cyberdefense Costs Mount, published 26 February 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Christian Science Monitor story New US cybersecurity standards: Will they do enough? published 12 February 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the WGBH story Security Experts: Colleges Targeted For Future Cyber Attacks, published 12 February 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Politico story Cybersecurity in slow lane one year after Obama order, published 9 February 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the NPR story A Possible Explanation For How U.S. Diplomat’s Call Was Tapped, published 8 February 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Verge story LinkedIn kills its Intro email service after less than four months, published 7 February 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Fast Company story We Will Create a Stronger Internet, published 14 January 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was mentioned in the Quartz story Will the NSA spying revelations hurt America’s nascent cyberforensics industry abroad?, published 3 January 2014.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal story Mandiant Purchase Proves Worth of Cybersleuthing, published 2 January 2014.

• 2013

  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the NextGov story The Ten Worst Hacks of 2013, published 30 December 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Newsweek story How Edward Snowden Escalated Cyber War with China, published 1 November 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the TechTarget story Eliminating Black Hat Bargains, published 1 November 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the New York Times story LinkedIn’s New Mobile App Called ‘a Dream for Attackers’, published 24 October 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Mother Jones story CISPA Zombie Bill Is Back, With Fewer Privacy Concerns…Maybe?, published 21 October 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the National Defense Magazine story Shutdown, Policy Gridlock Deal Major Blows to Cybersecurity Efforts, published 9 October 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Mother Jones story John McAfee Claims He Can Protect You From the NSA for $100, published 1 October 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Washington Post story After Snowden revelations, China worries about cyberdefense, hackers, published 4 September 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story Stuxnet Expert Proposes New Framework For ICS/SCADA Security, published 4 September 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Foreign Affairs story DOD’s Huge Plan to Stop the Next Snowden Is Going to Take A While, published 19 August 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Mother Jones story Bad News: Hackers Are Coming for Your Tap Water , published 7 August 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the CBS News story How Chinese hackers steal U.S. secrets, published 7 August 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed by Secure Ninja TV, aired 3 August 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich won the Economist debate on cyber war which concluded 2 August 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed by Bloomberg West, aired 12 July 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the SC Magazine story Chalk IT up: Boardroom communication, published 03 July 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Washington Post story Robert J. Samuelson commentary: Internet could be more trouble than it’s worth, published 01 July 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Wall Street Journal story Current Account: Cyberattacks Are Banks Latest Existential Risk, published 24 June 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed at the Wall Street Journal’s CFO Network annual conference, recorded by C-SPAN (video), on 18 June 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Wall Street Journal story China’s Cyber Stonewall, published 10 June 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the NPR story Cyberspying Expected To Be Discussed At U.S.-China Summit, aired 7 June 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Washington Post story Chinese Hackers Stealing Almost Everything, aired 7 June 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Bloomberg West story U.S., China Prepare to Discuss Cybersecurity, aired 6 June 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the To the Point story China, Cyber Espionage and Controlling the Internet, aired 4 June 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Politico story President Obama likely to talk softly with China on cyber-snooping, published 2 June 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Mother Jones story Why Iran’s Hackers Might Be Scarier Than China’s, published 30 May 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the CBS News story How Chinese hackers steal U.S. secrets, published 29 May 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Daily Beast story Hackers Are Spying on You, published 29 May 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Four Corners story Hacked, aired 27 May 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Voice of America story China Resumes Cyber Attacks on US, Firm Says, published 20 May 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Federal News Radio story Cybersecurity and Crowdfunding, aired 16 May 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Bloomberg story Apple, Samsung Devices Seen Raising Pentagon’s Cyber Risk, published 15 May 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the NextGov story A Week After it was Mysteriously Disabled, U.S. Forces-Korea Website Returns, published 8 April 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Forbes story A Different Approach To Foiling Hackers? Let Them In, Then Lie To Them, published 5 April 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the USA Today story Pentagon seeking ‘rules of engagement’ for cyber-war, published 4 April 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Fast Company story Hacked? Mandiant’s Cyberattack Detectives Want To Know All About It, published 3 April 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Bloomberg story Security Fears Give Way to Economics as Cloud Computing Grows, published 27 March 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Washington Examinber story NASA chief failed to tell Congress of 118 Chinese nationals working in IT, published 25 March 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the PCWorld story Security experts warn about Iran and North Korea hackers, published 24 March 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the ThreatPost story Experts Tell Congress Serious Deterrence Needed to Impede Foreign Cyber Attacks, published 21 March 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Economic Times story China spends massively on cyber spying, US Congress told, published 20 March 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the CNBC story Cybersecurity Firm Says It Is Under Attack, published 20 March 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Economist story Can You Keep a Secret?, published 16 March 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story Medical Industry Under Attack By Chinese Hackers, published 14 March 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the LA Times story China hacker’s angst opens a window onto cyber-espionage, published 12 March 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the CNN story Watch where you click: International cyber attacks on the rise, published 12 March 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed by Soledad O’Brien for CNN, with video, aired 11 March 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Nation story , published 4 March 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Computerworld story Mandiant’s Richard Bejtlich on China, IP and the new cyber war, published 27 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the SC Magazine story RSA 2013: Hackers will get in, so spend the money on pushing them out, published 27 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed on the Kojo Nnamdi show for the segment titled Tracking Chinese Hackers, aired 26 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the IT Web story Formulating an attack-focused security plan, published 26 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Asian Correspondent story Analysis: Detailed China hacking report leaves little room for doubt, published 25 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Economist story Cybercrime: Smoking Gun, published 23 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Reuters story Mandiant goes viral after China hacking report, published 23 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Forbes article The Shanghai Army Unit That Hacked 115 U.S. Targets Likely Wasn’t Even China’s ‘A-Team’, published 21 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Nightly Business Report TV show, with transcript and video, aired 21 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the China Daily story US hacking into China a common problem, published 21 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the China Daily story ‘Cyberattacks using US IPs’ target military, published 21 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Mother Jones story Chinese Cyberwarfare, Explained, published 21 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the CSO Online story Mandiant Gaines Instant Fame After Chinese Hack Report, published 21 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story Attribution Delivers Questionable Security Value, published 20 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Scotsman story Chinese military unit .behind hacking attacks, published 20 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the NPR story How Could The U.S. Respond To Chinese Hacking?, published 20 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Digital Trends story China is waging an undeclared cyberwar on the US . but now what?, published 20 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Voice of America story Chinese Army Rejects US Report on Cyber Hacking, published 20 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Washington Post story Report ties cyberattacks on U.S. computers to Chinese military, published 19 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Voice of America video story US Firm Links Chinese Army to Cyber Attacks, aired 19 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed on the PBS Newshour TV show, with video and transcript, aired 19 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Associated Press story US ready to strike back against China cyberattacks, published 19 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the eWeek story Chinese Military Group Identified in Attacks on U.S. Networks: Mandiant, published 19 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story Chinese Military Tied To Major Cyberespionage Operation, published 19 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the print and TV Sky News HD story Chinese Military’s ‘Global Hacking HQ Found’, published and aired 19 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the American Banker story Banks Eyeing China Vulnerable to Army Cyberattack: Report, published 19 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the LA Times story Computer security firm blames cyber spying on Chinese military, published 19 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Fiscal Times story Chinese Attacks Reveal an Undeclared Global Cyber War, published 19 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Fiscal Times story Pentagon Readies a Cyber Arsenal to Fight Attackers, published 18 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the IT Pro Portal story Defence industry looks to cash in on soaring cyber-spend, published 18 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the NPR story Victims Of Cyberattacks Get Proactive Against Intruders, published 13 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the NPR story In Cyberwar, Software Flaws Are A Hot Commodity, published 12 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was a guest on the Diane Rehm Show on 12 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Foreign Policy story What cyber security execs want to see from the government, published 11 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was citied in the Entrepreneur Magazine story Is Your Business Ready for Cyber War?, published 11 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Washington Post story Secret Service investigating hack of Bush family e-mails, published 8 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Bloomberg story Mandiant, the Go-To Security Firm for Cyber-Espionage Attacks, published 7 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Defense News story DoD Faces Cyber Expert Talent Shortage, published 6 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the FCW story DOE data breach came after warnings, published 5 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Economist story War on terabytes, published 2 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed by Australia’s ABC PM radio program for their story China-based hackers attack NYT computer system, aired 1 February 2013. Audio available (.mp3)
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the AP story US weighs tougher action over China cyberattacks, published 1 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Daily Beast story Is New York Times Hacking Just the Beginning?, published 1 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the CRN story Forensic Investigators Track Times Attack Step By Step, published 1 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Krebs on Security story Source: Washington Post Also Broadly Infiltrated By Chinese Hackers in 2012, published 1 February 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Wall Street Journal story Chinese Hackers Hit U.S. Media, published 31 january 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the NPR story ‘New York Times’ The Target Of Chinese Cyber Attack, published and aired 31 January 2013. Audio available (.mp3)
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the New York Times story Hackers in China Attacked The Times for Last 4 Months, published 30 January 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the FCW story Cybersecurity: Rejoining the battle on Capitol Hill, published 17 January 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Bloomberg story A National Digital ID, Courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service?, published 11 January 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story You Keep Using That Word, published 4 January 2013.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the World Affairs article First Strike: US Cyber Warriors Seize the Offensive, published 4 January 2013.

• 2012

  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Register story US: We’ll drag cyber-spies into COURT from their hideouts, published 20 December 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Mother Jones story Defense Contractors Don’t Want to Say When They’ve Been Hacked, published 13 December 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the SearchSecurity story Many in industry at odds over pending cybersecurity executive order, published 3 December 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in The Week story Obama’s war on hackers: 5 things you need to know, published 27 November 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Global Security Newswire story DOE Facilities Still Have Cyber Weak Spots: IG, published 19 November 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Foreign Policy story Dozens of cyber vulnerabilities found at Department of Energy facilities, published 16 November 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Mother Jones story Is Obama About to Take Over the Internet?, published 16 November 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Defense News story New Cyber Group Aims To Spread Basic Security, published 14 November 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the ComputerWorld story On the Internet, no one knows you’re an authoritarian government, published 8 November 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Foreign Policy story The new cyber vulnerability: Your law firm, published 7 November 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Foreign Policy story Cyber Threat of the Week, published 6 November 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the SC story Monster Breach Hits SC Taxpayers, published 26 October 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Slate story Republicans Warn Obama: Cybersecurity Executive Order Will Practically Destroy the Internet, published 15 October 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Navy Times story Panetta outlines new cyber doctrine for DoD, published 13 October 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Slashdot story U.S. Defense Secretary Warns of a Possible ‘Cyber-Pearl Harbor’, published 13 October 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the AP story US warning reflects fears of Iranian cyberattack, published 12 October 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the PC Advisory story Huawei: Separating Fact from Fiction, published 10 October 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story Congressional Intelligence Committee Warns Against Doing Business With Chinese Telecom Firms, published 8 October 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Info Security story <http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/28481/the-ten-security-issues-guaranteed-to-cause-a-flamewar&gt;, published 27 September 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the CRN story The Paradox Of Apple Security: Does Secrecy Make You Safer?, published 21 September 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Associated Press story Panetta talks computer hacking issues with Chinese, published 20 September 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story The Data Annihilation Attack Is Back, published 12 September 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Federal Computer Week story Federal data breaches: How long is too long to inform victims?, published 10 September 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the New York Review of Books story Are Hackers Heroes?, published 7 September 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the TV program This Week in Defense News with Vago Muradian, broadcast 1 September 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Federal Computer Week story Is the government dropping the ball on cybersecurity?, published 23 August 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed in the HP story Transform Your Puny Weakling Tech Muscles into InfoSec BRAWN!, published 8 August 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Defense News story Experts: Cloud Brings Vulnerabilities, published 30 July 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the SearchSecurity story Network threat detection moves beyond signatures, published 3 July 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story The Enterprise Strikes Back, published 25 June 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story The Intersection Between Cyberespionage And Cybercrime, published 21 June 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Newsweek story The Stuxnet Leak Was a Valuable Warning Shot, published 18 June 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the DefenseNews story Building Better Red Teams, published 14 June 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the CRN story Apple To Make First Official Appearance At Black Hat Next Month, published 11 June 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story Companies See Business In ‘Doxing’ The Adversary, published 31 May 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Associated Press story Iran, other Mideast states hit by computer virus, published 29 May 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story Selling a Secure Internet Domain, published May 17 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the NPR story Cybersecurity Firms Ditch Defense, Learn To ‘Hunt’, aired May 10 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the NPR story Cyber Briefings ‘Scare The Bejeezus’ Out Of CEOs, aired May 9 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the New York Times story Nissan Is Latest Company to Get Hacked, published 24 Apr 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the ThreatPost story E-Mail, Source Code From VMWare Bubbles Up From Compromised Chinese Firm, published 24 Apr 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed by BBC Radio 5 Live, aired 7 Apr 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Government Computer News story Best defense? Start by admitting hackers will get in anyway, published 5 Apr 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story Damage Mitigation As The New Defense, published 5 Apr 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the NPR story ‘Anonymous’ Hacking Group Threatens The Internet, aired 30 Mar 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Wall Street Journal story US Outgunned in Hacker War, updated 28 Mar 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story ‘Anonymous’ Legacy: Hacktivists Stole More Data Than Organized Crime In 2011 Breaches Worldwide. published 22 Mar 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Wall Street Journal story Alert on Hacker Power Play, published 21 February 2012, and repeated within NSA chief fears Anonymous could hit power grid: report.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the NPR story U.S. Not Afraid To Say It: China’s The Cyber Bad Guy, aired 18 Feb 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the ThreatPost story Did A Decade-Long Hack Trigger Nortel’s Demise?, published 15 Feb 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Globe and Mail story Reported hacking of Nortel fuels concerns, skepticism, published 14 Feb 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story Six-Year-Old Breach Comes Back To Haunt Symantec, published 26 Jan 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Bloomberg story DuPont, Makhteshim, Kodak, News Corp: Intellectual Property published 11 Jan 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Bloomberg story SEC Push May Yield New Disclosures of Company Cyber Attacks published 10 Jan 2012.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Popular Mechanics story Digital Spies: The Secret War, appearing in the Jan 2012 issue.

• 2011

  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading Story Dastardly Dozen: A Few APT Groups Carry Out Most Attacks published 19 Dec 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Bloomberg story China-Based Hacking of 760 Companies Shows Cyber Cold War published 14 Dec 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story APT Or Not APT? Discovering Who Is Attacking The Network published 21 Nov 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the CSO Online story Experts advise caution, information sharing in wake of alleged utility attacks published 21 Nov 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the SearchSecurity story Confusion over APT attacks leads to misguided security effort published 15 Nov 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the SearchSecurity story Marcus Ranum chat: Information security monitoring published 1 Nov 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the ComputerWorld story Hard to fully assess Duqu threat yet, researchers say published 21 Oct 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Canadian Business story Spies Like Them published 20 Oct 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Financial Times video report The expanding cyber industrial complex published 11 Oct 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the DefenseNews story Ex-CIA Chief Calls for Less Cyber Secrecy published 6 Oct 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story A Call To Disarm Black Hat Hackers In China published 21 Sep 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story APT Attackers Hit Japan’s Biggest Defense Contractor published 19 Sep 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the New York Times story Hacker Rattles Security Circles published 11 Sep 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Network World story Peeling the Security Onion, published 10 September 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story To Catch an APT published 8 Sep 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the SC Magazine story Advanced persistent threats call for a reality check published 7 Sep 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the SC Magazine story Breaking the next case published 1 Sep 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed in the Dark Reading video MANDIANT CSO Talks Threats To His Company and His Clients, published 10 Aug 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story APT Attackers Used Chinese-Authored Hacker Tool To Hide Their Tracks, published 3 Aug 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story High-Profile Hacks Prompt High-Powered Hires, published 23 Jun 2011.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Dark Reading story Richard Bejtlich To Join MANDIANT As Chief Security Officer, Security Services Architect, published 17 Mar 2011.

• 2010

  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Reuters story Special report: The Pentagon’s new cyber warriors, published 5 Oct 2010.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed by Gary McGraw for the Silver Bullet Podcast, published 23 Aug 2010.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Wired magazine article Security Watch: Beware the NSA’s Geek-Spy Complex, published in Mar 2010.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the PaulDotCom Podcast on 18 Mar 2010.

• 2009

  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Security Justice Podcast on 7 Nov 2009.
  • Mr. Bejtlich interviewed colleague Ken Bradley for SANS on 2 Nov 2009.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Wired article Air Force Establishes ‘Reduced’ Cyber-War Command by David Axe on 18 Aug 2009.

• 2008

  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Economist article Marching Off to Cyberwar in the 4 Dec 2008 issue.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the Wired article Estonia, Google Help ‘Cyberlocked’ Georgia by Noah Schachtman on 11 Aug 2008.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the CSO article Cost-Cutting Through Green IT Security: Real or Myth? by Bill Brenner on 25 Jun 2008.
  • Mr. Bejtlich featured as the cover story of the May 2008 issue of CSO Magazine with an article titled Incident Detection, Response, and Forensics.

• 2007

  • Bill Brenner commented on Mr. Bejtlich’s decision to become Director of Incident Response for General Electric in the article Richard Bejtlich: I’m Not Dead.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Sites Collide podcast.

• 2006

  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the story Sourcefire IPO Could Fuel Snort, Users Say.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the CyberSpeak Podcast.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Network Security Podcast.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Threat Chaos Podcast.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the Run Your Own Server Podcast.
  • The July 2006 issue of Information Security magazine features Mr. Bejtlich’s first book, The Tao of Network Security Monitoring, as one of their Top Ten Books.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was cited in the June 2006 issue of Information Security magazine, in the article Today’s Attackers Can Find the Needle.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was interviewed for the BSDTalk Podcast.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was quoted by Processor.com.

• 2000-2005

  • Mr. Bejtlich’s comments on Renesys were reported in the Manchester Union Leader.
  • Bookpool published Mr. Bejtlich’s favorite 10 computer books of the past 10 years.
  • Reuters reporter Andy Sullivan asked Mr. Bejtlich to comment for his 22 February 2005 story Paris Hilton Exposed on Web After Phone Hacked.
  • Mr. Bejtlich was quoted by Shawna McAlearney of SearchSecurity.com in her 16 December 2004 article Nessus No Longer Free.
  • Net Optics published a press release describing their products in the context of Mr. Bejtlich’s books.
  • The new Syngress book Security Sage’s Guide to Hardening the Network Infrastructure mentions Mr. Bejtlich and the TaoSecurity Blog in relation to Snort.
  • Dru Lavigne mentioned the TaoSecurity Blog in her article Interesting New Ports at the O’Reilly BSD Devcenter.
  • Anton Chuvakin wrote this blog entry profiling TaoSecurity Blog.
  • Mr. Bejtlich reviewed a draft of the Honey Project’s book, Know Your Enemy: Revealing the Security Tools, Tactics, and Motives of the Blackhat Community. He is mentioned in the preface as a reviewer.
  • Lance Spitzner was kind enough to mention Mr. Bejtlich in the preface to his latest book, Honeypots: Tracking Hackers.
  • Stephen Northcutt and Judy Novak were kind enough to mention Mr. Bejtlich in the third edition of Network Intrusion Detection.
  • Mr. Bejtlich reviewed two drafts of Hack I.T.: Security Through Penetration Testing, and he is mentioned in the acknowledgements.
  • Two of Mr. Bejtlich’s letters to the editor of Information Security magazine were published in the June 2002 issue. ‘Name withheld upon request’ is Mr. Bejtlich as well.
  • Sandra Lowe-Sanchez interviewed Mr. Bejtlich and asked for his opinion of Turillion’s web server protection product. Note his name is spelled “Bejtlick” in this 11 January 2002 article.
  • Ed Tittel mentioned one of Mr. Bejtlich’s Amazon.com reading lists in this article at TechTarget.com.
  • Paul Innella wrote a history of intrusion detection systems that mentions the Automated Security Incident Measurement (ASIM) technology Mr. Bejtlich used in the Air Force.
  • Deseret News, a Salt Lake City-based newspaper, interviewed Mr. Bejtlich on 24 August 2001 regarding security threats to Air Force networks. Incidentally, that day an Associated Press story reported a retired Air Force sergeant was accused of espionage after allegedly stealing classified data.
  • NewsBytes, once a division of The Washington Post Company, interviewed Mr. Bejtlich after he posted a warning of the Code Red worm on 15 July 2001.
  • A San Antonio Business Journal story from 29 June 2001 described Mr. Bejtlich’s responsibilities at BATC, including network security monitoring and incident response.
  • Congressman Lamar Smith visited BATC’s network security operations center in June 2001. Mr. Bejtlich demonstrated how he might compromise his web server while coworker Bamm Visscher demonstrated how our network security monitoring service detects similar events. This story gives a few more details. Congressman Smith cited his visit to BATC while speaking on the House floor.
  • The summer 2001 issue of 2600 magazine featured Mr. Bejtlich’s photograph of a phone in Kusadasi, Turkey.
  • On 29 May 2001 Mr. Bejtlich’s work on interpreting network traffic was mentioned in an article by Duane Dunston at LinuxSecurity.com.
  • On 30 September 2000 The Learning Channel aired a show called Best Kept Secrets of the US Military that featured the AFCERT (taped 19 May 2000). (.mpg, 49 MB)
  • The inside cover of Network Intrusion Detection, 2nd Edition quotes Mr. Bejtlich regarding the usefulness of the book. This Amazon.com page features that quote, listed as “From the Inside Flap.”

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