J.M. Porup
Covers:
surveillance, cybersecurity, infosec, hacking, natsec
"to hold a quill is to be at war" --Voltaire
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J.M. Porup’s Biography
Read Full Bio →J.M. Porup is a freelance cybersecurity reporter. His work has appeared in Motherboard, Ars Technica, and The Economist. He specializes in covering the IoT space.
Porup began studying infosec in 2002. A programmer for many years, he learned the ropes from senior sysadmins who believed security comes first.
We now live on the Internet. The rules are different here. The power balance is different. All of the attacks we've seen over the last fifteen years are on the brink of jumping into the real …
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Interview
See all 8 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
Editorial Intern for Strong Coffee, a rocking underground Chicago arts 'zine.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Maureen Dowd