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

People fish along the dam at the Castaic Lake reservoir in Los Angeles County on May 3, 2022 in Castaic, California. (PHOTO: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Water companies are increasingly uninsurable due to ransomware, industry execs say

Threats

WASHINGTON, DC – Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) during a February Senate Finance Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Wyden is one of four senator asking the FTC to investigate ID.me. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Senators ask FTC to investigate ID.me for deceptive business practices

Policy

Exhibition model of IBM Q System One quantum computer. (Photo by Misha Friedman/Getty Images)

White House cyber official: U.S. beating China in race to quantum supremacy

Government

The Kiev suburbs on May 16, after Russian forces had left the city. Russia has hit Ukraine with battlefield and cyber attacks. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Russians allegedly storm Ukrainian ISP, blackmail it to switch to Russian networks

Geopolitics

A sign in front of PayPal headquarters on February 02, 2022 in San Jose, California. The Justice Department announced Wednesday that a Texas man will spend 5 years in prison for stealing 38,000 compromised PayPal account credentials. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Texas man gets 5 years for stealing 38,000 PayPal account credentials

Government

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc., speaks to reporters after a House Republican Caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 21, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Legislator slams Biden administration for dialing back DOD cyber operation authorities

Government

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on April 27, 2022. The new agreement reached between the White House, the State Department, and the Treasury Department gives State new authorities to monitor cyber ops. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CAROLYN KASTER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

State to gain more ability to monitor DOD cyber ops under White House agreement

Government

National Cyber Director Chris Inglis listens at a hearing with the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in November. Inglis has hired a former Microsoft executive and a CIA official to bolster his office’s resources. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Office of the National Cyber Director hires Microsoft exec, CIA official

Policy

(Via Axie Infinity)

Treasury sanctions virtual currency mixer Blender for money laundering

Threats