As we work to secure our data and communications from hackers, we must recognize that our citizens face a far broader array of threats.
I think the Internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb.
I have countless fake accounts on social media sending me hate and it's hard to discern how many people are actually involved.
Hackers are seen as shadowy figures with superhuman powers that threaten civilization.
We have got to bring together the best resources in America to understand that cyber warfare is the new warfare of the asymmetrical enemies that we face in this country.
The Internet is a wonderful thing, but it opens the door to many crimes, so you have to stay ahead of it.
Stop threatening to kill people on Twitter because you don't like what they are saying!
Government never adapts quickly to new challenges, but our slow-footedness on cyber is unparalleled.
Folks are wandering around that proverbial parking lot of the Internet all day long, without giving it a thought to whose attachments they're opening, what sites they're visiting. And that makes it easy for the bad guys.
There are two types of companies in the world: those that know they've been hacked, and those that don't.
At times, it feels like I'm being cyber bullied.
There is no easy way to get around horrible people on the Internet, and it's either just leave it or don't and get sucked into the whirlwind of it all.
Before the Internet, bullying ended when you withdrew from whatever environment you were in. But now, the bullying dynamic is harder to contain and harder to ignore.
The enemy online is fast. They are ruthless. They prey on the vulnerable and disenfranchised. They use the very best of innovation for the most evil of ends.
Interconnectivity on the Internet with all people means interconnectivity with the evil people
Great software has seemingly limitless potential to solve human problems - and it can spread around the world in the blink of an eye. Malicious code moves just as quickly, and when software is created for the wrong reason, it has a huge and growing capacity to harm millions of people.
The big unknown is, at what point is a cyberattack so significant that it warrants a physical-world response.
The reason I said the Internet is dangerous is that a couple smart guys could hack into a computer and shut down the Eastern seaboard if they wanted to. It's a terrible, out-of-control thing.
In terms of dangers, such as viruses, fraud or identity theft, I don't think we were thinking about that at all when we got started. If we had been worried about that, the net might have been better today, but we might not have even got there.
Predators will look for any way to talk to children online whether through sites like Myspace, instant messaging, or even online games.
Unfortunately, I have the equivalent of 7 PhDs in harassment on Twitter. As one of the primary targets of Gamergate, I've had hundreds and hundreds of threats to my life on Twitter's platform.
The way that worms and viruses spread on the Internet is not that different from the way they spread in the real world, and the way you quarantine them is not that different, either.
Any journalist who asked critical questions, anyone on social media who questioned about the extrajudicial killings was bombarded with abuse, threats of violence death threats from trolls and bots and these fake Facebook accounts.
Cybersecurity is a new issue for the international community at large. First of all, the technologies are new and the attacks are invisible. Traditionally, if you perceived a threat, it could be seen. It was physical. But not in cyberspace.
Trolls and cyber bullies have been feeling too safe in the cyber world for too long.
