Cyberattack Quote by James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“Wannacry is the Stuxnet of Ransomware”

— James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“When flimsy cyber defense fails, Format Preserving Encryption prevails”

— James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

I don't need to understand how encryption works to understand how it's helping the criminals.

— Amber Rudd

“...publishing ransom notes until the punk gets it...”

— Punk Hostage Press

While encryption protects against cyberattacks, deploying it in warrant-proof form jeopardizes public safety more generally.

— William Barr

“Kidnappings made for ransom were fast and messy; guns pointed at your head, urgent demands. Not keypads on the door and enough food to…

— Tarryn Fisher

“The idea that the material is safe because it is encrypted is shockingly naïve: it is child's play for a sophisticated adversary to place…

— Edward Lucas

You know the interesting thing about encryption is that it cannot be secure just for some people.

— Pavel Durov

Encryption provides enormous benefits to society by enabling secure communications, data storage, and online transactions.

— William Barr

Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It's hard…

— Esther Dyson

If we try to prohibit encryption or discourage it or make it more difficult to use, we're going to suffer the consequences that will…

— Matt Blaze

In fact, this is a blackmail of the terrorists at the expense of the suffering of the hostages.

— Alberto Fujimori