The Hacker

Runa Sandvik has made it her life’s work to protect journalists against cyberattacks. Authoritarian regimes are keeping her in business.

via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/the_feature/runa-sandvik.php

As Sandvik saw it, that was all she could do in the face of an overwhelming digital threat. “There is just no guarantee for us that we’re never going to be hacked,” she said. “The question is, just how difficult are we going to make it for the attacker?” Sometimes, information security comes down to keeping a record of small technical adjustments. “It’s the right thing to do,” she said. She shrugged. “Also, no one else is going to do it.”