In the media...
I have been fortunate recently to be invited to contribute to media stories centered on cybersecurity. This page lists all the links to these interviews, both television and radio. The bulk of these are in French, as they have been in local Quebec media, as well as Radio-Canada (the French arm of the CBC) across the country.
Date | Media | Description | Show |
Januray 6, 2023 | Noovo Info | Not quite "cyber", but we discuss debit card fraud: Des fraudeurs de cartes bancaires toujours bien présents à Sherbrooke | Noovo Info |  |
January 4, 2023 | BLVD 102.1 Quebec | Interview with Audrey Pinchaud & Yannick Marceau about AI bots with emotions: Les robots et leurs émotions! |  |
January 2, 2023 | Radio-Canada Toronto | LockBit apologises to Toronto's Sik Kids Hospital: Cyberattaque : l’hôpital pour enfants SickKids évalue l’offre de pirates informatiques |  |
December 23, 2022 | Radio-Canada Estrie | Interview with Isabelle Ménard about the attack on Toronto's Sick Kids Hospital: La multiplication des cyber attaques |  |
November 28, 2022 | TVA Gatineau | Interview with Etienne Malouin about the abundance of scams on Cyber Monday: Cyberlundi : attention aux arnaques en ligne – TVA Gatineau-Ottawa |  |
November 22, 2022 | CTV Montreal | Interview with Maya Johnson about the cyberattack on the City of Westmount: Cyberattack cripples City of Westmount servers | CTV News |  |
November 16, 2022 | CBC Ottawa | Interview with Alan Neal during his All in a Day show to discuss the AG's report: AG report says lack of direction is putting Canadians' info at risk of cyberattacks https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-92/clip/15949103 |  |
November 14, 2022 | Radio-Canada Estrie | Interview with Laurie Dufresne: Several companies have been victims of cyber attacks lately https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/vivement-le-retour/episodes/668082/rattrapage-du-lundi-14-novembre-2022/15 |  |
November 10, 2022 | 98.5FM | Interview with Luc Ferrandez about Sobeys attack: Cyberattaque chez Sobeys — 98.5 Montréal (985fm.ca) |  |
November 10, 2022 | LCN: Mario Dumont | Discussion about the Sobeys cyberattack: Mario Dumont : émission | LCN | TVA Nouvelles |  |
November 8, 2022 | Radio-Canada Quebec | Cyberattack at INRS cost $268,778 : La cyberattaque à l’INRS a coûté 268 778 $ (radio-canada.ca) |  |
November 8, 2022 | Radio-Canada online | Cyberattack at INRS cost $268,778 : La cyberattaque à l’INRS a coûté 268 778 $ | Radio-Canada.ca |  |
October 13, 2022 | Radio-Canada Ottawa-Gatineau |  | |
September 26, 2022 | CJAD800 AM | What do you think of the idea of having a digital government ID in Quebec? https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-102/clip/15939364 |  |
September 21, 2022 | CJAD800 AM | Discussion with Elias Makos about the Uber breach: Major security breach at Uber by lone hacker (iheartradio.ca) |  |
September 16, 2022 | CTV News Montreal | Interview with Matt Grillo to discuss the cyber incident at the City of Laval: Cyberattack in Laval | CTV News |  |
August 19, 2022 | Radio-Canada Québec | I speak with Guillaume Dumas about the latest Apple security updates: Sécurité informatique : une mise à jour urgente chez Apple |  |
August 15, 2022 | Radio-Canada Estrie | Speaking with Mathieu Beaumont about the impact that a cyberattack can have on a company, this following the incident at BRP: Cyberattaques et conséquences pour les entreprises |  |
August 11, 2022 | Radio-Canada Québec | Following my interview yesterday on RC Ottawa-Gatineau, it’s Radio-Canada Québec’s turn: Est-ce possible de disparaître complètement de l’internet? |  |
August 10, 2022 | Radio-Canada Ottawa-Gatineau | On air with Radio-Canada Ottawa-Gatineau to discuss a NordVPN survey: Disparaître complètement de l’internet |  |
August 9, 2022 | Radio-Canada ICI Estrie | BRP of Valcourt reports “malicious activity” on its network and shuts down the plant. The video does not seem to be available on the site, but I am quoted in the report: BRP suspend temporairement ses opérations à Valcourt en raison d’une cyberattaque |  |
August 9, 2022 | 107.7 FM Estrie | RCMP admits to using “spyware” in investigations; I discuss this with Martin Pelletier of 107.7FM Estrie: La GRC doit justifier l’utilisation de logiciels espions |  |
August 9, 2022 | Radio-Canada Toronto | Another interview about the RCMP and spyware, this time on Radio-Canada Toronto: L’utilisation des logiciels espions |  |
July 25, 2022 | Radio-Canada Ottawa-Gatineau | Discussion on Radio-Canada Ottawa-Gatineau about online scams: Comment se protéger de la prolifération des arnaques en ligne ? | |
July 21, 2022 | LCN | Interview with Katia Laflamme of TVA to talk about protecting your identity in the wake of a trailer rental scam: La fraude de la roulotte, une arnaque bien organisée | TVA Nouvelles |  |
July 20, 2022 | CJAD800 AM | Radio interview on Montreal’s CJAD800 with David Heurtel to discuss whether the RCMP is using spyware to spy on Canadians (my first English media appearance, and apparently I should tryout for Just for Laughs!!): Why is the RCMP refusing to name the spyware they use to monitor Canadians? (iheartradio.ca) |  |
July 8, 2022 The Big Rogers Outage |  | ||
On Friday, July 8th, Canadians woke up to major Internet issues; initially it was thought that the Interac system was down. As we all quickly found out, however, it was bigger than that. The entire Rogers network had dropped off the Internet! It didn’t take long before the phone started to ring and I was invited to comment on the issue both on radio and television, as well as some follow-ups on Monday. | |||
8:10 AM | 106.9 FM | Local radio station in Trois-Rivières, QC: Une panne Interac affecte les commerces de la province — 106.9 Mauricie (fm1069.ca) | |
11:15 AM | Radio-Canada Téléjournal | Recorded a segment for TV report: Panne chez Rogers | Info | ICI Radio-Canada.ca | |
3:15 PM | 98.5 FM | ||
4:15 PM | Radio-Canada Toronto | ||
6:00 PM | TVA Quebec | TVA Quebec news (with a pesky fly annoying me!): Panne majeure chez Rogers: «pas une cyberattaque», selon un expert | TVA Nouvelle | |
Monday July 11th, 2022 | |||
10:30 AM | 106.9 FM | Update with the initial radio station that had called me on Friday morning: Une mise à jour à l’origine de la panne Rogers — 106.9 Mauricie (fm1069.ca) | |
10:00 PM | Noovo | Late-night news cast on Noovo network to discuss what happened: Panne chez Rogers : plusieurs joueurs auraient intérêt à «avoir un plan B» selon un expert | Noovo Info | |
(...and now, back to our regular programming!) | |||
June 30, 2022 | Radio-Canada PEI | On air with Denis Duchesne of CBC/Radio-Canada P.E.I. to discuss the transfer of Cannabis N.L.’s data to the U.S. via the Shopify platform; the article in question here. |  |
June 30, 2022 | Radio-Canada Nova Scotia | On air with Marc Babin of CBC/Radio-Canada Halifax to discuss the transfer of Cannabis N.L.’s data to the U.S. via the Shopify platform; the article in question here. |  |
June 2, 2022 | LCN: Mario Dumont | Interview on Mario Dumont’s show to discuss the security of credit cards: are they going to disappear? |  |
May 5, 2022 | LCN:A vos affaires | My reaction to the Quebec Ministry of Cybersecurity’s announcement about their new “bug bounty” program. |  |
April 21st, 2022 | LCN:A vos affaires | Once again appearing on the news show “À vos affaires” with Pierre-Olivier Zappa to discuss the recent warning from the Five Eyes about the threat of cyberattacks to critical infrastructure. |  |
April 19th, 2022 | Radio-Canada PEI | Interview on Radio-Canada Prince Edward Island with host Denis Duchesne to discuss the breach at Rideau Hall back in December. Only new info is that it was a “sophisticated” attack. | |
April 4th, 2022 | Radio-Canada Saskatchewan | Interview on Radio-Canada Saskatchewan to provide feedback on the breach last December at the Saskatchewan Liquor & Gaming Authority: |  |
April 1st, 2022 | Radio-Canada Nova Scotia | Interview on the morning show “Le Réveil” on Radio-Canada Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador to discuss an update on a breach at Eastern Health in N.L. back in November; they held a press conference to update the population, but really…didn’t answer any questions! | |
March 17, 2022 | Radio-Canada Estrie | Once again with Mathieu Beaumont of Radio-Canada Estrie to discuss the issue of using Kaspersky antivirus, given the geopolitical situation: | |
March 2nd, 2022 | Radio-Canada Téléjournal Estrie | Very brief appearance in a segment on Radio-Canada Estrie’s Telejournal, a regional news show; the segment was about the need for companies to take cybersecurity seriously in light of the war on Ukraine: |  |
March 1st, 2022 | Radio-Canada Estrie | Radio interview with Mathieu Beaumont on his afternoon show “Vivement le retour”, on Radio-Canada Estrie; we discuss the war in Ukraine and whether Canada is ready: | |
February 27th, 2022 | 98.5 FM | Call-in to Paul Houde’s radio show, one of the most well-known radio hosts in Quebec; we discuss the threat of cyberwarfare: |  |
February 25th, 2022 | LCN: À vos affaires | Appearance on the Montreal news show “À vos affaires”, with Pierre-Olivier Zappa: |  |