Juha Saarinen

Juha Saarinen has been covering the technology sector since the mid-1990s for publications around the world. In addition to techpartner.news, he has written for iTnews since 2010 and also contributes to the New Zealand Herald, the Guardian and Wired's Threat Level section.

He is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Recent articles by Juha Saarinen

Modded Mirai botnet behind massive application layer DDoS attack

Modded Mirai botnet behind massive application layer DDoS attack

Long onslaught generated 292,000 requests per second.
Juha Saarinen Jul 25 2019 12:06PM Security
Easily re-identified 'anonymised' data threatens privacy

Easily re-identified 'anonymised' data threatens privacy

Gaussian copula could trip GDPR trap.
Juha Saarinen Jul 25 2019 6:38AM Security
AusPost's Digital iD accredited by government

AusPost's Digital iD accredited by government

Option for citizens wanting to access government services.
Juha Saarinen Jul 24 2019 12:25PM Security
Hunt on for new auDA board

Hunt on for new auDA board

Governance reboot for troubled .au administrator.
Juha Saarinen Jul 23 2019 11:56AM Telco/ISP
Anti-encryption laws 'imperil' cross-border data access deal with US

Anti-encryption laws 'imperil' cross-border data access deal with US

Govt shoots itself in the foot with crypto-busting laws?
Juha Saarinen Jul 17 2019 12:21PM Security
Kleos GeoInt surveillance satellites ready for NZ launch

Kleos GeoInt surveillance satellites ready for NZ launch

Scouting Mission to unveil hidden maritime activity.
Juha Saarinen Jul 16 2019 12:52PM Strategy
Infratil cleared for Vodafone New Zealand buy

Infratil cleared for Vodafone New Zealand buy

Merger won't lessen competition, Kiwi watchdog declares.
Juha Saarinen Jul 11 2019 7:35AM Telco/ISP
Zoom.us flaw forces users onto video and audio calls

Zoom.us flaw forces users onto video and audio calls

Uninstalled Zoom clients can be re-installed by webpages.
Juha Saarinen Jul 9 2019 11:29PM Security
Canonical's Ubuntu repos on Github hacked

Canonical's Ubuntu repos on Github hacked

Defacement only.
Juha Saarinen Jul 8 2019 6:50AM Security
Rogue regex trips Cloudflare worldwide

Rogue regex trips Cloudflare worldwide

"Very painful for our customers."
Juha Saarinen Jul 3 2019 8:15AM Cloud
Robots.txt to become an internet standard after 25 years

Robots.txt to become an internet standard after 25 years

Ambiguity for spidering the web begone.
Juha Saarinen Jul 3 2019 7:15AM Networking
Some users locked out of Microsoft 365

Some users locked out of Microsoft 365

Infrastructure issue investigated.
Juha Saarinen Jul 3 2019 7:00AM Cloud
Virtual world Second Life to enforce anti-money laundering regs

Virtual world Second Life to enforce anti-money laundering regs

Players will need to provide government identification.
Juha Saarinen Jul 2 2019 10:37AM Financial Services
Poison certs imperils GnuPG checking of Linux software

Poison certs imperils GnuPG checking of Linux software

"Devastating attack" likely to get worse.
Juha Saarinen Jul 1 2019 11:31AM Security
Airservices picks Northrop Grumman for VHF IP radios

Airservices picks Northrop Grumman for VHF IP radios

To integrate with OneSKY air traffic management system.
Juha Saarinen Jun 28 2019 6:55AM Hardware
Outgoing NZ Treasury Secretary slammed for 'clumsy' hacker response to budget data leak

Outgoing NZ Treasury Secretary slammed for 'clumsy' hacker response to budget data leak

Budget breach should never have happened under any circumstances.
Juha Saarinen Jun 27 2019 12:50PM Security
Chinese government-sponsored hackers allegedly hit global telcos

Chinese government-sponsored hackers allegedly hit global telcos

Stone Panda burrows into networks to steal information.
Juha Saarinen Jun 26 2019 11:38AM Security
Google senior exec claims entrapment by right-wing activists

Google senior exec claims entrapment by right-wing activists

Head of ethical ML receives threats after covert film published.
Juha Saarinen Jun 26 2019 7:05AM Security
Google open sources privacy-preserving analytics tool

Google open sources privacy-preserving analytics tool

Private Join and Compute lets researchers work with sensitive information.
Juha Saarinen Jun 20 2019 9:50AM Security
Australian Catholic University breach nets staff details

Australian Catholic University breach nets staff details

Unknown number of accounts accessed.
Juha Saarinen Jun 18 2019 6:24AM Security

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