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

Database with 154 million US voter records left wide open

Database with 154 million US voter records left wide open

Contained sensitive, personally identifiable data.
Juha Saarinen Jun 24 2016 6:32AM Security
InMobi fined $1.3 million for privacy violation

InMobi fined $1.3 million for privacy violation

Snagged device geolocation info without consent.
Juha Saarinen Jun 23 2016 10:49AM Telco/ISP
Device rooting Android malware found in Google Play

Device rooting Android malware found in Google Play

Hundreds of thousands of devices infected.
Juha Saarinen Jun 23 2016 6:36AM Security
Meet the world's new most powerful supercomputer

Meet the world's new most powerful supercomputer

Chinese ten-million core Sunway TaihuLight top dog.
Juha Saarinen Jun 22 2016 11:50AM Hardware
Tech coalition seeks to halt US govt mass hacking law

Tech coalition seeks to halt US govt mass hacking law

Advocacy decries criminal procedure changes as dangerous.
Juha Saarinen Jun 22 2016 6:10AM Security
Citrix issues password reset after GoToMyPC hack

Citrix issues password reset after GoToMyPC hack

Sophisticated credentials attack.
Juha Saarinen Jun 21 2016 9:00AM Security
Ethereum tries to recover after million-dollar hack

Ethereum tries to recover after million-dollar hack

$67 million lifted from The DAO fund.
Juha Saarinen Jun 20 2016 11:39AM Security
Telstra to roll out 135 rural 4G base stations

Telstra to roll out 135 rural 4G base stations

Commitment under govt's mobile blackspot program.
Juha Saarinen Jun 19 2016 6:00PM Telco/ISP
Vodafone 4G availability catches up with Telstra: survey

Vodafone 4G availability catches up with Telstra: survey

Aussie mobile networks fast and accessible.
Juha Saarinen Jun 19 2016 6:00PM Telco/ISP
Former SAP boss accused of insider trading

Former SAP boss accused of insider trading

Alleged to have netted over half a million US dollars.
Juha Saarinen Jun 17 2016 9:38AM Strategy
Thousands of hacked Aussie servers for sale on forum

Thousands of hacked Aussie servers for sale on forum

xDedic offers access to over 70,000 systems.
Juha Saarinen Jun 17 2016 6:41AM Security
Samsung buys AWS rival Joyent

Samsung buys AWS rival Joyent

Containers and Node.js company seeks scale to compete.
Juha Saarinen Jun 16 2016 3:44PM Storage
Microsoft unveils open blockchain cloud fabric

Microsoft unveils open blockchain cloud fabric

Introduces Cryptlets for building secure blockchain middleware tiers.
Juha Saarinen Jun 16 2016 12:00PM Strategy
US watchdog wins net neutrality fight against providers

US watchdog wins net neutrality fight against providers

Common carriage ruling has far-reaching impact.
Juha Saarinen Jun 15 2016 6:50AM Strategy
Aussie scientists salt electrodes in lithium battery breakthrough

Aussie scientists salt electrodes in lithium battery breakthrough

Researchers believe petrol power parity is achievable.
Juha Saarinen Jun 14 2016 9:00AM Oddware
Apple unveils iOS 10, macOS Sierra previews

Apple unveils iOS 10, macOS Sierra previews

Opens up a handful of iOS apps to third-party devs.
Juha Saarinen Jun 14 2016 8:45AM Software
Basslink back in action after six-month outage

Basslink back in action after six-month outage

Full diagnosis of cable break yet to come.
Juha Saarinen Jun 14 2016 6:05AM Telco/ISP
Big public clouds open to quiet traffic snooping

Big public clouds open to quiet traffic snooping

"TeLeScope" attack bypasses TLS in real-time.
Juha Saarinen Jun 9 2016 3:45PM Security
Vodafone, Sky TV in multi-billion NZ merger

Vodafone, Sky TV in multi-billion NZ merger

To form media and telco behemoth.
Juha Saarinen Jun 9 2016 9:33AM Telco/ISP
Big DDoS attacks reach record levels: Akamai

Big DDoS attacks reach record levels: Akamai

Done dirt cheap.
Juha Saarinen Jun 8 2016 8:45AM Security

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