Bob Sullivan (journalist)
Encyclopedia
Bob Sullivan is an award winning American online journalist, author and one of the founding members of msnbc.com
. Sullivan is the author of two New York Times Best Sellers entitled Stop Getting Ripped Off and Gotcha Capitalism. Sullivan is currently a senior writer, technology correspondent and author of the popular blog, The Red Tape Chronicles, at msnbc.com, where he focuses on technology crime and consumer fraud. He also regularly appears on air on MSNBC, CNBC's On the Money
, NBC Nightly News, the Today show, and various local NBC affiliates.
in History from Fairfield University
in 1990, where he was class valedictorian
. He received an M.A.
in Journalism from the Missouri School of Journalism
in 1996.
Sullivan was the first to report to Americans that the FBI had developed a computer program, called Magic Lantern
, designed to obtain public encryption keys on November 20, 2001. He was also the first to describe the data theft at ChoicePoint
, the first of what would become an avalanche of stories about stolen and lost personal information on February 18, 2005.
Sullivan won the prestigious Society of Professional Journalists
Public Service Award in 2002 for his series of articles on online fraud. He received the Carnegie Mellon University
CyLab CyberSecurity Journalism Award in 2003 for his online cybersecurity reporting.
Msnbc.com
msnbc.com is a news website owned and operated as a joint venture by NBCUniversal and Microsoft.In addition to original content from its news staff, msnbc.com is the news website for the NBC News family, with content from the cable television news channel MSNBC, NBC shows such as Today, NBC Nightly...
. Sullivan is the author of two New York Times Best Sellers entitled Stop Getting Ripped Off and Gotcha Capitalism. Sullivan is currently a senior writer, technology correspondent and author of the popular blog, The Red Tape Chronicles, at msnbc.com, where he focuses on technology crime and consumer fraud. He also regularly appears on air on MSNBC, CNBC's On the Money
On the Money
CNBC's On the Money, hosted by Carmen Wong Ulrich, is a television program that focuses primarily on personal finance, a programming departure from CNBC's "investor focused" weekday programming....
, NBC Nightly News, the Today show, and various local NBC affiliates.
Education
Sullivan received his B.A.Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in History from Fairfield University
Fairfield University
Fairfield University is a private, co-educational undergraduate and master's level teaching-oriented university located in Fairfield, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1942, and today is one of 28 member institutions of the...
in 1990, where he was class valedictorian
Valedictorian
Valedictorian is an academic title conferred upon the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony. Usually, the valedictorian is the highest ranked student among those graduating from an educational institution...
. He received an M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in Journalism from the Missouri School of Journalism
Missouri School of Journalism
The Missouri School of Journalism at University of Missouri in Columbia, claims to be the oldest formal journalism school in the world. Founded in 1908, only the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris established in 1899 may be older...
in 1996.
Career
Sullivan has been reporting on computer crime, electronic financial fraud, privacy, and the Internet Underground and has written more than 100 articles on the subjects since 1996.Sullivan was the first to report to Americans that the FBI had developed a computer program, called Magic Lantern
Magic Lantern (software)
Magic Lantern is keystroke logging software developed by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation. Magic Lantern was first reported in a column by Bob Sullivan of MSNBC on 20 November 2001 and by Ted Bridis of the Associated Press.-How it works:...
, designed to obtain public encryption keys on November 20, 2001. He was also the first to describe the data theft at ChoicePoint
ChoicePoint
ChoicePoint was a data aggregation company based in Alpharetta, near Atlanta, Georgia, United States, that acted as a private intelligence service to government and industry...
, the first of what would become an avalanche of stories about stolen and lost personal information on February 18, 2005.
Sullivan won the prestigious Society of Professional Journalists
Society of Professional Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalists , formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is one of the oldest organizations representing journalists in the United States. It was established in April 1909 at DePauw University, and its charter was designed by William Meharry Glenn. The ten founding members of...
Public Service Award in 2002 for his series of articles on online fraud. He received the Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
CyLab CyberSecurity Journalism Award in 2003 for his online cybersecurity reporting.