Ryan Gallagher

For another person, see Ryan Gallagher (singer).
Ryan Gallagher
Born
Ryan Gallagher

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh (MSc)
University of Abertay, Dundee (BA)
OccupationJournalist
Websiterjgallagher.co.uk

Ryan Gallagher is a Scottish investigative journalist. He writes about security and civil liberties for Bloomberg News, and previously worked for The Intercept reporting on classified documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.[1] He has previously worked for The Intercept, The Guardian, Slate, and the Financial Times.[2][3]

In August 2014, Gallagher revealed the existence of ICREACH, an NSA search engine that he alleged is "the largest system for internally sharing secret surveillance records in the United States."[4][5][6] In March 2014, with Glenn Greenwald, he revealed a joint NSA and British Government Communications Headquarters program to infect millions of computers with malware,[7] a report that prompted Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to personally call U.S. President Barack Obama to complain.[8][9][10]

In 2013, Gallagher was threatened by a private security contractor while working on a story exposing the use of facial recognition technology at the Statue of Liberty in New York.[11][12][13]

He is listed on the New America Foundation's website as a Future Tense Fellow under a program that seeks "to bring exceptionally promising new voices and ideas into the nation's public discourse."[14]

  1. ^ "Ryan Gallagher – The Intercept – First Look Media". The Intercept. 27 October 2014.
  2. ^ Gold, Hadas (3 March 2013). "Gawker's John Cook to First Look". Politico.
  3. ^ Beaujon, Andrew (6 February 2014). "First Look adds more journalists, plans to launch first publication next week". Poynter.
  4. ^ Gallagher, Ryan (25 August 2014). "The Surveillance Engine: How the NSA Built Its Own Secret Google". The Intercept.
  5. ^ Winter, Michael (25 August 2014). "NSA built 'Google-like' search engine to share data". USA Today.
  6. ^ Pullam-Moore, Charles (25 August 2014). "Google-like NSA search engine implemented to learn about civilians". PBS.
  7. ^ Gallagher, Ryan; Greenwald, Glenn (12 March 2014). "How the NSA Plans to Infect 'Millions' of Computers with Malware". The Intercept. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  8. ^ Holpuch, Amanda (13 March 2014). "Mark Zuckerberg: US government surveillance is a threat to the internet". The Guardian.
  9. ^ Byers, Alex (13 March 2014). "Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama after NSA report". Politico.
  10. ^ Pagliery, Jose (14 March 2014). "Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA". CNN.
  11. ^ Pinto, Nick (1 May 2013). "Will There Be Face-Recognition Surveillance at the Statue of Liberty?". Village Voice.
  12. ^ Doctorow, Cory (30 April 2013). "Rumored Statue of Liberty face-recognition supplier harasses and threatens journalist". Boing Boing.
  13. ^ Cushing, Tim (30 April 2013). "Private Security Contractors Try To Shut Down Journalist Using Legal Threats And Claims Of Harassment". Techdirt.
  14. ^ "New America Fellows". New America Foundation. 27 October 2014.