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Paul Bischoff

Paul is Comparitech’s editor and a regular commentator on cyber security and privacy topics in national and international media including New York Times, BBC, Forbes, The Guardian and many others. He's been writing about the tech industry since 2012 for publications like Tech in Asia, Mashable, and various startup blogs.

Paul has an in-depth knowledge of VPNs, having been an early adopter while looking to access the open internet during this time in China.

He previously worked in Beijing as an editor for Tech in Asia, and has been writing and reporting on technology for the last decade. He has also volunteered as a teacher for older adults learning basic tech literacy and cyber awareness. You can find him on Twitter at @pabischoff.

Articles by Paul

Comparitech researchers have uncovered five critical cybersecurity flaws in Western Digital network-attached storage (NAS) devices. The vulnerabilities found affect tens of thousands of Western Digital My Cloud NAS devices globally.
By Paul Bischoff in Information Security on March 15, 2022
Lifetime VPN subscriptions are usually bad investments, and many of them are scams. We explain why to avoid lifetime subscription VPNs and the best alternatives.
By Paul Bischoff in VPN & Privacy on May 6, 2024
Cybercriminals are buying and selling access to hacked RDP servers to conduct fraud and launch cyberattacks, Comparitech researchers found.
By Paul Bischoff in Information Security on March 15, 2022
Deciphering control: Explore the global landscape of encryption laws to find out which governments i
By Paul Bischoff in Privacy Studies on January 22, 2022
A cluster of databases containing over 350 million customer records including names, phone numbers, and other personal information was left open online, without a password required to access it.
By Paul Bischoff in VPN & Privacy on October 15, 2020
Names, emails, and phone numbers of 2.7 million Friendemic consumers in the US were exposed on a publicly accessible database without a password.
By Paul Bischoff in Information Security on March 15, 2022
We set up a honeypot by publishing AWS credentials in public GitHub repositories to find out how attackers find and abuse them.
By Paul Bischoff in Information Security on July 10, 2022
Gym and fitness club chain Town Sports left 600,000 customers' data unprotected on the web, researchers report.
By Paul Bischoff in Information Security on March 15, 2022
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