Leading the Conversation
NCITE experts regularly weigh in on important topics in national, state, and local media.
January
Michigan State University cybercrime training prepares community for cyber attacks
Jan. 10, 2025 | News Channel 3
NCITE researcher Thomas Holt, professor at Michigan State University, discussed the free trainings about combating cybercrime offered to government agencies. He said: "Technology changes rapidly ... We know that there is always some new app or some new AI program that means that offenders change their behavior as often as technology changes. Our hope is to be able to get people a little bit ahead of that curve and know what is happening right now."
Before Las Vegas, Intel Analysts Warned That Bomb Makers Were Turning to AI
Jan. 8, 2025 | Wired
Seamus Hughes, NCITE senior research faculty and policy associate, commented on the use of AI by extremists to plan attacks. He said: “We’ve also seen the use of AI as a key tool to lowering the bar for entry into an attack ... be it helping with plot planning, kicking around ideas for violent actions without triggering law enforcement scrutiny, and helping them enhance their propaganda output.”
New Orleans Attack
NCITE experts from throughout the consoritum responded quickly to news of the New Year's Day terrorist attack in New Orleans.
- Local Insight on the New Orleans Terror Attack
- Jan. 1, 2025 | KETV7
- The Context interview with Gina Ligon
- Jan. 2, 2025 | BBC News
- Authorities have charged at least 3 other alleged ISIS sympathizers in recent months
- Jan. 2, 2025 | CNN
- The New Orleans attacker was inspired by ISIS. How much of a threat does the group pose to the US?
- Jan. 2, 2025 | The Independent
- Experts: ISIS uses social media to radicalize Americans to commit acts of terror
- Jan. 2, 2025 | 13 News
- Islamic State group-inspired New Orleans attack revives familiar fears
- Jan. 2, 2025 | VOA
- How ISIS may have inspired the deadly truck attack in New Orleans
- Jan. 3, 2025 | CBC/Radio Canada
- Could FBI Have Prevented New Orleans Terror Attack?
- Jan. 3, 2025 | Newsweek
- FBI returns to Houston home of New Orleans terror attack suspect
- Jan. 3, 2025 | ABC13
- On New Orleans, Las Vegas, Virginia, and the Threat of Improvised Explosive Devices
- Jan. 3, 2025 | Lawfare
- ‘A perfect storm’: Extremism online and political polarization are increasing the risk of attacks, experts say
- Jan. 4, 2025 | NBC News
- Meta smart glasses worn by New Orleans attacker
- Jan. 6, 2025 | NBC News
- Chaos on Bourbon Street: The Growing Threat of 'Rampage Terrorism'
- Jan. 10, 2025 | George Mason University
- How do people become radicalized? Can we DE-radicalize them?
- Jan. 15, 2025 | WWL First News