Bob Sullivan
Journalist and author
MSNBC.com
blog: The Red
Tape Chronicles
Book: Gotcha Capitalism
Book: Your Evil Twin
BOB SULLIVAN is the author of popular blog The Red Tape Chronicles on msnbc.com as well as a technology writer for MSNBC, with a focus on technology crime and consumer fraud. He is also the author of three books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism.
A new book focused on consumer protection and education will be released later this year, again by Random House.
He appears regularly on various NBC News programs, including the Today show, NBC Nightly news, CNBC, and NBC affiliates around the country
He is the nation’s leading journalist covering identity fraud and has written more than 100 articles on the subject since 1996. His work appears on several MSNBC partner sites, including CNBC, MSN.com, Wall Street Journal Interactive. He is a contributor to Good Housekeeping magazine.
His first book, Your Evil Twin, was published in 2002 and was among the first to describe the digital crime of the 21st Century.
Among his many scoops, Bob was the first to tell the world about the existence of Magic Lantern, and top-secret Trojan horse program designed by FBI researchers to steal encryption passphrases; 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.
Bob is the
winner of the prestigious 2002 Society of Professional Journalists Public
Service Award for his series of articles on online fraud. He has spoken
before trade and government groups including the National Association of
Attorney Generals. He lives in Maltby, Washington with his golden
retriever, Lucky.