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Fun facts: My Wikipedia cites

When you write for Ars, it’s nice that people notice. And sometimes, they notice enough to cite you on Wikipedia.

Strangely, the first hit I get on Google when searching my Wikipedia cites is for my coverage of a bus company.

Suburban Express – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburban_Express
Wikipedia

In early 2013, according to Ars Technica, Suburban Express had developed a “bad reputation online” from reviewers who …. Gallagher, Sean (May 2, 2013).

Adobe Digital Editions – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Digital_Editions
Wikipedia

This was confirmed by Sean Gallagher writing in Ars Technica and by others. However, no one else has confirmed the report that books never opened in ADE …

TeslaCrypt – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeslaCrypt
Wikipedia

Jump up ^ Sean Gallagher (Mar 12, 2015). “CryptoLocker look-alike searches for and encrypts PC game files”. Ars Technica. Retrieved 14 March 2015. Jump up …

ORCA (computer system) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORCA_(computer_system)
Wikipedia

Sean Gallagher of Ars Technica commented that the key failure was the dependency on automated testing rigs, which “can’t show what the system’s …

Java security – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_security
Wikipedia

Ars Technica. Retrieved 2014-02-18. Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (2013-02-15). “Facebook computers compromised by zero-day Java exploit”. Ars Technica.

List of cyber-attacks – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cyber-attacks
Wikipedia

“Point-of-sale malware infecting Target found hiding in plain sight”. Ars Technica. Retrieved November 8, 2014. Jump up ^ Sean Gallagher (September 18, …

Th3j35t3r – Cybersecurity Wiki

cyber.law.harvard.edu/…/Th3j35t…
Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Aug 8, 2012 – Sean Gallagher, “Patriotic hacktivist” The Jester unmasked—or maybe it’s a big troll, Ars Technica, May 15, 2012. Retrieved from …

Tailored Access Operations – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Remote_Operations_Center
Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (2013-11-12). “Quantum of pwnness: How NSA and GCHQ hacked OPEC and others”. Ars Technica. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

RSA Security – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/RSA_Security
Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean. (2014-01-21) “TrustyCon” security counter-convention planned for RSA refusniks. Ars Technica. Retrieved on 2014-05-11. Jump up …

Tor (anonymity network) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)
Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (18 April 2014). “Tor network’s ranks of relay servers cut because of Heartbleed bug”. Ars Technica. Retrieved 28 April 2014.

Notel – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

October 22, 2013. Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (March 27, 2015). “A $50 device is breaking North Korean government’s grip on media”. Ars Technica. Jump up …

Project Narwhal – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Project_Narwhal
Slate.com. Retrieved 12 November 2012. Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (Nov 9, 2012). “Inside Team Romney’s whale of an IT meltdown”. Ars Technica.

Computer security – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Computer_insecurity
… Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (May 14, 2014). “Photos of an NSA “upgrade” factory show Cisco router getting implant”. Ars Technica. Retrieved August 3, 2014.

SourceForge – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/SourceForge.net
… Jump up ^ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/sourceforge-grabs-gimp-for-windows-account-wraps-installer-in-bundle-pushing-adware/ …

Syrian Electronic Army – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Syrian_Electronic_Army
Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (May 8, 2013). “Network Solutions seizes over 700 domains registered to Syrians”. Ars Technica. Retrieved October 15, 2014.

IBM Deep Thunder – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010-04-06. Retrieved 2014-01-12. ^ Jump up to: Gallagher, Sean. “How IBM’s Deep Thunder delivers “hyper-local” forecasts 3-1/2 days out”. Ars Technica.

Random-access memory – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Random_Access_Memory

Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean. “Memory that never forgets: non-volatile DIMMs hit the market”. Ars Technica. Jump up ^ Bellis, Mary. “The Invention of the Intel …

Kim Dotcom – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Kim_Dotcom
Jump up ^ <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/01/why-kim-dotcom-hasnt- … Kim Dotcom, 26 January 2012; Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (26 January 2012).

Ubuntu (operating system) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Ubuntu_(Linux_distribution)
Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (20 November 2012). “How Team Obama’s tech efficiency left Romney IT in dust”. Ars Technica. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

Going Clear (film) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (June 26, 2015). “Private investigator snooped on e-mail of Scientology critics [Updated]”. Ars Technica. Retrieved June 27, 2015.

Chubby Checker – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Chubby_Checker
Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (2013-02-14). “HP sued by Chubby Checker over webOS penis size app”. Ars Technica.

Megaupload – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Megaupload
Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (30 January 2012). “Feds: Megaupload user files may be deleted starting Thursday”. Arstechnica. Archived from the original on …

UltraSPARC T1 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/UltraSPARC_T1
Jump up ^ Sean Gallagher (28 September 2011), “SPARC T4 looks to be good enough to stave off defections to x86, Linux”, arstechnica.com (Ars Technica) …

Microsoft Office 2013 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2013
Retrieved August 26, 2012. Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (July 16, 2012). “Office 2013: Microsoft’s bid to win the future”. Ars Technica. Retrieved June 7, 2013.

Object storage – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Seagate. Retrieved 3 November 2013. Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (27 October 2013). “Seagate introduces a new drive interface: Ethernet”. Arstechnica.com.

Naval aviation – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump up ^ Gallagher, Sean (23 April 2014). “Top Gun, robot-style: Navy moves ahead on carrier-based drone program”. arstechnica. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

Gordon Lyon – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Lyon
Wikipedia

Website, http://insecure.org/fyodor/ … Org — The top 100 network security tools (ranked by thousands of Nmap … Jump up ^ Sean Gallagher (4 June 2015). “Black “mirror”: SourceForge has now seized Nmap audit tool project”. Ars Technica.

That’s what I’ve found so far. Feel free to quote me.

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