Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai is a tech journalist with a focus on cybersecurity and privacy. He covers news related to data breaches, hacking incidents, and the latest developments in the world of cybersecurity. His articles often provide unique insights into the impact of these events on individuals and organizations alike. Through his reporting, Franceschi-Bicchierai sheds light on the complexities of modern digital security challenges and offers a critical analysis of the measures taken by companies and governments to protect their data.

Biography:  https://techcrunch.com/author/lorenzo-franceschi-bicchierai/

90%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

98%

Examples:

  • In one of the articles, the author presents a potential imbalance in information by highlighting the value of call data records for intelligence analysts and detailing their ability to reveal sensitive information.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • In both articles, the author discusses cybersecurity firms (CrowdStrike and Dragos) that are potentially involved in the incidents they report on.

Contradictions

98%

Examples:

  • In another article, Microsoft and CrowdStrike shared solutions to fix the issue within one day of it being reported.
  • In one article, the author mentions that approximately 250,000 devices remain offline out of the estimated 8.5 million machines affected by the bug in CrowdStrike's software.

Deceptions

70%

Examples:

  • In one article, the author repeats two pieces of information that could be seen as misleading or deceptive: 'Call data records provide a wealth of value for intelligence analysts.' and 'This can reveal where someone lives, works, spends their free time, who they communicate with in secret including affairs, any crime based communication, or typical private/sensitive conversations that require secrecy.' These statements could be seen as deceptive because they imply that call data records are a comprehensive source of information on an individual's activities and relationships.

Recent Articles

CrowdStrike's Software Update Bug Causes Global IT Outage, Costing Top Companies $5.4 Billion

CrowdStrike's Software Update Bug Causes Global IT Outage, Costing Top Companies $5.4 Billion

Broke On: Wednesday, 24 July 2024 A global IT outage occurred on July 19, 2024, due to a bug in CrowdStrike's software update that caused Microsoft's Windows operating system to crash. The issue affected over 8.5 million machines worldwide and led to significant financial losses for top US companies, estimated at $5.4 billion (€4.1 billion). Recovery efforts are ongoing, with Microsoft releasing tools to expedite the process.
Eleven Million AT&T Customers Affected by Data Breach: Call and Text Records Compromised

Eleven Million AT&T Customers Affected by Data Breach: Call and Text Records Compromised

Broke On: Friday, 12 July 2024 Hackers illegally accessed call and text records of nearly 11 million AT&T customers between May 2022 and October 2022, potentially exposing sensitive details. The breach, discovered in April 2024, marks the third major setback for AT&T in a year following data exposures and service issues.