EditorialIrina Alleman, left, interviews a Russian journalist, Tikhon Dzyadko, on Nov. 22, 2022, in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Popular Politics, a new YouTube channel run by the Russian opposition movement founded by Aleksei Navalny. (Andrej Vasilenko/The New York Times)
EditorialDaniel Kaminsky sits for a portrait at his Brooklyn office in 2010. He was widely hailed after finding a serious flaw in the internet?s basic plumbing. Kaminsky, a security researcher known for his discovery of a fundamental flaw in the fabric of the internet, died on Friday, April 23, 2021, at his home in San Francisco. He was 42. His aunt, Dr. Toby Maurer, said the cause was diabetes ketoacidosis, a serious diabetic condition that led to his frequent hospitalization in recent years. In 2008, Kaminsky was widely hailed as a latter-day, digital Paul Revere after he found a serious flaw in the internet's basic plumbing that could allow skilled coders to take over websites, siphon off bank credentials or even shut down the internet. Kaminsky alerted the Department of Homeland Security, executives at Microsoft and Cisco, and other internet security experts to the problem and helped spearhead a patch. (Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times)
EditorialMartha Pease, the chief marketing officer of Victoria’s Secret, was instrumental in forming the VS Collective. (Celeste Sloman/The New York Times)
EditorialDaniel Kaminsky sits for a portrait at his Brooklyn office in 2010. He was widely hailed after finding a serious flaw in the internet’s basic plumbing. Kaminsky, a security researcher known for his discovery of a fundamental flaw in the fabric of the internet, died on Friday, April 23, 2021, at his home in San Francisco. He was 42. His aunt, Dr. Toby Maurer, said the cause was diabetes ketoacidosis, a serious diabetic condition that led to his frequent hospitalization in recent years. In 2008, Kaminsky was widely hailed as a latter-day, digital Paul Revere after he found a serious flaw in the internet's basic plumbing that could allow skilled coders to take over websites, siphon off bank credentials or even shut down the internet. Kaminsky alerted the Department of Homeland Security, executives at Microsoft and Cisco, and other internet security experts to the problem and helped spearhead a patch. (Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times)
EditorialBill Ready, a former chief operating officer at PayPal, in Los Angeles on March 11, 2021. Google brought in Ready to spearhead an overhaul of its shopping strategy. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)
EditorialBill Ready, a former chief operating officer at PayPal, in Los Angeles on March 11, 2021. Google brought in Ready to spearhead an overhaul of its shopping strategy. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)
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