Journalist & copywriter with 10+ years covering the tech industry, formerly senior cybersecurity reporter at TechCrunch. Bylines include IT Pro, LeadDev, The Register, The Telegraph, TIME, WIRED, & more. ☎️ Signal: carly.44
 ✉️ carlypagewrites@gmail.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3mbp4h5pevk2qhappy new year! i’m back on the cybersecurity desk at The Register from tomorrow, pls send me your tips & scoops (signal/email in bio)05 Jan 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbp4h5pevk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3m2tidpoe4k2yCops have seized the latest incarnation of Breach Forums, which had become the public-facing leak shop for Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters' latest extortion campaign. The group claims the takedown has "no impact" on its planned leak of ~1 billion Salesforce records https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/cops_seize_breachforums/10 Oct 2025 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tidpoe4k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lwoei37zps2tFrom PAYE to P45: HMRC staff fired for prying into taxpayer data https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/hmrc_prying_staff_fired/18 Aug 2025 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwoei37zps2thttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lwejtpovlk2iAlexa hits snooze on basic functions as alarms and timers KO'd in UK outage https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/alexa_hits_snooze_on_basic/14 Aug 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwejtpovlk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lwefswieck24Law and water: Russia blamed for US court system break-in and Norwegian dam drama https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/law_and_water_russia_blamed/14 Aug 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwefswieck24https://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lwe22nhres26re-sharing as i'm on The Reg cyber desk a bunch over the next few weeks - send me your tips! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2025 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwe22nhres26https://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lupm2np6ec2ucan't believe The Reg are already letting me get away with headlines like this https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/eau_no_dior_tells_customers/24 Jul 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lupm2np6ec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lumw3tun5c2gnews! i'm going to be doing some shifts on the cybersecurity desk at The Register. if you've got any tips/scoops/spicy stories, send them my way - Signal & email in bio. ty!23 Jul 2025 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lumw3tun5c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lul4ugv4b22a❤️22 Jul 2025 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lul4ugv4b22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lst366hzts2xyeah having a really productive day thanks30 Jun 2025 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lst366hzts2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lsbnuglzhk2hhello! 👋 after being made redundant from TechCrunch, I took some much-needed time to hang out with my daughter, touch grass, and briefly forget how to write. good news: I think I’ve remembered, so do get in touch if you're looking for a tech journalist/writer/editor/mix of the above23 Jun 2025 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbnuglzhk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lnuolaw5422msome ✨personal news✨ i've been redundant and it's my last week at TechCrunch. i’m going to be returning to the world of freelance, so if you need an experienced tech journalist / copywriter / editor / or a mix of the above, please get in touch carlypagewrites@gmail.com28 Apr 2025 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnuolaw5422mhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lkt3dzaj4k25Hackers are ramping up attempts to exploit a trio of year-old ServiceNow vulnerabilities to break into unpatched company instances https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/hackers-are-ramping-up-attacks-using-year-old-servicenow-security-bugs-to-break-into-unpatched-systems/20 Mar 2025 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkt3dzaj4k25https://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lkqjl7wq5c2lThe Pennsylvania State Education Association says hackers stole the sensitive personal and financial information of more than half a million of its members.  PSEA said it “took steps” to ensure the stolen data was deleted, suggesting it paid a ransom demand https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/us-teachers-union-says-hackers-stole-sensitive-personal-data-on-over-500000-members/19 Mar 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqjl7wq5c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lknzwrziss24CISA is scrambling to contact more than 130 former employees after a federal court ruled that the Trump administration must reinstate workers it “unlawfully” fired https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/18/cisa-scrambles-to-contact-fired-employees-after-court-rules-layoffs-unlawful/18 Mar 2025 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lknzwrziss24https://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lkljjxo5mc2tSecurity researchers say hackers linked to the notorious LockBit gang are exploiting a pair of Fortinet firewall vulnerabilities to deploy ransomware on company networks https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/hackers-are-exploiting-fortinet-firewall-bugs-to-plant-ransomware/17 Mar 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkljjxo5mc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lk6f6jv46222NEW by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: North Korean-linked hackers uploaded Android spyware to Google Play. The spyware, which collects an “extensive amount” of sensitive data, was downloaded more than 10 times before Google removed it, according to Lookout https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/north-korean-government-hackers-snuck-spyware-on-android-app-store/12 Mar 2025 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6f6jv46222https://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3lk4qbz2jqc2iElon Musk’s DOGE has fired more than a hundred employees working for the CISA, including “red team” employees, two people affected by the layoffs confirmed to TechCrunch  One of the affected employees said they are now looking for “DOGE-resistant gigs” https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/doge-axes-cisa-red-team-amid-ongoing-federal-cuts/11 Mar 2025 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4qbz2jqc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3ljzzcn2nsk2rA hacker compromised PowerSchool months before its massive data breach in December. The hacker used the same compromised credentials used in the December breach to access PowerSchool’s network in August, according to CrowdStrike https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/hacker-accessed-powerschools-network-months-before-massive-december-breach/10 Mar 2025 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzzcn2nsk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlypage.bsky.social/post/3ljsekvdcxs2vJapanese telecom giant NTT Communications says hackers stole the data of almost 18,000 corporate customers during a February cyberattack. It’s not yet known how many individuals had personal data stolen or who was behind the NTT breach https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/japanese-telco-giant-ntt-com-says-hackers-accessed-details-of-almost-18000-organizations/07 Mar 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:f4d2mprobkvgd7tvmnavt35e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsekvdcxs2v