Reader's Digest har en sak om Arjen Kamphuis 12/12-2018 under samleartikklen
12 Most Bizarre Unsolved Mysteries of the Year,
https://www.rd.com/culture/bizarre-unsolved-mysteries-2018/
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On August 20, a leading Dutch cybersecurity expert, Arjen Kamphuis, checked out of his hotel in Norway, telling friends he was flying back to Amsterdam. He was never seen again. In September, his ID card was pulled from nearby Arctic waters. Yet Kamphuis’s phones had been turned on more than 1,000 miles away in a small northern Norwegian town on August 30. Because Kamphius was an outspoken advocate for online privacy, some speculate he was assassinated. Others believe he’s become a spy.
Artikkelen er fra 4/9-2018,
Arjen Kamphuis, WikiLeaks Consultant Missing: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, så her er det ikke mye nytt.
Venn med Assange:
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Kamphuis has consulted with Julian Assange. Computable refers to Kamphuis as being a good friend of Assange. He has also cooperated with and interviewed whistleblowers. He’s frequently cited as an expert in news articles, often commenting on open source software and the cloud.
Reddet Rotterdam havn i 2017 da de ble utsatt for lammende cyberangrep:
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He’s a known expert on cybersecurity matters, often consulting with journalists on how to keep their data safe from government intrusion. In June 2017, for example, Kamphuis helped the port of Rotterdam after it was paralyzed by a cyberattack. The translated version of the tweet below reads: “Last year, Arjen Kamp got the port of Rotterdam back to the talk, after it was paralysed by the biggest cyber attack ever. I still wonder: wasn’t there any newspaper that knew this? Or did they not feel it important enough to report?”
I 2007 bidro til å få stoppet elektroniske stemmesystemer ved valg:
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In the same interview, he said that in 2007 he and other experts rolled back a move to electronic voting machines in Amersterdam. “Through lots of media attention, a few spectacular hacks showing the technical insecurity of the systems, and legal pressure, we forced the government in 2007 to reverse the approval of the voting computers and go back to an all-paper balloting system. This reversal is part of a global backlash against electronic voting systems.”
Generelt:
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Kamphuis studied science and policy at Utrecht University and worked as a Unix specialist for IBM, and a software instructor. He’s been an independent consultant for companies since 2001, CIS-India reported. This 2007 article concludes: “When not consulting Arjen is actively involved in (digital) civil liberties, the open source movement and criticizing the war on terror.”