Melissa K. Griffith
@melissakgriffith.bsky.social
Faculty at Johns Hopkins SAIS & the Alperovitch Institute | former Wilson Center; Stanford CISAC | PhD from UC Berkeley | cyber and national security; semis; 5G; AI | usual disclaimers apply
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The @bindinghook.bsky.social Live agenda is out! I’m honored to join a truly impressive group of people “where digital tech and global affairs meet” later this month in London. I’ll be presenting my research on AI compute, and why chips aren’t enough. See you there! bindinghooklive.com/agenda/
October 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The @bindinghook.bsky.social Live agenda is out! I’m honored to join a truly impressive group of people “where digital tech and global affairs meet” later this month in London. I’ll be presenting my research on AI compute, and why chips aren’t enough. See you there! bindinghooklive.com/agenda/
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🗓️ #BindingHookLive agenda is out now! Check it out & request your invite: bindinghooklive.com/agenda/
October 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🗓️ #BindingHookLive agenda is out now! Check it out & request your invite: bindinghooklive.com/agenda/
Over the past few weeks, I had the pleasure of supporting the SAIS Trilateral Technogy Training Program here in DC and the Bay Area with programming dedicated to #semiconductors, #compute infrastructure, and #AI. 1/3
July 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Over the past few weeks, I had the pleasure of supporting the SAIS Trilateral Technogy Training Program here in DC and the Bay Area with programming dedicated to #semiconductors, #compute infrastructure, and #AI. 1/3
Looking forward to speaking at #PLAITS2025 today on national security, artificial intelligence, and semiconductors.
Hope to see many of you there: futurerealities.org/PLAITS2025/i...
Hope to see many of you there: futurerealities.org/PLAITS2025/i...
PLAITS 2025 – Privacy and Liberty in the Age of AI and Immersive Technologies
Join us for PLAITS 2025, a micro-think tank conference exploring the intersection of privacy, liberty, and emerging technologies.
futurerealities.org
June 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Looking forward to speaking at #PLAITS2025 today on national security, artificial intelligence, and semiconductors.
Hope to see many of you there: futurerealities.org/PLAITS2025/i...
Hope to see many of you there: futurerealities.org/PLAITS2025/i...
Kicking off a week focused on #AI and #semiconductors with the Special Competitive Studies Project’s #SCSPAIExpo25 here in DC. If you are in town, drop me a line.
June 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Kicking off a week focused on #AI and #semiconductors with the Special Competitive Studies Project’s #SCSPAIExpo25 here in DC. If you are in town, drop me a line.
Last month, I had the pleasure of organizing and moderating a panel delving into the different technologies that fuel artificial intelligence innovation and that underpin the AI triad, including but not limited to energy, data centers, models, and semiconductors. Post-event writeup here ⬇️
What’s next for AI: Overcoming the barriers to sustained AI growth
Policy and AI leaders outline the current state and potential trajectory of AI capabilities in the U.S. and what can help keep the country at the forefront of AI innovation.
washingtondc.jhu.edu
May 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Last month, I had the pleasure of organizing and moderating a panel delving into the different technologies that fuel artificial intelligence innovation and that underpin the AI triad, including but not limited to energy, data centers, models, and semiconductors. Post-event writeup here ⬇️
As the inaugural @iaseai.bsky.social conference wraps this evening in Paris, I am hustling back to my hotel room to (virtually) teach Johns Hopkins SAIS students about AI and national security. Looking forward to reflecting on several IASEAI discussions in my classroom with policy students.
February 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
As the inaugural @iaseai.bsky.social conference wraps this evening in Paris, I am hustling back to my hotel room to (virtually) teach Johns Hopkins SAIS students about AI and national security. Looking forward to reflecting on several IASEAI discussions in my classroom with policy students.
At #IASEAI25 today, @katecrawford.bsky.social’s tour de force talk on sustainability further drove home, for me, the importance of framing #AI as a Fulcrum Technology. For those who want to learn more about what Fulcrum Technologies are (and are not), an introduction can be found below. 1/2
The Challenges of Policy in an Era of Fulcrum Technologies - War on the Rocks
Last month, Alliant Energy announced it will delay converting its Wisconsin coal plant by three years. This delay underscores an important tension: While
warontherocks.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
At #IASEAI25 today, @katecrawford.bsky.social’s tour de force talk on sustainability further drove home, for me, the importance of framing #AI as a Fulcrum Technology. For those who want to learn more about what Fulcrum Technologies are (and are not), an introduction can be found below. 1/2
As Paris welcomes the world for the AI Summit, I am thrilled to be here and participating in #IASEAI25 over the next two days. Drop me a line if you are also in town and would like to connect on all things #AI #natsec and #semiconductors / #compute. 1/2
February 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
As Paris welcomes the world for the AI Summit, I am thrilled to be here and participating in #IASEAI25 over the next two days. Drop me a line if you are also in town and would like to connect on all things #AI #natsec and #semiconductors / #compute. 1/2
A podcast I recorded a few days after the election on #semiconductors, #AI, and #natsec just dropped. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts, including ⬇️
It is also well worth checking out their recent episodes with Gavin Wilde (foreign influence ops) and Greg Falco (space & cyber).
It is also well worth checking out their recent episodes with Gavin Wilde (foreign influence ops) and Greg Falco (space & cyber).
AI Semiconductors Security
Podcast Episode · The Looking Glass · 12/11/2024 · 30m
podcasts.apple.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:39 PM
A podcast I recorded a few days after the election on #semiconductors, #AI, and #natsec just dropped. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts, including ⬇️
It is also well worth checking out their recent episodes with Gavin Wilde (foreign influence ops) and Greg Falco (space & cyber).
It is also well worth checking out their recent episodes with Gavin Wilde (foreign influence ops) and Greg Falco (space & cyber).
Are you a mid-career government official from the US, Japan, or South Korea interested in #AI, #cybersecurity, #biotech, #space, #semiconductors, #greentech? Join @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social for the 2025 Trilateral Technology Leaders Training Program. Additional details below ⬇️
The Trilateral Technology Leaders Training Program 🇺🇸🇯🇵🇰🇷 hosted by @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social is now accepting apps for its 2025 cohort! Join a fully-funded, 3-week program for mid-career govt officials from US, Japan, ROK on emerging tech in DC & Silicon Valley. sais.fillout.com/trilateraltech
Trilateral Technology Leaders Training Program 2024
Apply for the 2024 Trilateral Technology Leaders Training Program
sais.fillout.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Are you a mid-career government official from the US, Japan, or South Korea interested in #AI, #cybersecurity, #biotech, #space, #semiconductors, #greentech? Join @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social for the 2025 Trilateral Technology Leaders Training Program. Additional details below ⬇️
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Your cousin just asked about tariffs at Thanksgiving dinner and everyone got quiet. Let's break down how they actually work using what's on your dinner table - and why they usually end up costing families like yours more money. 1/
November 28, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Your cousin just asked about tariffs at Thanksgiving dinner and everyone got quiet. Let's break down how they actually work using what's on your dinner table - and why they usually end up costing families like yours more money. 1/
New export controls focused on advanced #computing and #semiconductors were announced today.
Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security announcement: lnkd.in/enzhMTgD
New Entity List & Validated End-User rules: lnkd.in/e6jisHdw
New Foreign Direct Product & other export controls: lnkd.in/eWB4RUEe
Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security announcement: lnkd.in/enzhMTgD
New Entity List & Validated End-User rules: lnkd.in/e6jisHdw
New Foreign Direct Product & other export controls: lnkd.in/eWB4RUEe
December 2, 2024 at 4:15 PM
New export controls focused on advanced #computing and #semiconductors were announced today.
Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security announcement: lnkd.in/enzhMTgD
New Entity List & Validated End-User rules: lnkd.in/e6jisHdw
New Foreign Direct Product & other export controls: lnkd.in/eWB4RUEe
Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security announcement: lnkd.in/enzhMTgD
New Entity List & Validated End-User rules: lnkd.in/e6jisHdw
New Foreign Direct Product & other export controls: lnkd.in/eWB4RUEe
Reposted by Melissa K. Griffith
This is a story a lot of reporters have been chasing:
Starting in 2015, a massive cyberespionage campaign targeted some of America's most prominent environmentalists.
Now, we can reveal that the FBI has been probing whether a longtime Exxon lobbyist was involved.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Starting in 2015, a massive cyberespionage campaign targeted some of America's most prominent environmentalists.
Now, we can reveal that the FBI has been probing whether a longtime Exxon lobbyist was involved.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Exclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say
The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:34 PM
This is a story a lot of reporters have been chasing:
Starting in 2015, a massive cyberespionage campaign targeted some of America's most prominent environmentalists.
Now, we can reveal that the FBI has been probing whether a longtime Exxon lobbyist was involved.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Starting in 2015, a massive cyberespionage campaign targeted some of America's most prominent environmentalists.
Now, we can reveal that the FBI has been probing whether a longtime Exxon lobbyist was involved.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Reposted by Melissa K. Griffith
One reason I'm cautiously excited that we reached critical mass here is that Bluesky finally has the same intersection of people I cared about on Twitter - natsec, infosec, academia, and journos.
November 26, 2024 at 9:59 AM
One reason I'm cautiously excited that we reached critical mass here is that Bluesky finally has the same intersection of people I cared about on Twitter - natsec, infosec, academia, and journos.
Congratulations to the entire @virtualroutes.bsky.social team!
📣 Virtual Routes is here! ECCRI and ECCRI CIC are now Virtual Routes, an organization dedicated to tackling the impact of digital technologies on global affairs through research, education, and public engagement. Find out more on our new site: virtual-routes.org #VirtualRoutes
November 26, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Congratulations to the entire @virtualroutes.bsky.social team!
One of the many pleasures of teaching at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is the caliber of our students. Shout out to Stavros Piperidis for spearheading this important site visit to NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT). Read and learn more ⬇️ 1/2
Students Learn from Key Leaders in NATO Site Visit
On November 1, 2024, a group of 29 Johns Hopkins SAIS students and two faculty members traveled to Norfolk, Virginia for a site visit to the NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) headquarters.
sais.jhu.edu
November 25, 2024 at 6:29 PM
One of the many pleasures of teaching at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is the caliber of our students. Shout out to Stavros Piperidis for spearheading this important site visit to NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT). Read and learn more ⬇️ 1/2
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Would you like to develop tools or methods that can support online researchers? Do you have a project idea that could benefit the open source research community? Bellingcat’s Tech Fellowship could be the opportunity to do just that, apply here: www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-t...
Bellingcat Tech Fellowship Opportunity - bellingcat
November 21, 2024 We will be reviewing applications for the fellowship on a rolling basis, and expect to interview applicants in the first week of December (2-6 December 2024) Would you like to develo...
www.bellingcat.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Would you like to develop tools or methods that can support online researchers? Do you have a project idea that could benefit the open source research community? Bellingcat’s Tech Fellowship could be the opportunity to do just that, apply here: www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-t...
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Featuring the substance of our pre-lunchtime talk from Steven Adair @cyberwarcon.bsky.social
Russian spies—likely Russia's GRU intelligence agency—used a new trick to hack a victim in Washington, DC: They remotely infected another network in a building across the street, hijacked a laptop there, then breached the target organization via its Wifi. www.wired.com/story/russia...
Russian Spies Jumped From One Network to Another Via Wi-Fi in an Unprecedented Hack
In a first, Russia's APT28 hacking group appears to have remotely breached the Wi-Fi of an espionage target by hijacking a laptop in another building across the street.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Featuring the substance of our pre-lunchtime talk from Steven Adair @cyberwarcon.bsky.social
Another excellent JHU SAIS @alperovitch.institute skills course on the books. If you haven’t had a chance to take this workshop with @jags.bsky.social, I highly recommend it. Additional details ⬇️
We are very excited to offer our very popular Hands-on Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering Primer, taught by
@jags.bsky.social!
WHEN: 5 DAYS – Dec 1 - Dec 5, 2024 | 10 – 4PM
Non-Hopkins interested participants, contact @ellyrostoum.bsky.social.
alperovitch.sais.jhu.edu/jags-malware...
@jags.bsky.social!
WHEN: 5 DAYS – Dec 1 - Dec 5, 2024 | 10 – 4PM
Non-Hopkins interested participants, contact @ellyrostoum.bsky.social.
alperovitch.sais.jhu.edu/jags-malware...
November 25, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Another excellent JHU SAIS @alperovitch.institute skills course on the books. If you haven’t had a chance to take this workshop with @jags.bsky.social, I highly recommend it. Additional details ⬇️
Another excellent #CYBERWARCON in the books! World class lineup of speakers and, as always, great to see everyone. No better way to spend the day.
November 23, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Another excellent #CYBERWARCON in the books! World class lineup of speakers and, as always, great to see everyone. No better way to spend the day.
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of presenting my research on critical technologies and technology policy - from AI to semiconductors - at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Center for Global Security Research.
A special thanks to Mike Albertson and Katie Thomas for inviting me. 1/3
A special thanks to Mike Albertson and Katie Thomas for inviting me. 1/3
November 18, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of presenting my research on critical technologies and technology policy - from AI to semiconductors - at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Center for Global Security Research.
A special thanks to Mike Albertson and Katie Thomas for inviting me. 1/3
A special thanks to Mike Albertson and Katie Thomas for inviting me. 1/3
I am very much looking forward to speaking at American University School of International Service’s conference on Ally-Shoring and South Korea’s High-Tech Industry on Nov. 15.
From semiconductors to cybersecurity, South Korea is a critical partner and global player.
Registration and agenda ⬇️
From semiconductors to cybersecurity, South Korea is a critical partner and global player.
Registration and agenda ⬇️
Ally-Shoring and South Korea’s High-Tech Industry
Eventbrite - SIS presents Ally-Shoring and South Korea’s High-Tech Industry - Friday, November 15, 2024 at American University, School of International Service, Founders Room, Washington, DC. Find eve...
www.eventbrite.com
November 12, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I am very much looking forward to speaking at American University School of International Service’s conference on Ally-Shoring and South Korea’s High-Tech Industry on Nov. 15.
From semiconductors to cybersecurity, South Korea is a critical partner and global player.
Registration and agenda ⬇️
From semiconductors to cybersecurity, South Korea is a critical partner and global player.
Registration and agenda ⬇️
Reposted by Melissa K. Griffith
Genuinely excited to see more folks switching to Bsky and the possibility of having discourse that isn’t immediately assumed to be toxic.
November 10, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Genuinely excited to see more folks switching to Bsky and the possibility of having discourse that isn’t immediately assumed to be toxic.
“Operations, cyber or otherwise, rarely fall into a grey zone by chance. They are calibrated to land there—to take full advantage of the ambiguities of the space—or they routinely land there due to the technical and operational realities of the domain itself.” More ⬇️
The “messy middle between war and peace is not the only grey zone that hackers are exploiting. They are also straddling the line between “crime and statecraft” and the distinction between “espionage and attacks”." Read my latest piece in Articles of War below.
Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium – Cyber Operations are Thriving in the Grey - Lieber Institute West Point
Cyber operations are thriving in a series of grey zones, widening the aperture of what is possible short of war.
lieber.westpoint.edu
November 7, 2024 at 7:51 PM
“Operations, cyber or otherwise, rarely fall into a grey zone by chance. They are calibrated to land there—to take full advantage of the ambiguities of the space—or they routinely land there due to the technical and operational realities of the domain itself.” More ⬇️