Joe Walton, Ph.D.

cybersecurity & technology leadership | social & information science research

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

It is official, I am a graduate of the Public Policy & Administration Doctoral Program! @VCUWilderSchool @VCU

Thank you @victortanchen @ProfessDhillon Nancy Stutts @myung_jin77 Shajuana Isom-Payne Ashley Harrison

Meme credit: @Suitpossum

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

@DirectResp3 This direct response account is a scammer and not actually breeze! Don’t interact with the account!

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

@BreezeAirways a checked bag of mine went missing on a Sunday morning flight and I have not gotten any replies to my requests for an update via email, text, chat on the baggage claim I filed at the destination airport. Can you help me somehow via direct message?

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

overlords are watching the interactions.

What should we think, this was a wrong number, or not?
[the article I linked to them is: Leak Reveals the Workaday Lives of North Korean IT Scammers | WIRED https://t.co/8RfzDxqhBI]

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

Random Text from North Korean Scammer?

Ok, I took the plunge with a random text.

For months I have seen occasional humorous references to engaging with a random [likely scam] text message we all seem to be receiving lately and asking the other party to say something

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

Well, last night, I gave it a shot to engage with a relatively benign opening line, as they usually are. Below is what happened when I got a text to my personal number on Google Voice.

It was kind of fun and hopefully an infinitesimal turning-of-the-tables, if the scammer’s

[Cyber Statecraft @CyberStatecraft]

The semifinal round of #Cyber912 is underway!

Our semifinalists are running on very little sleep, but they're back at it, presenting their updated recommendations to judges this morning.

But only 3 teams will advance to the final round...stay tuned! ☕💻

[ClubWPT Gold @ClubWPTGold]

The Chip Dumps are over. Good night everyone 🫡

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

Obligatory...Yoda: there is another [person that was in that race in 2018]

[Brandon Jarvis @Jaaavis]

Brat quite literally lost a Republican district to Spanberger https://t.co/F90MxCNn0k

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

@Jaaavis Yoda: there is another [person that was in that race in 2018]

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

@samshirazim @Jaaavis Obligatory...Yoda: there is another [person that was in that race in 2018]

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

@valkenburgh @valkenburgh Peter, I'd like to talk to you about this research, it overlaps some of my research and work. I can't DM you as I am not verified, checking for an email address on coin center's shows your handle here..DM me, if you please. Thank you!

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

@claytoncomic late reg over, where ya at now?

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

This 👉 https://t.co/bUuwbCSxQ2

[Noelle Acheson @NoelleInMadrid]

@valkenburgh this 👆

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

This: https://t.co/bUuwbCSxQ2

[Peter Van Valkenburgh @valkenburgh]

what we need is separation of banking from identity

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

@RecPokerJim, all this talk of your doppelgänger(s) makes me wonder if you own a yellow hard hat and reflective vest....

https://t.co/MCVrT9v4ZN

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

@JeffESchapiro Numerous ways, you can write with less restriction, less obligation, less frequency and still reach all of the people that matter! what’s more, people like me will even pay five dollars a month for you to do so! Find a substack or a medium or any of these subscription services!

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

@JeffESchapiro Do you have all your columns from over the years? I’ve often thought that the sun total of them are a significant trove of history, lore, and Virginia tropes that it be a shame for them to not live somewhere for future generations!

Keep up the good work, and there are

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

@pokerheadrush @RecPokerJim Wi-Fi, green tea, a laptop, a power outlet, and an 11-hour flight

[Joe Walton, Ph.D. @JosephBWalton]

@RecPokerJim @RecPoker This isn’t rec rated, it is rex rated….