John Bandler regularly helps journalists understand and present issues of the day relating to his areas of knowledge and expertise. We need a free press of responsible journalists, and they need help researching and presenting their reporting. We also need a citizenry that seeks and consumes reliable news and journalism, based on facts, reason, and logic.
Areas of expertise include
- Cyber
- Law
- Cyberlaw
- Cybersecurity
- Cybercrime
- Criminal justice
- Privacy
- Governance
- Money laundering.
About John Bandler's professional work in five words
- Lawyer
- Consultant
- Author
- Teacher
- Speaker.
About John Bandler in more words
- Founder and principal of Bandler Law Firm PLLC and Bandler Group LLC.
- Adjunct Professor of Law at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law
- Adjunct Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY)
- Author of four books
- Cyberlaw: Law for Digital Spaces and Information Systems (2025)
- Policies and Procedures for your Organization (2024)
- Cybercrime Investigations (2020)
- Cybersecurity for the Home and Office (2017)
- Author of online courses on cyberlaw, cybersecurity, cybercrime, privacy, law, and policies
- Author of many articles
- See about my articles for Reuters
- See the articles in this website
- Former assistant district attorney at the Manhattan DA’s office (2002-2015), hired by the legendary Robert M. Morgenthau. Headed a successful pioneering prosecution of a cybercrime case involving international data trafficking and virtual currency money laundering.
- Former New York state trooper (1994 - 2002)
- Former U.S. Army officer.
More on the About page.
Media mentions and appearances
John is regularly consulted and quoted in various media based on his experiences with cyber, law, cybersecurity, cybercrime, criminal justice, and more. A sampling of some of the mentions is below (most links take you to an external news site).
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shares Yemen attack details in second Signal chat, NY1 News All Day with Shannan Ferry, 4/22/2025
- Cybersecurity expert talks classified material laws, group chat concerns, NY1 News All Day with Shannan Ferry, 3/26/2025 (video also embedded below)
- Advanced technology used to gain information about Las Vegas Cybertruck blast, Scripps News, Daniel Lathrop, Ava-joye Burnett, 1/2/2025
- 2024 coming someday
- 2023 coming someday
- 2022 and prior
- Legal filing: NYPD illegally used sealed arrest records in Adams bail reform ‘publicity stunt’, Gothamist, 12/20/2022
- I explain the value of sealed records for investigative purposes. Of course, law enforcement needs to obtain information and evidence lawfully and properly, which may require a court order to unseal records first.
- '900K will resolve it': Court docs reveal settlement talks in Handy beating case, Times Union, 12/02/2022
- Transit police officials blast DA Hayden for dismissing misconduct charge against their own officer, The Boston Globe, 10/31/2022 (paywall)
- Suffolk tipped off to possible cyberattack months before Sept. 8, Newsday, 10/15/2022
- Suffolk County ransomware attack: What you need to know, Newsday, 9/20/2022
- Cybercriminals claim responsibility for Suffolk cyber hack, county says, Newsday, 9/16/2022
- An off-duty Suffolk police officer escaped alcohol testing after a car crash that fractured 2-year-old Riordan Cavooris’ skull, Newsday, 8/19/2022
- A former Eastchester Police Department officer is alleging that the department focused excessively on vehicle and traffic tickets, Journal News/LoHud, 7/21/2022 (paywall)
- Hackers breached several of MTA's computer systems in April, WABC New York Eyewitness news, 6/2/2021
- NYC rolls back qualified immunity for police officers, Pix 11, 3/26/2021
- Suffolk police let Peter Fedden go after a drunken-driving crash. He got back behind the wheel and died, Newsday, 4/21/2022
- Metaverse experts reveal if you can MURDER someone in virtual world - and whether you can be punished, NY Post, 4/10/2022
- PREDATOR 'HAVEN' Warning Metaverse is a ‘playground for pedophiles as sex offenders can groom kids using child-friendly avatars’, US Sun, 4/7/2022
- Ransomware and cyber attacks could test New York SHIELD Act, Crain's New York, 6/10/2021 (paywall)
- Travis DA Jose Garza faces uphill battle in cases against officers, Austin American Statesman, 4/5/2021, (paywall)
- Data Privacy and Consumer Protection, WSHU The Full Story, 6/25/2019
- Quest Diagnostics Says Up to 12 Million Patients May Have Had Financial, Medical, Personal Information Breached, NBC New York, 6/3/2019
- Getting Rid of Tree Roots From Next Door, NY Times, 6/3/2017,
- Street gangs turn to white collar crime, Marketplace, 3/9/2016
Conclusion
I believe in the importance of our free press and good journalism. We cannot have a free democracy without a free press, and valuing and abiding by the First Amendment. Journalism is an important profession, there are many excellent journalists and news outlets. We need professional news organizations and journalists, even as we realize that no person or organization is perfect in any field, including journalism.
I try to help journalists understand the issues, law and facts. I present my perspective so they can do their job better when presenting to their audience. Hopefully they have done good research into the facts and spoken to many sources of information and insight.
Often, my view of the facts is based upon what the journalist presents to me, or other reporting I have reviewed, if I have time to research it, and if it has been published.
I provide commentary, and sometimes I provide an opinion based upon information provided to me. Since my commentary or opinion is based on information provided to me, it could change if I learn additional facts.
I do not control anything the journalist writes or does, nor how a video is edited. I don't control the opinion, thrust, slant, or spin of the final product. Obviously, I do not control the journalist, nor the editor or publisher, nor the organization. It is their piece and I have no control over it. I don't control which snippet of my statements they choose to quote or play. I don't control what they choose to focus on or whether there is a "spin" to the article or video.
I might share hundreds (even thousands) of words of my thoughts with a reporter on a particular inquiry, and it is their choice what to quote and why. My hope is that I influenced their reporting in a positive way, towards facts, logic, reason, and fairness.
My hope is that consumers of news also ask for and expect news and reporting based on facts, logic, and reason. Not based on fear, anger, or demonization. Not based on tribal politics or demonization of one "side", but based on what is good for the country.
My listing of media mentions does not necessarily imply approval of the article or video, nor of how I was quoted.
My listing is usually outdated as well.
Above, sometimes I add a short blurb which is my takeaway, and may not be related to how I was quoted or attributed.
This page is hosted at https://johnbandler.com/media-mentions-and-appearances. Copyright John Bandler, all rights reserved. Of course, no claim to the work of the media linked to.
Updated 4/24/2025.