WHAT THEY SAID

The case boils down to spies who use their tools to do what they are paid to do. Criminals already have similar tools. Alan Paller Director of SANS institute

Agencies gathering intelligence on governments need, by definition, technical exploits that aren’t public. Rich Mogull CEO of research firm Securosis

Now anything you say, write or electronically transmit, you have to assume that it is going to be compromised. Robert Cattanach Ex-attorney at Justice Department

Basically the ‘Internet of things’ is vulnerable and has been deployed without thinking of security first. Avivah Litan A security analyst

At this point of time, I am so used to reading stories about accounts getting hacked that it is to be expected. Matt Holden Social media coordinator in Dallas