Ryan Gallagher
Ryan Gallagher | |
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| Occupation | Investigative journalist |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Known for | Reporting on security and civil rights issues; coverage of Edward Snowden leaks; revealing NSA's ICREACH and NSA-GCHQ malware initiatives |
Ryan Gallagher is an investigative journalist from Scotland, focusing on issues related to security and civil rights. He currently contributes to Bloomberg News and formerly worked at The Intercept, where he covered classified materials leaked by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor. Gallagher's work has also appeared in prominent outlets such as The Guardian, Slate, and the Financial Times.
In August 2014, Gallagher revealed the existence of ICREACH, an NSA search engine considered the largest platform for sharing secret surveillance data within the United States. Earlier that year, together with Glenn Greenwald, he uncovered a collaborative NSA and British GCHQ initiative aimed at infecting millions of computers with malware—an exposé that prompted Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg to reach out directly to then-President Barack Obama.
During 2013, while investigating facial recognition systems deployed at the Statue of Liberty, Gallagher encountered threats from a private security firm.
He holds the distinction of being a Future Tense Fellow at the New America Foundation, a program designed to bring forward innovative perspectives into public discussions.