Mike Wheatley

Mike Wheatley is a senior staff writer at SiliconANGLE. He loves to write about Big Data and the Internet of Things, and explore how these technologies are evolving and helping businesses to become more agile.

Before joining SiliconANGLE, Mike was an editor at Argophilia Travel News, an occassional contributer to The Epoch Times, and has also dabbled in SEO and social media marketing. He usually bases himself in Bangkok, Thailand, though he can often be found roaming through the jungles or chilling on a beach.

Got a news story or tip? Email Mike@SiliconANGLE.com.

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Bitcoin Under Attack? Dwolla & Mt. Gox Both Hit With DDoS Attacks Overnight

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Another day, another DDoS attack. This time round, it’s the turn of alternative online payments provider Dwolla, which saw its website taken offline for a brief period of time. The site has since come back online, but the company said in a …

Google Makes Patent Pledge, Promises It Won’t Sue Open-Source Developers

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Google has come out with an interesting promise that might just be the start of something big. It’s made a public pledge not to sue any user, developer or distributor of open-source software on ten specified patents, unless it falls under attack …

Did CloudFlare Lie To Us About The Spamhaus Cyberattack?

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

The headlines yesterday were earth-shattering, with tech blogs and news agencies screaming in unison about how the “Largest ever cyberattack slows the internet for millions”, or the “Global Internet slows after biggest attack in history”. Even I was caught off guard with …

Egypt Arrests Divers “Trying To Sabotage Undersea Cables”

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

In one of the more ‘hands on’ examples of cyber-espionage we’ve seen in a while, Egypt’s military has reported that it’s managed to arrest three scuba divers in the process of trying to sever an undersea cable that connects the country to the …

US Slaps China With Cyber-Security Law; Huawei, ZTE & Lenovo Will All Suffer

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

There was quite a kerfuffle late last year when a US congressional panel warned that the Chinese government might be using hardware from manufacturers like Huawei and ZTE to spy on government agencies and other institutions. The Chinese angrily denied the accusations, …

CyberBunker Launches “World’s Largest” DDoS Attack, Slows Down The Entire Internet

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

A massive cyberattack launched by the Dutch web hosting company CyberBunker has caused global disruption of the web, slowing down internet speeds for millions of users across the world, according to a BBC report. CyberBunker launched an all-out assault, described by the …

AWS Launches CloudHSM App To Bolster Data Security In The Cloud

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

In an effort to boost data security in the cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has just launched a new service called AWS CloudHSM, designed to help its customers meet strict regulatory requirements without sacrificing their cloud application’s performance. AWS says that the …

Windows Blue Confirmed By Microsoft, But What Does It Mean for Desktop?

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Following weeks of speculation about the upcoming but never acknowledged Windows Blue update for Windows 8, Microsoft has finally admitted to its existence. The first rumors about Windows Blue began emerging months ago, with the name being dropped in interviews and Microsoft …

Google Wins “Ungoogleable” Usage Fight In Sweden, But At What Cost To Its Brand?

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Google has been successful in its efforts to make the phrase “ungoogleable”, well, um, effectively ‘ungoogleable’ in the Swedish language, forcing that country’s language officials to drop the term from its most recently published list of Swedish words. The unlikely spat came …

VMware Gets Dumped On As PayPal Embraces OpenStack

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

PayPal has just announced its intention to embrace OpenStack cloud architecture, ripping out software from rival VMware in more than 80,000 servers to make room for the open-source solution, according to a report in Business Insider this morning. The plan was revealed …

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Mike Wheatley

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Bitcoin Under Attack? Dwolla & Mt. Gox Both Hit With DDoS Attacks Overnight

Google Makes Patent Pledge, Promises It Won’t Sue Open-Source Developers

Did CloudFlare Lie To Us About The Spamhaus Cyberattack?

Egypt Arrests Divers “Trying To Sabotage Undersea Cables”

US Slaps China With Cyber-Security Law; Huawei, ZTE & Lenovo Will All Suffer

CyberBunker Launches “World’s Largest” DDoS Attack, Slows Down The Entire Internet

Windows Blue Confirmed By Microsoft, But What Does It Mean for Desktop?

Google Wins “Ungoogleable” Usage Fight In Sweden, But At What Cost To Its Brand?

VMware Gets Dumped On As PayPal Embraces OpenStack

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