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Author: M.R. Sauter
M.R. Sauter is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland College of Information Studies. They are the author of The Coming Swarm: DDoS Actions, Hacktivism, and Civil Disobedience on the Internet. They blog at odd letters and tweets at @oddletters.
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