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X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts Social media company tells MPs of continual fight against state-backed efforts, with Russia being most prolific Elon Musk’s X said it had suspended 800m accounts over a 12-month period as it fights the “massive” scale of attempts to manipulate the platform. The social media company told MPs it was continually fighting state-backed attempts to hijack the agenda on its network, with Russia the most prolific state actor, followed by Iran and China. Continue reading...

X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts

The mystery of a globetrotting iPhone-hacking toolkit Tools used in a series of hacking campaigns by hackers in Russia, Ukraine, and China may have originated inside U.S. government contractor L3Harris, TechCrunch has learned.

SCOOP: The iPhone mass hacking toolkit used by Russian spies was developed at U.S. military contractor L3Harris, former employees said.

The Coruna toolkit was used against Ukrainians and by Chinese cybercriminals, according to Google. But the toolkit was initially developed for Western governments.

Russische hackers drongen Signal en Whatsapp binnen van Nederlandse militairen, ambtenaren en journalisten Nederlandse ambtenaren, militairen en journalisten zijn slachtoffer geworden van een hackcampagne van de Russische overheid. Hun chataccounts bij Signal en Whatsapp zijn overgenomen, waarna het voor d...

Nederlandse ambtenaren, militairen en journalisten zijn slachtoffer geworden van een Russsiche hackcampagne. Hun chataccounts bij Signal en Whatsapp zijn overgenomen, waarna het voor de Russen mogelijk was om berichten te lezen, schrijven MIVD en AIVD.

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Putin's GRU-linked Election Fixers Are Already in Budapest to Help Orbán - VSquare.org Moscow has dispatched a team to Budapest to interfere in Hungary's April 2026 parliamentary elections, VSquare has learned from multiple European national security sources. The operation, overseen by ...

💥Moscow has sent a task team to interfere in Hungary's April 2026 elections, @vsquare.bsky.social has learned from multiple European national security sources. The US has also shared intelligence with allies on the GRU-linked task force overseen by Sergei Kiriyenko. vsquare.org/putins-gru-l...

Live updates: Trump calls for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as Israel strikes Lebanon U.S. President Donald Trump called for Iran's "unconditional surrender" Friday as Israeli warplanes pounded Lebanon and the Islamic Republic, and oil prices rise.

‘US-Israel conducted more strikes per day in Iran than in any other bombing campaign in recent history, monitoring group reports. The increase in targets hit per day has been facilitated by the extensive use of artificial intelligence in targeting by Israel’s military’
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Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

Rusland deelt geheime informatie met Iran over de locaties van Amerikaanse schepen en vliegtuigen in het Midden-Oosten, schrijft de Washington Post. Daardoor kan Iran nauwkeuriger aanvallen uitvoeren en is Rusland indirect betrokken bij het conflict.
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

Dank! 🙏

How the NSA (accidentally) took Syria off the internet In late 2012, as fighting intensified around Damascus, all internet services in and out of Syria suddenly shut down.

Mossad is niet van de technische interceptie, meer taak voor Unit8200. Als ze in Iraanse internetproviders zitten (heel goed mogelijk) willen ze die toegang niet snel verstoren (want nuttig).

Maar er gaat weleens iets fout, zie
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Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from February 24, 2026, to March 4, 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity normal most of the time period, with a sharp drop on the morning of February 28. The drop in connectivity aligns with nation-scale internet blackout imposed during joint military strikes by the US and Israel. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 1% and 1%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red horizontal arrow labeled 'SHUTDOWN', indicates the period of disruption and includes the NetBlocks logo in the lower left corner.

⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been offline for 100 hours. Metrics show internet connectivity flatlining at 1% of ordinary levels as the regional conflict escalates.

The regime-imposed blackout is the second this year and follows the shutdown in January when thousands were killed.

A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

A full iOS exploitation toolkit, "Coruna," has been found in the wild, hacking iPhones that visited infected websites, used by Russian spies targeting Ukrainians and thieves targeting Chinese crypto holders. And it may have been originally created for the US government. www.wired.com/story/coruna...

The Israeli Air Force has attacked the "Assembly of Experts" meeting in Qom, Iran as they were gathering to choose the new Supreme Leader.

China’s AI Arsenal The PLA’s tech strategy is working.

An analysis of procurement documents reveal that China is pushing for the integration of AI tools into its military, intelligence, and cyber operations

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FT reveals how Israel killed Ali Khamenei - report | The Jerusalem Post A Financial Times report reveals Israel used hacked traffic cameras and AI to map Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s movements before his assassination. 30 missiles were used in the precision strike.

Israel hacked Tehran's traffic cameras, used AI to plan Khamenei's assassination - Financial Times

Trump’s Case for War with Iran Faces Growing Scrutiny U.S. intelligence showed threats from Iran loomed, as they had for years. But they were not imminent.

U.S. officials and lawmakers with access to classified information say the Trump administration’s assertions about threats from Iran are incomplete, unsubstantiated, or flat-out wrong. on.wsj.com/3OXTBrf

Trump Comes Clean on Ultimate Iran Strike Blunder The president confessed that candidates to take over leadership in Iran were killed in the initial attack.

The president confessed that candidates to take over leadership in Iran were killed in the initial attack.

Nieuw hoofd AIVD zal moeten leren de dienst ook in de buitenwereld een smoel te geven De nieuwe baas van de AIVD wordt geroemd om haar analytisch vermogen, daadkracht en collegialiteit. Maar voor de oud-politievrouw ligt er een ‘pittige opdracht’ als woordvoerder voor de nationale…

Simone Smit is vanaf vandaag het nieuwe hoofd van de AIVD. De eerste vrouwelijke directeur-generaal van de dienst.

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I mean it's a SCIF with a perimeter barrier consisting of curtains so I think we're a little past ICD 705 already, even by TSWA standards

Ali Khamenei assassinated in Iran, Israeli officials told | The Jerusalem Post The body of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader since 1989, was reportedly found under the rubble in Tehran. His death marks a major turning point for the Islamic Republic’s leadership.

"Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated in an Israeli strike on Tehran, with his body found under the rubble caused by an Israeli airstrike, senior Israeli officials were informed on Saturday evening." www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he would likely be replaced by hardline figures from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), two sources briefed on the intelligence said.

Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say reut.rs/4l9SCAs

Hacked Prayer App Sends ‘Surrender’ Messages to Iranians Amid Israeli Strikes As Israeli airstrikes hit Tehran this morning, Iranians received mysterious push notifications saying that “help is on the way,” promising amnesty if they surrender.

NEW: Iranians received a message saying "help is on the way" and promising amnesty if they surrender via a hacked prayer-timer app called "BadeSaba Calendar." Reporting by @wired.com Middle East: www.wired.com/story/hacked...

Geweldig stuk van Ben Meindersma en Natalie Righton. De ware aard van Geert Wilders en andere opmerkelijke feiten.

Netblocks reports Iran is under a total Internet blackout. It is unclear if this is due to the attacks, cyber warfare, or action by Iranian security to suppress information.

Iraanse bronnen. Aanvallen tot nu toe op:

Kantoor Opperste Leider
Ministerie van Defensie
Ministerie van Inlichtingen
Atoom- en Energieorganisatie
Revolutionaire Garde
Parlementsgebouw

#Breaking | Trump tells Iranians: “When we are finished, take over your government, it will be yours to take. This will probably be your only chance for generations.”

Trump verwacht Amerikaanse slachtoffers, Israël roept reservisten op, plan aanval vandaag lag al weken klaar. Alles wijst op poging tot uitschakelen Iraans leiderschap en Revolutionaire Garde.

Updates bij Haaretz:

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De Zweedse krijgsmacht heeft bevestigd dat de drone die eerder deze week dichtbij het Franse vliegkampschip Charles de Gaulle in Malmö vloog van Russische makelij was en werd gelanceerd vanaf de spionagetrawler Zhigulevsk.

De notaris weekt zich los van tech uit Amerika Sinds Trump beseft Europa dat het onafhankelijk moet worden van Amerikaanse techbedrijven. Nederlandse notarissen zijn al een eind op weg.

Ja, Nederland is grotendeels afhankelijk van Big Tech. Maar kijk iets verder en je ziet dat er al ongelooflijk veel aan het veranderen is.

‘Als je een jaar geleden had gezegd dat we dit punt konden bereiken, was dat het allerbeste scenario geweest’

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Programmeur gluurt per ongeluk bij duizenden huizen naar binnen via slecht beveiligde robotstof­zuigers De Spaanse programmeur Sammy Azdoufal wilde zijn robotstofzuiger thuis met de hand kunnen bedienen. Met de software die hij daarvoor schreef, bleek hij per ongeluk zevenduizend Romo-robots wereldwijd…

De Spaanse programmeur Sammy Azdoufal wilde zijn robotstofzuiger thuis met de hand kunnen bedienen. Met de software die hij daarvoor schreef, bleek hij per ongeluk zevenduizend Romo-robots wereldwijd in beweging te brengen:

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