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hacker, recovering sysadmin turned security manager Always wondering where my next cup of coffee is going to come from

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*Screams in TLP:Red*

10.03.2026 21:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector generalโ€™s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

Events so far:

Whistleblower @chuckborges.bsky.social claims DOGE kids illegally copied your Social Security data

Tech bros at SSA deny it

Then they admit it

Another whistleblower claims DOGE kid took the data to a new job at a private company

Tech bros at SSA deny it

What's next?

10.03.2026 20:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 95 ๐Ÿ” 41 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous โ€˜Stop Cop Cityโ€™ Protester A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

It's both disingenuous to celebrate Proton (who are a business making money in a friendly nation) as bulletproof, and to compare them to Google, who make money by mining your email content. Understand your threat model and message accordingly. www.404media.co/proton-mail-h...

07.03.2026 01:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 88 ๐Ÿ” 21 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I think a skillset the maga movement has always had is the ability to co-opt (and hollow out) the language of the left. It makes sense to me that those who are now โ€œdeconstructingโ€ are borrowing a framework the token liberal of their community has talked about in whatever discourse they may have.

05.03.2026 17:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This gives me hope. I throw my application at CS whenever I see a role I know Iโ€™d be good for and lost count how many times Iโ€™ve been rejected ๐Ÿ˜…

02.03.2026 17:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm not sure if a long weekend in snowy NYC, bouncing between some favorite restaurants and seeing as many shows as we can schedule helps at all with depression.

I'm willing to give it a shot, for science. Will report back sometime next week!

27.02.2026 14:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ BIG NEWS ๐Ÿšจ
Blue Team Con Online is now on YouTube and Twitch!

Weโ€™ll be announcing upcoming topics and dates soon - stay tuned. In the meantime, make sure to subscribe on YouTube and follow us on Twitch!

YouTube: btcon.link/youtube

Twitch: btcon.link/twitch

18.02.2026 20:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers | Notepad++

Canโ€™t believe I have to use windows notepad now.

notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacke...

02.02.2026 15:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our Zine About ICE Surveillance Is Here Download a PDF of our first ever zine here.

@404media.co zine on the surveillance technology used by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

www.404media.co/icezine/?ref...

02.02.2026 15:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Defund Punxsutawney Phil.

02.02.2026 15:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wyden, Merkley and Markey Demand ICE Stop Using Mobile Facial Recognition App | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon

1. ICE is using Palantir apps to collect biometric data on protestors. I'm working closely with @markey.senate.gov to stop this.

27.01.2026 21:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 2651 ๐Ÿ” 648 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26 ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
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Trumpโ€™s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT The interim director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency triggered an internal cybersecurity warning with the uploads โ€” and a DHS-level damage assessment.

*Screams in TLP:Red*

www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

30.01.2026 14:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Job hunt continues. A recruiter pinged me and let me know about a possible position heโ€™s trying to get me an interview for. I got the preliminary โ€œpartial lapse of fundingโ€ emails in case we shut down at the end of this week. So my anxiety is high and hoping I land something soon!

29.01.2026 15:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Posting as a proof of life l! Lots of ups and downs ๐Ÿ˜…

Our power was restored Tuesday night and am thankful for it. Still 100k people without power in Nashville and getting around town is dicey. Itโ€™s obvious NES had done zero contingency planning ahead of this winter ๐Ÿ˜ก

29.01.2026 15:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dangerous Cold To Prolong Impacts; Extreme Cold Warning Monday + Tuesday Wind gusts up to 25mph thru the overnight hours will continue to put more stress on trees and power lines, with potential for more to come down. Please remain vigilant around any lines or trees. Alโ€ฆ

Dangerous Cold To Prolong Impacts; Extreme Cold Warning Monday + Tuesday.

Details here buff.ly/hNa10XV

25.01.2026 22:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 57 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Dear 2025, fuck you.

Do better, 2026.

01.01.2026 04:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The only real way I have marked the passage of time this week is getting closer to the Stranger Things finale and college football games to cosplay for.

31.12.2025 20:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We didnโ€™t have any family stuff until later in the evening and so we took a spur of the moment day trip to Metropolis, IL, the official hometown of Superman.

Itโ€™s definitely a drive through town, but I highly recommend stopping by if youโ€™re up for some superhero whimsy.

Merry Christmas, yโ€™all!

25.12.2025 12:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you happen to be looking for bad redactions in a large set of data files today for some reason, there's an open source tool for that.

23.12.2025 06:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 669 ๐Ÿ” 337 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Looking back at 2025 Journalists are working harder than ever to protect their sources. SecureDrop has never been more important

Journalists are increasingly relying on insider sources, and protecting those sources is more important than ever.

Here's how SecureDrop is rising to the challenge, safeguarding whistleblowersโ€™ anonymity against ever-evolving threats.

19.12.2025 20:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Afraid of retaliation and in an increasingly volatile job market, afraid to leave too. Itโ€™s quite a bind.

23.12.2025 22:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With the 60 minutes leak, the many recent Epstein releases, etc., I think we are seeing the future of government accountability under authoritarianism:

Leaks, hacks, data dumps, releases of big document caches.

Journalists and the public will have to learn how to digest this stuff. ๐Ÿงต

23.12.2025 03:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1027 ๐Ÿ” 242 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

It absolutely does.

20.12.2025 14:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This was for a senior security engineer position and after that I declared my entire job search completely baked.

20.12.2025 12:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was recently asked โ€œtell me about a CVE thatโ€™s given you trouble this yearโ€. My response was how a couple of low severity CVEs had been exploited together to try to gain access to a cloud service and how our security controls prevented the breach.

His response: โ€œI only asked you about one CVEโ€ ๐Ÿซ 

20.12.2025 12:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The top strand of lights on our fake Christmas tree stopped lighting up and I feel like witnessing our tree slowly go out like this is appropriate for 2025.

19.12.2025 00:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finally caught up on Critical Role. So good, but so long ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

11.12.2025 21:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Companies Are Blaming AI for Layoffs. The Real Reason Will Piss You Off. 180,000 tech workers lost their jobs in 2025. Companies say itโ€™s because of AI. Oxford researchers call BS.

Companies aren't firing workers in staggering numbers because AI can do that work instead. They're firing workers because they lost their bet on AI against the House.

medium.com/@mattlar.jar...

24.11.2025 20:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really difficult to top a good Islay ๐Ÿคค

12.11.2025 21:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The sunday scaries has nothing on the last evening of a month and a half long furlough and a message from your boss saying "be ready to go all in on AI".

12.11.2025 21:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0