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Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.
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.
There's also a weird thing where ai writing seems to hate paragraphs. Nonstop single sentence grafs that make things both more difficult and less enjoyable to read. I'm fascinated by this, like something in the training decided paragraphs are bad when in fact they are extremely helpful to readers
The current most annoying ai text giveaways are the completely unnecessary interjections. "But he wasn't done." "This is where the story gets interesting." "Then he said the quiet part out loud." Just unnecessary fluff that sounds like the toxic gruel of a nauseating marketing factory.
High on my wish list
Breaking: The White House has released President Trump's long-awaited national cyber strategy: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
When Alex and Andy fight in the replies it’s cyberwar
"Planetary warming has significantly accelerated over the past 10 years, with temperatures rising at a higher rate since 2015 than in any previous decade on record, a new study showed." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say www.reuters.com/world/middle...
U.S. forces likely bombed an Iranian elementary school on Feb. 28 during an operation targeting a nearby military base, a New York Times analysis suggests. It is the deadliest known episode of civilian casualties since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran — and no side has yet taken responsibility.
what a bummer media landscape we live in
I mean yea, I was trying to be diplomatic haha
I wonder what the overlap between the two lists are
Nearly all traffic cameras in Tehran had been hacked for years, with footage encrypted and transmitted to servers in Tel Aviv and southern Israel.
www.iranintl.com/en/202603027...
That Time cover rules so much
you've been drafted, gonna forward you some cyberwar slopbriefings
The real cyberwar is being waged in my inbox via pitches about the cyberwar
A lot of chatter about cyberwar, Iranian retaliation, disruption going around but, for the second war against Tehran in less than a year, Iranian hackers have gone "almost completely dark" -- this time even more starkly than in the 2025 war www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in
Internet connectivity down in Iran as airstrikes hit the country.
Traffic volume dropped at 07:06 UTC and then again at 11:47 UTC with minimal connectivity remaining.
The country had a partial restoration since Jan-27 following a complete shutdown in Jan-8.
Great story from Bloomberg. I also cannot imagine a better formula for the mass-creation of incels than saddling teenagers with crypto gambling debts.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Seems like you're doing great down there which I'm very happy to see!
New w @janetimm.bsky.social: In the feds' first call with states since gutting CISA's election programs, they promised no ICE at polling places, but weirdly refused to reaffirm states run elections, per people on the call.
Unbelievable
Ex-L3Harris boss was just sentenced to 7 years for stealing and selling hacking tools to a Russian broker. Story to come. Defense achieved their goal of getting a sentence on the low end of the guidelines.
🇩🇪Germany’s Federal Court of Justice has rejected 🇲🇦Morocco’s lawsuit against Die Zeit over its reporting on the Pegasus #spyware, reinforcing press freedom protections.
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
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