Substack apologizes after sending a push alert encouraging some users to subscribe to NatSocToday, a Nazi newsletter advocating for a “White homeland”
The alert contained a swastika and prompted users to subscribe to newsletter featuring opinions and news important to the “white nationalist community.” Bluesky: @jonayariley , @jimllmixit , @dankenne...
Report: on June 23, French police arrested hackers ShinyHunters, Hollow, Noct, and Depressed, allegedly involved in operating the BreachForums cybercrime forum
the world's top marketplace for stolen data. Four admins aged 20-23, linked to major breaches (Ministry of Education, FFF, Accor, LVMH), were arrested in Clamart, Seine-Maritime & Réunion. The four ar...
Argentine President Javier Milei posted and then deleted an X post promoting Libra, a memecoin that rose 2,000%+ to a $4.4B market cap before plunging 95%+
‘Not aware of the details’ Zack Abrams / The Block : Argentinian President Javier Milei retracts $LIBRA endorsement after insiders cash out $107 million Elendu Benedict / The Crypto Basic : Argentina'...
Leaked draft: the statement set to be signed at the Paris AI Action Summit barely mentions AI risks and fails to follow up on commitments from previous Summits
an omission which would represent a huge blow to the Summit's French organizers. [image] Shakeel / @shakeelhashim : Other experts criticised the statement too. @_andreamiotti called it “a wasted oppor...
Documents: EU prosecutors are probing how Atos' Moscow office helped build the EU's border system, which will establish the EU's largest personal info database
www.ft.com/content/1541... @financialtimes.com Mastodon: Tim Mak / @timkmak@journa.host : The Moscow office of a French IT group is that helped create the new electronic #EU border system is being in...
Sources and business records detail how Barcelona has emerged as an unlikely hub for spyware companies, raising concerns from digital rights groups
Toward the end of 2023, an Israeli security researcher from Tel Aviv said that he was approached on LinkedIn with an opportunity to work abroad with “good pay.” Bluesky: @zackwhittaker , @rondeibert ,...
Emmanuel Macron joins growing European criticism of Musk, says “the owner of one of the world's largest social networks” is “intervening directly in elections”
French president accuses world's richest man of intervening directly in continent's democratic processes
Polymarket user Fredi9999, a self-described Frenchman, says he bet $30M+ on Trump after analyzing polls; he can't exit his wagers without crashing the market
Any Guesses? Hristina Vasileva / Cryptopolitan : Polymarket whale carries large unrealized loss after injecting $7M in new Trump bets Turner Wright / Cointelegraph : Frenchman behind Trump Polymarket ...
Sources: the cryptology part of France's charges against Pavel Durov raises concerns at US tech companies with E2EE messaging apps, like Signal, Apple, and Meta
but France's prosecution of Pavel Durov could break encryption and make the internet less free. I'm worried: https://www.platformer.news/ ... [image] X: Rat King / @mikeisaac : @jake__coffee did it ...
Sources: Emmanuel Macron invited Pavel Durov to move Telegram to Paris in 2018; in 2017, a joint operation between French and UAE spies hacked Durov's iPhone
Pavel Durov had lunch with the French president six years ago. His phone was hacked the previous year by French and U.A.E. spies.