The US Secret Service says it has dismantled 300+ SIM card servers in the NYC area that could have disrupted communications ahead of the UN General Assembly
NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/... Anthony Guglielmi / @ajguglielmi : While investigating threats against senior officials, the @SecretService uncovered & dismantled a telecom network capable of disr...
Discord staff, moderators, and researchers say its rules and culture let a racist and antisemitic community flourish, after the April classified documents leak
Washington Post : X: @shaneharris X: Shane Harris / @shaneharris : Next up in our series: ‘Problematic pockets’: How Discord became a home for extremists. We explore the digital platform where Jack T...
Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts, fulfilling one of Elon Musk's long-stated plans; Musk has called the system “corrupt”
Elon already took away the blue check from some publications like the The New York Times … Caroline Giegerich : The Twitter check shakedown has begun. Twitter has officially begun removing blue check...
Overview of the ongoing efforts by the US to modernize its spy operations, to contain the damage from the 2014 OPM breach, be more resilient to tracking, more
likely based on differences in pay between diplomats, speedy promotions...” https://twitter.com/... Artyom Lukin / @artyomlukin : Fascinating longread on espionage tradecraft. Mentions possible CN-RU ...
Overview of the ongoing efforts by the US to modernize its spy operations, to contain the damage from the 2014 OPM breach, be more resilient to tracking, more
When hackers began slipping into computer systems at the Office of Personnel Management in the spring of 2014 … Tweets: @edwardlucas , @sanhotree , @zachsdorfman , @inteloperator , @artyomlukin , @kim...
Sources: hackers stole NSA data on US offensive and defensive cyber capabilities from a contractor's laptop in 2015, likely via Kaspersky software
This Time with Kaspersky's Help Associated Press : Report: Russian hackers target secrets taken by NSA worker Steven Musil / CNET : Russian hackers reportedly stole NSA cyber secrets in 2015 Gareth Ha...
Apple and the US government have been at odds over iPhone encryption since the debut of iOS 8
Police Reset Shooter's Apple ID Passcode that leaves iPhone Data Unrecoverable David Pierson / Los Angeles Times : Why Apple's fight with the FBI could have reverberations in China Steven Norton / Wal...
Apple opposes court order over shooter's iPhone, says US government is asking it to build a backdoor to the iPhone, calls it a “dangerous precedent”
It Might Be Cops' Best Bet Katie Collins / CNET : Family of murdered soldier criticizes Apple's refusal to hack San Bernadino shooter's iPhone Don Reisinger / Fortune : Google CEO's Tepid Support Won'...
OPM hackers obtained details more damaging than previously reported, including potentially humiliating “adjudication information” on federal workers
ex-US intel official: http://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... —Welcome to the panopticon you've built for us all, spooks! @anonyops : Intimate secrets of US govt workers obtained during polygraph examinati...