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Joel Schectman

@joel_schectman
7 posts
2022-09-29
2/ One spy recounted receiving the covert messaging system first reported by @JennaMC_Laugh & @zachsdorfman. We found his soccer news site in an internet archive and asked two cyberanalysts review the system. @bozorgmehr https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-29 View on X
Reuters

An investigation shows the CIA failed to secure its messaging system used by Iranian spies, often hidden within websites, leading to capture, torture, and death

The spy was minutes from leaving Iran when he was nabbed.  —  Gholamreza Hosseini was at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran in late 2010, preparing for a flight to Bangkok.

We interviewed six Iranians who had worked with the CIA as spies and informants and got caught. A Reuters investigation found CIA negligence likely led to their capture. https://www.reuters.com/...
2022-09-29 View on X
Reuters

An investigation shows the CIA failed to secure its messaging system used by Iranian spies, often hidden within websites, leading to capture, torture, and death

The spy was minutes from leaving Iran when he was nabbed.  —  Gholamreza Hosseini was at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran in late 2010, preparing for a flight to Bangkok.

3/ @billmarczak & @thezedwards easily discovered the messaging element and links to hundreds of other CIA sites, which had been easy for the Iranians. https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-29 View on X
Reuters

An investigation shows the CIA failed to secure its messaging system used by Iranian spies, often hidden within websites, leading to capture, torture, and death

The spy was minutes from leaving Iran when he was nabbed.  —  Gholamreza Hosseini was at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran in late 2010, preparing for a flight to Bangkok.

2022-04-01
Another SCOOP on Russian cyber trouble from master of disaster @Bing_Chris https://twitter.com/...
2022-04-01 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: The White House is split over Kaspersky sanctions, which could spur Russian cyberattacks and make enforcement hard due to the company's large clientele

but the idea has split the administration due to concerns over the size and scope of such a move. w/ @vmsalama https://www.wsj.com/... Jan Lemnitzer / @janlemnitzer : Like the EU, ...

2021-09-16
Pretty damn impressed that @HowellONeill got this. @Bing_Chris and I spent a lot of brainpower trying to solve this puzzle but this guy nailed it. https://twitter.com/...
2021-09-16 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Sources: US firm Accuvant, now part of Optiv, sold iPhone hacking tool Karma to the UAE for $1.3M in 2016; the tool has been used against hundreds of targets

Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review :

2020-06-16
To scare the shit out of the company's enemies, eBay sent critics a fetal pig, funeral shrouds and a book on surviving the death of a spouse, says DoJ. Please please please if you know about tech companies hiring ex-spooks to do this fucked up shit msg me https://www.justice.gov/...
2020-06-16 View on X
Protocol

Brightside, a financial health service offering expert assistance, says it closed a $35M Series A at the end of last year, led by Andreessen Horowitz

A pandemic in which thousands of businesses are struggling to pay bills seems like an odd time to voluntarily take on debt, especially for a startup.

To scare the shit out of the company's enemies, eBay sent critics a fetal pig, funeral shrouds and a book on surviving the death of a spouse, says DoJ. Please please please if you know about tech companies hiring ex-spooks to do this fucked up shit msg me https://www.justice.gov/...
2020-06-16 View on X
CBS Boston

Six former employees of eBay charged with leading a cyberstalking campaign against a couple they believed was critical of eBay in an online ecommerce newsletter

6 eBay Executives And Employees Charged With Sending Threats, Bloody Pig Mask To Natick Couple https://boston.cbslocal.com/ ... @lilsarg : Can't lie. Nothing brings me joy like see...