Patrick Howell O’Neill's Avatar

Patrick Howell O’Neill

@patrickhowelloneill.com

Cyber journalist at Bloomberg News in DC. Signal: @howelloneill.01, email: patoneill1@bloomberg.net https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AXb8dLPHBFc/patrick-howell-oneill

7,970
Followers
1,042
Following
44
Posts
26.04.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com

High on my wish list

06.03.2026 22:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Post image

Breaking: The White House has released President Trump's long-awaited national cyber strategy: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

06.03.2026 21:07 👍 19 🔁 10 💬 13 📌 9

When Alex and Andy fight in the replies it’s cyberwar

06.03.2026 20:41 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Earth Is Warming Faster Than Previously Estimated, New Study Shows Researchers found the first statistically significant evidence that global warming is accelerating.

"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...

06.03.2026 14:35 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
Preview
Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent ​strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reach...

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say www.reuters.com/world/middle...

06.03.2026 14:15 👍 9 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0
Preview
Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

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.

05.03.2026 22:39 👍 966 🔁 504 💬 120 📌 103

what a bummer media landscape we live in

04.03.2026 18:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I mean yea, I was trying to be diplomatic haha

04.03.2026 17:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I wonder what the overlap between the two lists are

03.03.2026 16:07 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Preview
Israel hacked security cameras, phones to track Khamenei - FT

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...

03.03.2026 12:23 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

That Time cover rules so much

03.03.2026 01:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

you've been drafted, gonna forward you some cyberwar slopbriefings

02.03.2026 20:13 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The real cyberwar is being waged in my inbox via pitches about the cyberwar

02.03.2026 20:07 👍 26 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Preview
Iranian Hacking Groups Go Dark During US, Israeli Military Strikes Iran’s feared hacking groups have failed to play a meaningful role as the US and Israel wage a new war, a silence cybersecurity analysts say underscores how far the Islamic Republic’s online attack an...

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...

02.03.2026 20:03 👍 25 🔁 14 💬 3 📌 5
Preview
Polymarket Iran Bets Hit $529 Million as New Wallets Draw Notice 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. Almost immediately, blockchain sleuths began hunting for unusual patterns in recent bets.

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

01.03.2026 00:30 👍 1861 🔁 943 💬 293 📌 891
Post image Post image Post image

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.

28.02.2026 14:31 👍 14 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
Preview
Unlikely Wins and Comped Spins: Inside Stake’s Empire Crypto casino Stake pays Drake and other stars to bet, spreading clips of big wins to impressionable gamblers. The numbers show unusual luck is at work.

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...

27.02.2026 19:29 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Seems like you're doing great down there which I'm very happy to see!

25.02.2026 22:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Preview
DHS official tells state election chiefs there won't be ICE agents at polling places Members of the Trump administration held a call with state election officials around the country ahead of this year's midterm elections.

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.

25.02.2026 21:47 👍 40 🔁 34 💬 3 📌 1

Unbelievable

24.02.2026 23:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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.

24.02.2026 21:21 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
Preview
Urteil des Bundesgerichtshofs: Ein Königreich kann man nicht beleidigen Der Bundesgerichtshof weist Marokkos Klage gegen einen Bericht der ZEIT über die Spähsoftware Pegasus ab. Und stärkt den Schutz der Pressefreiheit.

🇩🇪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...

24.02.2026 14:58 👍 11 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

i have been looking for an exuberant book to expand my mind

23.02.2026 16:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

You might be right! I haven't messed with discover in a while, I'm going to give it a go again and see if it scratches that itch.

23.02.2026 03:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not stupid at all. Maybe I'm the one being stupid :) I haven't messed with discover in a while, I'm going to give it a go again and see if it scratches that itch.

23.02.2026 02:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Post image

Maybe the best winter of my cold loving dog’s life

23.02.2026 01:28 👍 32 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
Preview
An FBI ‘Asset’ Helped Run a Dark Web Site That Sold Fentanyl-Laced Drugs for Years A staffer of the Incognito dark web market was secretly controlled by the FBI—and still allegedly approved the sale of fentanyl-tainted pills, including those from a dealer linked to a confirmed death...

The FBI secretly controlled a staffer at a dark web drug market that did $100 million in sales. The informant allegedly approved the sale of drugs even after warnings they were tainted with fentanyl—including from a vendor whose pills led to a confirmed fatal overdose. www.wired.com/story/an-fbi...

19.02.2026 23:19 👍 315 🔁 164 💬 7 📌 15

Stuff like this is always funny because the language and culture is so similar that subtle differences can really trip you up. Imagine there’s stuff like this for Spain-Latin America etc

22.02.2026 15:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Outrageous game. Really fun

22.02.2026 15:53 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Genuinely wondering if these phrases mean different things to us, one if those subtle differences in language you don’t immediately realize like public schools

22.02.2026 15:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0