IP addresses belonging to Iranian nation-state hacking groups all went dark at the same time as an Israeli military strike on IRGC headquarters.
It's key corroboration that kinetic bombing is leading to the apparent silence from cyber-espionage groups in Tehran.
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Dozens of signal jammers are popping up around the Strait of Hormuz, interfering with missile projections, scrambling ships' GPS and interrupting Israelis' farm equipment.
via @patrickhowelloneill.com today.
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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...
exclusive:
OpenAI Tapped for Voice Control Tech in US Drone Swarm Challenge
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Exclusive:
US Has Investigated Claims That WhatsApp Chats Aren't Private
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News: Trump has said he wants to make America the “crypto capital of the world.”
His sons’ company is now relying on a manufacturer that's under national security investigation for alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
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NEW:
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
US election offices are operating with fewer security resources -- like the intel-sharing that previously stopped bomb threats -- after DHS abandoned local support, per @patrickhowelloneill.com's latest scoop @bloomberg.com
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"You can’t catch me unless you catch me on video," said a dirty Kansas City cop after smashing TVs and stealing crab legs(!) during a police raid.
Hack exposes police misconduct records and discredited officers going back years, per new @wired.com reporting.
www.wired.com/story/hack-e...
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
how to help families losing SNAP benefits, an unprecedented halt that experts say could trigger the worst hunger crisis in the US since the Great Depression
🚨16 million kids are among those who will be impacted 🚨
www.thecut.com/article/how-...
NEWS:
A director on a team that developed zero-day hacking tools for an L3Harris subsidiary is charged with trying to sell trade secrets to Russia, @patrickhowelloneill.com reports.
Cops seized 22 wristwatches, Tiffany jewelry + diamond rings.
Gift link here:
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News:
FEMA is interrogating staffers -- denying union or legal representation -- about a whistleblower letter warning that Trump administration cuts are undercutting disaster response.
via @margimurphy.bsky.social @laurenthal.bsky.social @zhirji.bsky.social
DHS is moving hundreds of people focused stopping mass shooters, curbing Russian hacks + counter-terrorism work into immigration roles.
Some are forcibly moved across the country. And anyone who declines risks losing their job.
exclusive with @patrickhowelloneill.com
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SCOOP: The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE www.propublica.org/article/trum...
News @bloomberg.com !
The US is investigating an ex-ransom negotiator accused of conspiring with hackers
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a very thoughtful interview with spy novelist Alan Furst open.spotify.com/episode/7E8M...
news --> A politically motivated hacker says they stole student records from Columbia University to try to prove that the school was violating a SCOTUS decision on affirmative action.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New: How a Tiny Middleman Could Access Two-Factor Login Codes From Tech Giants www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Hack at United Natural Foods distributor isn't expected to be resolved until June 15 at the soonest, according to messages seen by @bloomberg.com
+ Forklift drivers told to stay home after "nationwide" outage
+ Whole Foods & a co-op chain still hope for deliveries
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news: Chinese hackers breached a US telecom in 2023, a year before the intelligence community said it started spotting Salt Typhoon clues.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Big far-right podcasts are pushing the false narrative that Ukraine is selling US weapons to cartels.
@mckenziefsadeghi.bsky.social tracks how the propaganda spread from a QAnon influencer to a Russian network of fake news sites, then to Tucker Carlson.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/how-the-kr...
Propagandhi are among the latest to announce the cancellation of all of their 2025 US tour dates, citing "circumstances beyond our control." exclaim.ca/music/articl...
This case feels like a canary in the coalmine.
Courts certified a judge's win. GOP efforts to throw out ballots from pro-Riggs counties keep moving thru the courts.
Democracy groups warn it's a test case to invalidate future elections.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Journalists should be *super* thoughtful about repeating claims from Secretary Noem or other Trump-aligned voices who claim DHS/CISA is continuing this work.
They're slashing anti-terrorism programs in the name of stopping censorship. We need to document this along every step of the way.
DHS also cut millions in funding to outside projects helping study how online radicalization happens. They also are gutting the CP3 unit, which helps local police identify possible "mass casualty" events.
More: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
And more: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Worth remembering amid Trump officials' attacks on the alleged "censorship cartel" -->
DHS almost totally shut down its anti-misinformation work in 2023. I&A closed an OSINT unit looking for online extremism & white supremacy. And they stopped reporting almost all threats to the social firms.
