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            Details from the report on operation mincemeat. Fascinating 
Lee Richards @arcreukSections of the #OperationMincemeat final report I've transcribed here: arcre.com/opmincemeat/mi… 
9:41 AM ∙ Apr 15, 2022
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And something from the German side.
Lee Richards @arcreuk
Abwehr appreciation of the Operation Mincemeat deception:  "The genuineness of the captured documents is above suspicion. The suggestion that they have intentionally fallen into our hands - of which the probability is slight ... is being followed up." 
8:57 AM ∙ Apr 15, 2022
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More mincemeat, operation.
Lee Richards @arcreuk
"Body ashore". Naval Attaché Madrid keeps the Director of Naval Intelligence updated on Operation Mincemeat, via One Time Pad enciphered cables. #OperationMincemeat 
9:18 AM ∙ Apr 15, 2022
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Trevor Lewington @StirlingMayor
Perhaps one of the best examples of “tweets that didn’t age well”. 
Forbes @Forbes
The Russian Cruiser ‘Moskva’ Dominates The Black Sea https://t.co/myLSO5MF6m https://t.co/mBIpRjehmp10:36 PM ∙ Apr 14, 2022
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Ukraine is using facial recognition on Russian corpses to identify their social media profiles and send pictures to their families. 
ClearviewAI gave them free licenses and training and now the Ukrainians are finding new and creative ways to use nightmare dystopian technology in the nightmare of war.
Drew Harwell @drewharwell
New: Ukraine has run more than 8,600 facial recognition searches on dead or captured Russians in the 50 days since the war began, using the scans to find the soldiers' social media profiles - and send photos of their corpses to their families back home wapo.stUkraine is scanning faces of dead Russians, then contacting the mothersUkrainian officials say their use of a U.S. company’s facial recognition software to identify dead soldiers could accelerate the end of a brutal war. But some experts argue it could set a gruesome precedent.12:21 PM ∙ Apr 15, 2022
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It was DPRK, with the exploit, in the cybers. That’s who dun it.
Ken Westin @kwestin
U.S. Gov Blames North Korea Hackers for $600M Cryptocurrency Heist 
ift.ttU.S. Gov Blames North Korea Hackers for $600M Cryptocurrency Heist | SecurityWeek.ComThe U.S. government says the recent $600 million Ronin Validator cryptocurrency heist was conducted by North Korea’s Lazarus APT group.7:46 AM ∙ Apr 15, 2022

Absolutely love the British sense of humor. Very dry.
Jack Detsch @JackDetsch
NEW: British Defense Intelligence assesses that Russia is “likely” to review its maritime posture in the Black Sea after the sinking of the cruiser Moskva. 

🇷🇺 has now suffered damage to two major ships in 🇺🇦 war. Soviet-era Moskva was a key air defense platform for 🇷🇺 military.6:09 AM ∙ Apr 15, 2022
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Bugs in expensive kit. A story that will never be old. 
Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnccgroupTrusted western technology vendors showing how product cyber security is done right..

It causes my 🧠to 💥that in 2022 a technology company with revenues of > $49 billion and profits of $10 billion can't address even rudimentary attack surface issues.

tools.cisco.com/security/cente… 
7:00 AM ∙ Apr 15, 2022
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The Chinese evasion of censors from yesterday’s post… that’s still going! They’ve been jumping hashtags and were twelve levels of censorship evasion deep.
Wenhao @ThisIsWenhaoChina is censoring hashtag “call me by your name” and its variations on Weibo. It’s now at its 12th incarnation. 

Since yesterday, Chinese netizens have been using this phrase to make fun of the government always using the US to redirect the public’s attention. 1:28 AM ∙ Apr 15, 2022
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Here’s Navalny talking about how to win the info war inside Russia. Banner ads apparently. 
Alexey Navalny @navalny
1/31 Truth and free information hit Putin's insane regime just as hard as Javelins.
This is a thread about opening the second front against the war criminal from the Kremlin — the informational front.1:02 PM ∙ Apr 14, 2022
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A thread on cyber, Russia, the world, and other such portentous matters. Mostly laying out the current state of the discussion.
Joe Devanny @josephdevannyCyberspace and the conflict in Ukraine: a provisional assessment | something new from me for @UKandEU ukandeu.ac.uk/cyberspace-con… 
Centre for Defence Studies @KingsCDS
Cyber assistance to Ukraine is more than "doing the right thing" helping a victimised state. It's also "a question of prudent self-interest in countering the disruptive and destructive global impact of malicious cyber operations." A new blog from our @josephdevanny for @UKandEU. https://t.co/vdTDW2mOZ0
9:17 AM ∙ Apr 15, 2022
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OFMD Stan Account @Jenny_Trout
ARCHAEOLOGISTS STOP MAKING EVERYTHING WORSE CHALLENGE 
AFP News Agency @AFP
A mysterious leaden sarcophagus discovered in the bowels of Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral after it was devastated by a fire will soon be opened and its secrets revealed, French archaeologists said https://t.co/n4eNAUHVVf https://t.co/U7beEPpSmp12:43 PM ∙ Apr 15, 2022
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Erinfosec 🇺🇦 @Erinfosec
I pee wine. Do u?
h/t @mathew_dev 
1:12 PM ∙ Apr 15, 2022
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That nonexistent cyber war is sure causing a lot of real world problems.
SSSCIP Ukraine @dsszzi
#Russia uses #cyberattacks to spread panic among people and create mistrust in authority. In the same way as they try to block access of people to healthcare, food, humanitarian aid and evacuation in the temporarily occupied territories #Ukraine️ #cyberwar
#UkraineRussiaWar10:30 AM ∙ Apr 15, 2022
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Ukraine is winning the information war. In the West anyway.
Defence of Ukraine @DefenceU
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reminds the russian navy that the Black Sea straits are closed for entry only. The part of your fleet that remains afloat still has a way out.12:18 PM ∙ Apr 15, 2022
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Oleksii Reznikov @oleksiireznikov
A "flagship" russian warship is a worthy diving site. We have one more diving spot in the Black Sea now. Will definitely visit the wreck after our victory in the war.
BTW, I already have 300 scuba dives 
8:04 AM ∙ Apr 15, 2022
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 and why the west is fucking up the info war in the rest of the world. “Actions speak louder than words”
Some great stuff from Matt Levine. 

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-15/sure-elon-musk-might-buy-twitter

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