"Stuxnet still flunks the test of cyberwar, as I argued in 2013: It was not a disruptive incident, technology did not cause offense to dominate, the attacker was not a weak asymmetric actor; and deterrence shaped the attacker’s decisions." https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01402390.2025.2481447?src=exp-la#d1e1997

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj.bsky.social) 2025-04-14T12:39:04.990Z

The EU is rather slow on the uptake. 12 years ago: "According to SPIEGEL information, the US placed bugs in the EU representation in Washington and infiltrated its computer network. Cyber attacks were also perpetrated against Brussels in New York and Washington." https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/nsa-spied-on-european-union-offices-a-908590.html [contains quote post or other embedded content]

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj.bsky.social) 2025-04-14T12:23:46.081Z

"A little over five years ago, EU security experts noticed several telephone calls that were apparently targeting the remote maintenance system in the Justus Lipsius Building, where the EU Council of Ministers and the European Council are located." https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/nsa-spied-on-european-union-offices-a-908590.html

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj.bsky.social) 2025-04-14T12:24:52.176Z

On the importance of cultural "mimicry" to the work of illegals and non-official cover intelligence officers. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02684527.2025.2485806?needAccess=true#d1e529

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj.bsky.social) 2025-04-14T10:42:53.779Z