April 18
A newspaper article on hackers and the KGB from 1990
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19900217&id=4YJUAAAAIBAJ&pg=2427,331359&hl=enThe long session of Weibo resistance messages has had some amusing effects.
Hashtag “起来不愿做奴隶的人们” (Stand up! Those who refuse to be slaves) has been banned after people used it to vent frustration about prolonged lockdowns.
Some academic smack down. Great article series btw, if you haven’t read them.
Intel collection is amazing these days
Where we’re at with analyzing Russia’s evolving capabilities
In shocking news, there appears to be a scam in crypto currency.
A fugitive Chinese billionaire claims this cryptocurrency will overthrow Beijing. The trading platform denies concerns that it has some 'hallmarks of a scam' - ABC News
An ABC investigation unravels a sophisticated cryptocurrency operation endorsed by a political movement founded by exiled billionaire Guo Wengui and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
How Russia is using Fox News segments in their internal media. Basically, they’re saying the same things, so it’s really easy.
How are Russian people contributing to the info war around Ukraine? Counter OSINT. Essentially disinformation disguised as OSINT investigation, like a malicious Bellingcat.
The Russian Black Sea cruiser in a transition phase to Russian Black Sea reef.
Spanish government is hacking all the Catalan independence people. Good thread on that. I want to highlight something in particular.
The level of social engineering is really incredible. People forget that states are very very good at this. They have people who’s job it is to talk someone into committing treason. On their worst day in their sleep they can talk someone into clicking a link.
Texts were very well informed.
Like this one: @jbaylina was sent a mobile boarding pass link...for a @FlySWISS flight he'd booked.
