Wall Street Journal: Iranian hackers have targeted thousands of people with cyber attacks in the past two years
Zuckerberg announces that Facebook will make it possible to send messages between Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp services. Zuckerberg also says the company will step up encryption and won't store user data in countries with weak human rights records
FBI director: Foreign influence campaigns continue 'virtually unabated'
A federal judge has denied Chelsea Manning's effort to avoid testifying before a grand jury in the case of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
7 month agoHere's @xychelsea this morning outside the Alexandria federal courthouse. She's been ordered to testify before a grand jury, likely against Assange. Foto @FordFischer
Russian military officials arrive in Oslo as Norway puts GPS jamming facts on the table
Iranian state TV releases documentary that shows that Ruhollah Zam, manager of the "Amad News" Telegram channel that played a role in last winter's protests, has apparently been compromised by Iranian intel-parroting their disinfo and giving them inside info on Iranian opposition
Apple has suspended iOS distribution certificates of numerous Iranian app developers, seemingly in a move aimed at enforcing US sanctions against Tehran. Not the 1st time @Apple cracks down on Iranian startup/tech firms. Many have called on @tim_cook to remove the ban.
7 month agoConfirmed: For the first time during the crisis Twitter was blocked in Venezuela from 12:50 pm UTC (8:50 am Venezuela) with a duration of the incident of 40 minutes. The reason is unknown.
Telegram suspends channels for Iba (Ebaa), a media outfit linked to Syria jihadist group HTS. Iba survived previous suspensions that targeted "terrorist" content.
Swedish Security service SÄPO has detained Russian citizen, suspected in espionage, worked for local high-tech company in Stockholm, handed over classified information to Russian Intelligence
7 month agoJacob Wohl's Twitter account was just suspended. Twitter told that the ban was for "multiple violations of the Twitter rules, specifically creating and operating fake accounts."
The verdicts are in against Sergey Mikhailov and Ruslan Stoyanov: 22 years and 14 years in prison, respectively, for allegedly selling Russian intel to the FBI.
Facebook confirms Guardian report, Tommy Robinson has been banned from Facebook and Instagram for "repeatedly (using) dehumanizing language and calls for violence targeted at Muslims"
Facebook restores network of "Maffick Media", Russia-backed pages targeting American millennials, 10 days after suspending them.
7 month agoYouTube, VIVOplay, Bing and Google services restricted in Venezuela from 19:00 PM UTC (15:00 PM VET) as Guaidó greeted with presidential reception in Bogotá, Colombia to attend Lima group meeting live on air; incident ongoing
7 month agoEvery mayor Venezuela ISP is blocking #VenezuelaAidLive at this moment. State-owned CANTV, as well as @MovistarVe Digitel and @InterCliente. All blocking the official streaming and all but CANTV the site
7 month agoYouTube, Bing and Google services blocked in Venezuela during #VenezuelaAidLive concert from 7:20 PM UTC (3:20 PM VET); incident ongoing
7 month agoThis footage allegedly shows a US drone feed which has been hacked by Iranian assets. The footage does appear to have been taken in Iraq, South-West of Haditha. The co-ords in the feed do match locations where the drone is flying
U.S. won't partner with countries that use Huawei systems: Pompeo
7 month agoFacebook blocked for 30 days founder of Crimean Tatar TV station ARTV Aider Muzhdabaev for his post for Dzhokhar Dudayev's 70th birthday.
7 month agoJames Cleverly is removing the defectors from the Tory MPs Whatsapp group.
Microsoft reported cyber attacks by Fancy Bear hacking group of Russia against websites of Euro-Atlantic think tanks in Europe
Russian censor blocks Norwegian website Barents Observer because it refused to delete an article about suicide among gay Saamis.
North Korean hackers are going after Russian targets
7 month agoCrowdstrike's adversary map (APT naming scheme)
7 month agoIt's propaganda
Pro Islamic State media group warns anti-ISIS coalition increasing efforts to track down supporters of the terror group. Moata news agency cautions supporters against downloading media files from unknown sources and advises them to scan for malware
Facebook has blocked the popular "In the Now" page run by Russian state TV channel RT after a report that the project didn't disclose financial ties to the Russian government
Over the pas few days @Facebook suspended several English-language accounts linked to @RT_com, Kremlin's propaganda outlet.
7 month agoAustralia's major political parties have been hacked by a "sophisticated state actor." Full statement by the PM to parliament
