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Chinese hackers accessed sensitive cellular logs on a vast number of Americans after penetrating inside a swathe of U.S. telecommunications providers earlier this year, according to two people involved in the response to the hacks

As @netblocks reported today, while mobile connections got restored after 3 days of curfew-style blackouts, social media remains restricted as Mozambique Protests continue. VPNs allow people to bypass blocks

Iranian users are reporting internet disruptions in Tehran and Karaj amid the Israeli airstrikes

VTB has experienced a failure, transfers are unavailable, including between your own accounts, you can't send money to VTB from third-party banks

Kremlin tiedottaja kiistää WSJ:n tiedot, joiden mukaan Putin ja Elon Musk olisivat olleet tekemisissä vuodesta 2022 lähtien

Apps blocked in Turkey following attack on Turkish aerospace agency HQ in Ankara: X, YouTube, Instagram, Telegram, TikTok, Facebook. The apps are not fully blocked, but authorities are implementing bandwidth throttling of up to 90%, which effectively prevents their use. Turkey’s Information and Communication Authority (BTK) is authorised to impose bandwidth throttling on social media platforms for up to 10 hours in urgent situations, such as "terror" attacks or natural disasters. For longer throttling periods, a court order is required

The Telegram account "Middle East Spectator" claims: We are open source news archives. We thought the documents were running on Telegram. We do not know the identity of the leaker and reject attempts by the American and Israeli media to intimidate our reporters"

CNN report: An investigation has been opened in the US following the leak of classified intelligence documents from the Pentagon regarding Israel's preparations for a response in Iran. The documents were published on a Telegram account called "Middle East Spectator" and, among other things, contain an alleged description of Air Force exercises

North Korean hackers use newly discovered Linux malware to raid ATMs

The websites of the Russia Ministry of Internal Affairs have stopped working Today, from about 4 p.m., the websites of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are unavailable.

Sri Lanka arrests over 230 Chinese in cybercrime raids

All communication networks are cut off in Sennar State

Real-time network data show the growing impact of Hurricane Milton across Florida with connectivity in Sarasota down to 14% of ordinary levels; the incident is attributed to flash floods and downed lines leaving over two million without power and telecoms

Venäläisillä joukoilla, jotka käyttivät Discordia videoiden suoratoistoon tiedusteludroneista, on raportoitu olevan ongelmia sen jälkeen, kun venäläisen median vahtikoira Roskomnadzor antoi määräyksen alustan kieltämisestä.

The Discord messenger has been blocked in Russia for violating legal requirements, Roskomnadzor reports.

Raids in six German states helped shut down a major darknet child porn site

Rossiya 1, Radio Mayak ja muut VGTRK-palvelut on hakkeroitu, Gazeta.ru kirjoittaa lähteeseen viitaten. Verkkolähetykset ja sisäiset palvelut ovat poissa, ei ole Internetiä tai puhelinta

Moldovassa Yandex, Zen ja Rutube estettiin turvallisuuspalvelun pyynnöstä, maan suurin Internet-palveluntarjoaja raportoi.

Russian authorities had detained 96 people during raids against UAPS payments system and Cryptex cryptocurrency exchange

Britain has imposed sanctions against 16 members of the Russian-linked hacker group Evil Corp, the British Foreign Office said.

A Russian disinfo campaign disclosed by the FBI argued that Twitter/X, had become “the only mass platform that could currently be utilized” in the United States.". because it was the only one that didn't remove Russian created content

Residents tell Yemen Monitor of internet outage and slowdown in Sanaa and Houthi areas

Report: Lebanon prevents Iranian planes from entering its airspace - after Israel hacked into the airport systems in Beirut

US offering $10 million reward for info on Iranian cyber actors liked to IRGC election meddling efforts

The IDF says it has uncovered at least 17 fake social media profiles operated by the Hezbollah terror group in a plot to gather intelligence on the military. The profiles, uncovered by the IDF's Information Security Department, tried to trick soldiers into revealing sensitive information about their location in bases and troop locations, the military says.

TikTok has removed the accounts of propagandists Sputnik International, Sputnik Serbia, Sputnik Afrique, Sputnik Africa, Sputnik Brasil, Sputnik Mundo and Sputnik Indonesia. This happened amid accusations from the US that propagandists interfered in the elections, RT complains.

Ukrainan kansallinen turvallisuus- ja puolustusneuvosto on kieltänyt Telegramin käytön valtion viranomaisissa, sotilasmuodostelmissa ja kriittisen infrastruktuurin tiloissa.

Asianomaiset viranomaiset tarkistavat Armenian pääministerin kansliassa olevien tietojen todenperäisyyttä venäläisten hakkerien kyberhyökkäyksestä.

Microsoft has observed a notable shift in Russian influence operations tactics reflecting the changing U.S. political environment. Specifically, we have observed Russia pivot towards targeting the Harris-Walz campaign.

One of the explosions of communication devices of Hezbollah filmed