1 year agoApparently Telegram started blocking some Palestinian channels, including Hamas' official channel
Swedish civil defence minister says have received information that a telecoms cable between Estonia and Sweden has been damaged; the damage occured at a similar time to the damage to the pipeline between Finland and Estonia
The only way for communication in Gaza is via sms and it lags
Israeli army spokesman: "At the moment there are no attacks or attempted cyber attacks - we will continue to monitor"
Israeli Minister of Communications: We will stop all internet services in the Gaza Strip, starting tomorrow, Saturday
The Israeli security agency is checking the possibility that Hamas hacked the facebook account of the organizer of the festival that was attacked on Saturday by the group. The organizer had his Facebook account hacked a few weeks before the festival
Elon Musk’s X labelled or removed ‘tens of thousands’ of posts on Hamas attack: CEO
1 year agoEuropean Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton: Following the terrorist attacks by Hamas against , we have indications of X/Twitter being used to disseminate illegal content & disinformation in the EU. Urgent letter to @elonmusk on DSA obligations
1 year agoRussia is reinforcing its presence in the Arctic through the connection of Franz Josef Land to Novaya Zemlya with underwater cable this month. The operation will be carried by cable layer YAUZA, already on site
Massive disruption at database of Russian pension fund, following the disruption at database of Russian patrol police
1 year agoKosovo public broadcaster has secured a document with talking points the Vucic government sent to its embassies, demanding KFOR replace the KP in the north
The Cyber Commanders Forum is attended by commanders responsible for cybersecurity from 35 countries located on all continents - including NATO countries from Europe and North America, as well as allied and partner countries from other regions - including Ukraine, as well as Australia, Brazil, Japan, or Singapore
Elon Musk's X is the biggest source of disinformation, EU officials said, urging social media platforms to step up their vigilance to combat Russia's "war of ideas"
Access to the TikTok application is limited in Azerbaijan
1 year agoLive metrics show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Zahedan, Iran; the incident continues the weekly pattern of regional internet shutdowns targeting anti-government protests, and comes on the eve of the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death
Total collapse of the electrical grid in Nigeria has caused widespread blackouts across the largest economy in Africa
1 year agoIn her SOTU, EU Commission Chief von der Leyen shares a chilling opinion she says summarizes a group of scientists/experts: "Mitigating the *risk of extinction from AI* should be a global priority alongside other societal scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war."
1 year agoMetrics show that service has been restored on SpaceX Starlink satellite internet platform (AS14593) after an hour outage affecting multiple countries; the operator has not issued an explanation; incident duration ~50m
1 year agoReal-time network data show SpaceX Starlink satellite internet platform is currently experiencing an international outage; reason unknown
Warningwarning Confirmed: An internet disruption has been registered in Iran for the second night in a row from ~1:00 am local time; Network data show connectivity falling down to 71% of ordinary levels
US @CISAgov seeing a "deepening & a broadening" of cyber risk, per CISA Executive Assistant Director Eric Goldstein Generative #ArtificialIntelligence "democratizing" capabilities of more cyber threat actors while boosting ability of major cyber adversaries, he warns
Biggest cyber adversaries per @CIA's Cohen, China is 1, followed by Russia. Iran & North Korea "tied for 4th"
In 2020 Ukraine saw 880 cyber attacks. So far this year Kyiv has seen some 3000 cyber attacks, Security Service of Ukraine [SBU] Cyber Security Head Illia Vitiuk tells #BllingtonCyberSecurity Summit. These are people "who have order from their military to destroy Ukraine"
1 year agoBritain and the US target a Russian cybergang called TrickBot, which had attacked hospitals and other facilities in the West with ransomware. The gang "has ties to Russian intelligence services," according to @USTreasury. (interesting the sanctions list email addresses too)
"Concurrently, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments against nine individuals in connection with the Trickbot malware and other ransomware schemes, including seven of the individuals designated today." - US State Dept. statement
Cyber threat from China "the thing I probably worry the most about" per @CISAJen
Foreign spy agencies looking "to target & exploit the US space industry.harm US commercial firms and broader US national & economic security" per bulletin from @NCSCgov @FBI @RealAFOSI
The authorities of Kazakhstan blocked the website of the Tsargrad TV channel due to propaganda of extremism
Biden signs an executive order banning US companies from investing in China's artificial intelligence sector
Russian State Duma banned registration on Russian sites using foreign e-mail
