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Covers cybercrime, security, privacy. Author of &#39;Spam Nation,&#39; a NYT bestseller. Former Washington Post reporter, &#39;95-&#39;09. Signal: briankrebs.07 krebsonsecurity @ gmail .comLinkedin: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bkrebs","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@briankrebs","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"briankrebs","displayName":"BrianKrebs","note":"Independent investigative journalist. Covers cybercrime, security, privacy. Author of &#39;Spam Nation,&#39; a NYT bestseller. Former Washington Post reporter, &#39;95-&#39;09. Signal: briankrebs.07 krebsonsecurity @ gmail .comLinkedin: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bkrebs"}},"content":"<p>New, by me: Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup<\/p><p>A cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day security vulnerabilities in popular software is run by a pair of far-right conspiracy theorists and convicted felons whose most recent ventures included fake intelligence companies and a now-defunct AI-based lobbying platform they operated under assumed names.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2026\/07\/felons-fraudsters-flog-offensive-cybersecurity-startup\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2026\/07\/felons-fraudsters-flog-offensive-cybersecurity-startup\/<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/tags\/c2iris\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#c2iris<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/tags\/irisc2\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#irisc2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/tags\/cybersecurity\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#cybersecurity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/tags\/maga\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#maga<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-09:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/briankrebs\/statuses\/116884390887175893","object":{"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/briankrebs\/statuses\/116884390887175893","objectType":"note","content":"<p>New, by me: Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup<\/p><p>A cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day security vulnerabilities in popular software is run by a pair of far-right conspiracy theorists and convicted felons whose most recent ventures included fake intelligence companies and a now-defunct AI-based lobbying platform they operated under assumed names.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2026\/07\/felons-fraudsters-flog-offensive-cybersecurity-startup\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2026\/07\/felons-fraudsters-flog-offensive-cybersecurity-startup\/<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/tags\/c2iris\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#c2iris<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/tags\/irisc2\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#irisc2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/tags\/cybersecurity\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#cybersecurity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/tags\/maga\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#maga<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@briankrebs\/116884390887175893","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"cybersecurity"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"irisc2"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"maga"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-08:objectType=thread:nonce=c503bc20bfc3bf88","notice_info":{"local_id":"12859337","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-08T12:38:56+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@briankrebs\/116884390887175893"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6534492","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}