Notices by AA (aakl@infosec.exchange)

"Exposed records from the private group included the personal information of a senior White House intelligence official and an active-duty special operations officer."

Wired: The Pentagon Is Looking Into the Dialog Data Exposure for Unmasking National Security Officials https://www.wired.com/story/the-pentagon-is-looking-into-the-dialog-data-exposure-for-unmasking-national-security-officials/ @WIRED #infosec

"Yaakov Roth is a senior official in DOJ’s Civil Division, with a résumé that includes a clerkship for Justice Antonin Scalia and extensive appellate experience."

“'If this were the Statue of Liberty', [Judge] Millett asked, 'the people whose ancestors—that was the first thing they saw coming to this country—but the government moved too fast; nothing can be done by them to challenge it'?”

Roth: “I think that’s right, yes.”

The New Republic: Can Trump Really Tear Down the Statue of Liberty? His Lawyers Say Yes.https://newrepublic.com/article/211522/trump-ballroom-court-standing-controversy @thenewrepublic

This is the branch dedicated to cyber warfare. The report was published yesterday:

CSIS Commission on U.S. Cyber Force Generation https://www.csis.org/analysis/csis-commission-us-cyber-force-generation

The Record: Commission says new cyber force would cost up to $11 billion to start https://therecord.media/new-cyber-force-would-cost-11-billion-commission @therecord_media #infosec #cyberwarfare

Huff Post: Trump Officials Are Pushing $250 Bill With His Face On It https://www.huffpost.com/entry/live-updates_n_6a1570ece4b062ca52d4f285/liveblog_6a183935e4b062ca52d969c7

Trump: “The Strait is going to be open to everybody. It’s international waters

“We’ll watch over it, but nobody’s going to control it. Oman will behave like everybody else or we’ll have to blow them up. They understand that. They’ll be fine" https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/fox-news-trump-threat-oman_uk_6a17e2d3e4b062ca52d92a15 @huffingtonpost

Not familiar with Zeteo. It was founded by "award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and all-round troublemaker Mehdi Hasan."

Zeteo, from yesterday: ‘Trump Wants Good News’: The Pentagon Is Under Pressure to Sanitize Iran War Data https://zeteo.com/p/trump-iran-war-pentagon-good-news

Take your time.

The Register: Congress investigates Canvas breach as company pays ransom https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/05/12/congress-investigates-canvas-breach-after-instructure-cuts-deal-with-shinyhunters/5238927 @theregister #Canvas #databreach #infosec

@inthehands You search for another source and then you find out that Time had a similar story in October, 2024 https://time.com/7086057/donald-trump-second-term-emergency-aides/

From yesterday. It's almost amusing to see how quickly Anthropic has shaken off its "responsible AI" mantle.

Fortune: Elon Musk called Anthropic ‘evil’ 3 months ago. Now he’s taking $4 billion to become its data landlord https://fortune.com/2026/05/07/spacex-anthropic-deal-elon-musk-ai-landlord-evil/ @fortune #Musk #Anthropic

"The problem wasn’t that Pyrrhus paid a high price for victory. Rather, it was that every victory shifted the balance against him."

The Conversation: Is Trump heading to a Pyrrhic victory in Iran? https://theconversation.com/is-trump-heading-to-a-pyrrhic-victory-in-iran-280859 @TheConversationUS

9to5Google: Could this be a de-Googlers dream phone? [Video] https://9to5google.com/2026/04/20/could-be-a-de-googlers-dream-phone-video/ @9to5google #Google

Dumb and dumber. Stop embarrassing the U.S. Also, stop inventing new "religions."

Raw Story: Hegseth to be featured in Bible reading event after 'Pulp Fiction' embarrassment https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-religion-2676761237/ @RawStory

"Researchers want to replace your passwords with unique biomarkers, like the way your heartbeats vibrate in your skull."

Inc: AI Is Breaking Passwords, and the Alternatives Are Getting Pretty Weird https://www.inc.com/chris-morris/ai-is-breaking-passwords-and-the-alternatives-are-getting-pretty-weird/91326636 @IncMagazine #infosec #passwords #biometrics

Raw Story: Hegseth has 'threatened' military chaplains who refuse to back his Iran war plans: report https://www.rawstory.com/hegseth-iran-2676634943/ @RawStory

Politico: Sen. Andy Kim implores Trump not to send troops to Iran https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/29/andy-kim-trump-troops-iran-00849554 @politico

The age of psychopaths.

"Many observers were taken aback by his haughty tone, hypermasculine preoccupation with domination, giddiness about violence and casual attitude toward death."

The Conversation: I’ve studied MAGA rhetoric for a decade, and this is what I see in Hegseth’s boasts, action‑movie one‑liners and gloating over dominance https://theconversation.com/ive-studied-maga-rhetoric-for-a-decade-and-this-is-what-i-see-in-hegseths-boasts-action-movie-one-liners-and-gloating-over-dominance-277731 @TheConversationUS

@tk @lnxw37a2 Sure, to a point. This is the dumbest idea ever. On the plus side, this goes into effect in January 2027, so there's room for some yelling.

That is the dumbest idea since - age verification.

PC Gamer: A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/ #Linux #ageverification

The evidence is in: AI companies are totally unhinged. They fit right in with the times. What to do with retired models? Why, turn them into bloggers, of course.

PC World: Anthropic’s first ‘retired’ AI has a blog https://www.pcworld.com/article/3072483/anthropics-first-retired-ai-has-a-blog.html #Anthropic #Claude #Substack #LLM

@catsalad @brave Several social media accounts are listed, including Mastodon. Their Bluesky account last posted in January. I'm sad to say their X account is currently active.

@mike805 @joeo10 The problem is that these dodos are starving everything outside the periphery of data centers of everything - hardware, power, water, not to mention ongoing efforts to hollow out the human web to serve the bots.

@joeo10 This is insane. There was a post earlier today about this that nailed it.

https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/086/739/861/915/067/original/cfb9f2511df0d7cc.png

@mike805 @joeo10 A Politico poll (sample of 2,000) I posted earlier today suggested that consumers are willing to pay for small power increases like $5 or $10. But it gets ugly with larger amounts.