Notices by JosephMenn (josephmenn@infosec.exchange)

I was part of the 45% of the Washington Post newsroom recently laid off by the economically struggling Jeff Bezos. Over at BlueSky, I posted free no-reg archive links to 15 of my favorite stories from the past four years. Thanks for reading! https://bsky.app/profile/joemenn.bsky.social/post/3mfn7fnnfac27

Yikes. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/cyber-forensic-expert-in-2000-cases-faces-fbi-probe/

Exclusive just up at The Post: The Justice Department told Congress in November that there were no disputes with the UK over enforcing the data-sharing Cloud Act, even though it knew Britain planned on demanding a back door from Apple. GIFT LINK. https://wapo.st/41C53f5

Breaking: Apple pulls end-to-end encrypted storage option from UK after secret order for a back door. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/21/apple-yanks-encrypted-storage-uk-instead-allowing-backdoor-access/

I continue to report on the urgent cybersecurity and privacy issues resulting from DOGE access across the government. If you know something our readers should be aware of, please reach out to me on Signal at joemenn.01. Thank you.

Will be chatting hacking and hacktivism and giving away books in Sunnyvale a week from tonight. https://lu.ma/eerfzavh

I have the lead story at the Post for now, breaking the news that the UK has secretly ordered Apple to provide a back door to the strongest encrypted storage it offers--while making it a criminal offense to tell users the truth. Free version here, no sign-up needed. https://archive.is/EzboV

Whatsapp beats NSO in landmark #spyware case. Free link. Https://wapo.st/4gs8r20

Congrats to DarkSide, Conti, REvil, ALPHV and LockBit, among others, for being recognized by Congress in the NDAA as hostile foreign cyber actors benefiting a designated country. #ransomware #promotions

Congress grills #CrowdStrike over $5 billion outage, free with marketing stuff. wapo.st/47CBqwq

Russian propagandists are behind a viral video that accused Kamala Harris of a fictional hit and run accident, garnering millions of views, Microsoft said in its latest election influence report. Free link to my story in the Post, courtesy of the marketing dept. https://wapo.st/47tUxJ8

Brilliant reporting from 404. All your paranoid fantasies about national security use of pinpoint tracking are dead on. https://www.404media.co/inside-global-phone-spy-tool-patternz-nuviad-real-time-bidding/

A story I worked on for months is at the top of the Washington Post homepage. Please do not read it. We are on strike today and want to show they don’t have a newspaper without us, and they don’t get us without a fair contract.

Link to a free version of our exclusive story on propaganda scholar Joan Donovan’s whistleblower complaint accusing Harvard of firing her as it chased huge grants from Meta. (You do have to enter an email address to read it.) https://wapo.st/3Nb5tm8 #misinformation #meta #harvard

Elon Musk has supercharged online antisemitism as real-works attacks rose. Our free story: https://wapo.st/47GpBEA

Experts discover flaw leaving $1 billion in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies exposed for stealing from early software wallets. Free link to my story in the The Post: https://wapo.st/478Av5W

Exxon used hacked material in environment litigation. Watch this space. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mercenary-hackers-stole-data-that-exxon-later-cited-climate-lawsuits-us-2023-10-12/

Elon literally blaming Jews for Twitter’s collapse.

Important, revealing story about what Musk is doing to Tesla. By @faizsays https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/19/elon-musk-tesla-driving/

Russian propagandists are buying Twitter’s new blue checks, giving their lies about Ukraine more prominence. A dozen are tweeting in English, reaching millions. Gift link: https://wapo.st/3m2enaY