Notices by JosephMenn (josephmenn@infosec.exchange)

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

As hate speech against gays and Jews surged on Twitter in recent months, real-world attacks did as well. Some of the antisemitic attackers cited rapper Ye, who tweeted virulently anti-Jewish sentiments after Elon Musk welcomed him back. Tweets with variations on the word "groomer," which previously had been classed as hate a term, rose just after shootings and intimidation, researchers found, normalizing violence against victims. Our story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/18/hate-speech-antisemitism-antigay-twitter/

I have a story out today with intrepid colleagues on the rise in hate speech in Twitter’s largest overseas markets and the real-world harm coming with it, from voter intimidation in Australia to a canceled interfaith wedding in India. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/14/twitter-moderation-cutbacks-impact/

Just Posted: Musk eases off the gas on return to office order as too many take severance instead, https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/17/twitter-musk-easing-rto-order/