Notices by razhael (razhael@infosec.exchange)

I was idly reading this @jwz post on advertising for events (something I know nothing about) and I think I've just had a very unwelcome insight into the past 20 years of online news, paywalls, and the collapse of US journalism.

https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2025/01/13.html

News: Israeli private investigator Aviram Azari, a key figure in the hack-for-hire industry, is being released from U.S. prison today and will be sent back to Israel.

(Screenshot is from a Department of Justice email to one of Azari’s victims)

The original investigation - here: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-hackers-appin/ - has also been subject to attempts to remove it from the internet.

This is the second attempt to delete Appin's Wikipedia article; the first one was defeated this past December.

The author @pluralistic was among those who argued for its preservation.

*Someone* seems keen to delete Wikipedia's article on Appin, the cyber mercenary firm we wrote about last year:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Appin_(company)_(2nd_nomination)