April 5th

Russian spies are getting kicked out of everywhere. Even Denmark is ejecting them. #kamelåså

The US State department now has a cyber diplomacy office, or something? On the one hand, this was in the works for a long time. On the other hand, it came out of nowhere.

A Chinese company is buying a UK microchip manufacturer. Whether this goes through or not (I guess it will?), what is interesting is how states think about strategic national resources (which this might, or might not, be).

Having skilled jobs and experience in certain types of manufacturing is actually a critical national resource. That is understood for, e.g. military aircraft.

The cyber realm is similar, but different. You need not just manufacturing, but also you need an “Internet” scale company or three (i.e. search, email, maps, social networking, chat/messaging, etc.) You need to have AI researchers and companies. You need universities churning out good researchers, and easy access to financing and… anyway.

Simply maintaining control over existing strategic assets, such as microchip manufacturing, is not even table stakes. It goes without saying, like any sort of basic self preservation. No one needs to tell you not to stick crayons up your nose.

A good report on cyber security incidents and related things. Worth a look

https://orangecyberdefense.com/global/security-navigator/

Russia is being Russia in the information sphere again. Always interesting to have a look at how they manage their campaigns, operations and resources.

Inside Cyber Front Z, the ‘People’s Movement’ Spreading Russian Propaganda

The Royal Mint is making an NFT.