May 18, 2022

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Cyber is everything, even M&A contracts.

Bit of the old black propaganda.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/14/secret-british-black-propaganda-campaign-targeted-cold-war-enemies-information-research-department

Strong “dog who caught a bus” energy.

For context.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/05/23/a-ukrainian-city-under-a-violent-new-regime

On that note, more things are going very poorly for Russia in that area.

Deep dive OSINT on SIGINT.

A good thread with several very cogent points.

What’s up at Facebook?

Genius

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A bit on the nose

Allegedly the Iranians have infiltrated people into Telus Corporation , allowing them to mass delete photos on Instagram.

https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-61488050

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Switzerland is elevating cyber to a.. federal… something. I’ll be honest, I have no idea how Switzerland works. Clearly this is big though.

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