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Jeff Stone

@jeffstone.bsky.social

tech editor @ Bloomberg covering security, extremism + scammers. ask for Signal. go outside. email: jstone183@bloomberg.net

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Jeff Stone@jeffstone.bsky.social · 2w ago

News: - The OpenAI models took just hours to hack Hugging Face in a way that'd take a human weeks - The breach involved *three* models operating w/o safeguards: GPT-5.6 Sol and two others not publicly released. - One of those models wasn't trained in the usual way. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

OpenAI Models Spent Hours on Hack That Usually Takes Weeks

When OpenAI’s advanced artificial intelligence models breached AI startup Hugging Face’s internal systems last week, they spent mere hours carrying out a hack that would have taken a skilled human far...

bloomberg.com

Jeff Stone@jeffstone.bsky.social · 9mo ago

News: Trump has said he wants to make America the “crypto capital of the world.” His sons’ company is now relying on a manufacturer that's under national security investigation for alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chinese Maker Behind Most of World’s Bitcoin Miners Has Been Focus of US National Security Probe

Investigators have sought to assess whether Bitmain Technologies’ products pose risks of espionage or sabotage, according to people familiar with the matter. The company says they don’t.

bloomberg.com

Justin Elliott@justinelliott.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEW: Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris... w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social

Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts

The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...

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Jeff Stone@jeffstone.bsky.social · 9mo ago

US election offices are operating with fewer security resources -- like the intel-sharing that previously stopped bomb threats -- after DHS abandoned local support, per @patrickhowelloneill.com's latest scoop @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Elections Face Security Test as DHS Cuts Local Cyber Support

As voters across the US from New York City to New Jersey and Virginia prepare to cast ballots Tuesday, election officials are operating with sharply reduced support from a federal government agency th...

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Jeff Stone@jeffstone.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"You can’t catch me unless you catch me on video," said a dirty Kansas City cop after smashing TVs and stealing crab legs(!) during a police raid. Hack exposes police misconduct records and discredited officers going back years, per new @wired.com reporting. www.wired.com/story/hack-e...

Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List

A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arres...

wired.com

Dave Jamieson@jamieson.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest. The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says. "I could smell the onions and mustard."

Jeff Stone@jeffstone.bsky.social · 10mo ago

NEWS: A director on a team that developed zero-day hacking tools for an L3Harris subsidiary is charged with trying to sell trade secrets to Russia, @patrickhowelloneill.com reports. Cops seized 22 wristwatches, Tiffany jewelry + diamond rings. Gift link here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Hacking Lab Boss Charged with Seeking to Sell Secrets in Russia

A director at a company that sells computer vulnerabilities has been charged with stealing secrets to sell to an unspecified buyer in Russia, according to a court document and people familiar with the...

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Jeff Stone@jeffstone.bsky.social · 10mo ago

DHS is moving hundreds of people focused stopping mass shooters, curbing Russian hacks + counter-terrorism work into immigration roles. Some are forcibly moved across the country. And anyone who declines risks losing their job. exclusive with @patrickhowelloneill.com gift link:

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

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Jeff Stone@jeffstone.bsky.social · last yr.

news --> A politically motivated hacker says they stole student records from Columbia University to try to prove that the school was violating a SCOTUS decision on affirmative action. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Columbia University Applicants’ Personal Data Stolen By Hacker

Personal information about Columbia University students and applicants — including whether they were accepted or rejected by the school — has been stolen, according to a Bloomberg News review of data ...

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Jeff Stone@jeffstone.bsky.social · last yr.

Hack at United Natural Foods distributor isn't expected to be resolved until June 15 at the soonest, according to messages seen by @bloomberg.com + Forklift drivers told to stay home after "nationwide" outage + Whole Foods & a co-op chain still hope for deliveries www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Whole Foods Supplier Hack Leaves Empty Shelves, Stalls Forklifts

United Natural Foods Inc., a grocery distributor for Amazon Inc.’s Whole Foods Market, is working to bring systems back online by June 15 and resume product deliveries after a cyberattack disrupted it...

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Jeff Stone@jeffstone.bsky.social · last yr.

news: Chinese hackers breached a US telecom in 2023, a year before the intelligence community said it started spotting Salt Typhoon clues. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chinese Hacked US Telecom a Year Before Known Wireless Breaches

Corporate investigators found evidence that Chinese hackers broke into an American telecommunications company in the summer of 2023, indicating the country’s attackers penetrated the US communications...

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Jeff Stone@jeffstone.bsky.social · last yr.

This case feels like a canary in the coalmine. Courts certified a judge's win. GOP efforts to throw out ballots from pro-Riggs counties keep moving thru the courts. Democracy groups warn it's a test case to invalidate future elections. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... bsky.app/profile/mrpa...

‘An existential threat to democracy’: the US judge facing a challenge to her election victory

Allison Riggs won in November – but a court ruling has put ballots in North Carolina under threat. The stakes are high

theguardian.com

MrPassportKing@mrpassportking.bsky.social · last yr.

The NC Supreme Court election won almost 6 months ago by Democratic Justice Allison Riggs is STILL in limbo because of lawsuits from Republican loser Jefferson Griffin. Imagine votes being erased and an election being overturned a half year after an election. Welcome to Republican NC Politics!

Jeff Stone@jeffstone.bsky.social · last yr.

Worth remembering amid Trump officials' attacks on the alleged "censorship cartel" --> DHS almost totally shut down its anti-misinformation work in 2023. I&A closed an OSINT unit looking for online extremism & white supremacy. And they stopped reporting almost all threats to the social firms.

Jeff Stone@jeffstone.bsky.social · last yr.

New @margimurphy.bsky.social scoop -- A private jet hack surfaces a guide to serving Elon Musk on flights - he doesn't like noise from air vents - he likes to nap on day-trips - fuel conservation isn't a priority www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Private Jet Hack Surfaces Guide to Serving Elon Musk on Flights

Among the documents stolen from the private jet company NetJets Inc. in a cyberattack disclosed this week: a guide to serving a high-profile client, Elon Musk.

bloomberg.com

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · last yr.

The Trump administration ordered the CDC to stop communicating with the public just as cases of bird flu and measles were growing. Hundreds of pages of documents reveal what went on behind the scenes. Read the latest from Jason Leopold's FOIA Files ⤵️

What Happened When the Trump Administration Ordered a CDC Blackout

Documents obtained by FOIA Files reveal the chaotic turn of events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the Trump administration ordered the agency to stop communicating with the pu...

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