Mark Karayan

@markkarayan.bsky.social

Comms Lead for Google Threat Intelligence

Someone needs to write a more in-depth story about how Kim Jong Un is the OG diamond hands crypto bro. They were stealing Bitcoin when it was worth less than $1,000 and doubt they spent all of it at once. The amount they likely have in reserve that's gone up in value must be astronomical

Fortune @fortune.com · 8mo ago

A massive amount of crypto was robbed this year, and most of it went to North Korea. The country accounted for roughly 59% of the more than $3.4 billion in stolen crypto, according to Chainalysis’ 2026 Crypto Crime Report released on Thursday. trib.al/usKADyI

Germany links 2024 cyberattack on German air traffic control to Russia's APT28. therecord.media/germany-summ... "APT28 has a long history of intrusions into logistics and transportation. In many cases it appears to be tied to a requirement to surveil military movements." - @hultquist.bsky.social

Germany summons Russian ambassador over cyberattack, election disinformation

Germany said it had "clear evidence" that a 2024 cyberattack on its air traffic control authority was the work of the Russian hacking operation known as APT28 or Fancy Bear.

therecord.media

From his résumé, Thomas from Tennessee looked perfect. A programmer for eight years—and he’d breezed through a coding test. In reality, Thomas is a North Korean IT worker, one of many deployed to work remotely for US companies in a global cybercrime op to bankroll the North Korean government.

Your Favorite New Coworker Is an AI-Enhanced Operative From North Korea

For years, North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious—and effective—than ever.

wired.com

So I stuck up for Sean Plankey as future CISA, now time to stick up for Chris Krebs, past CISA - this shit is bonkers and should give pause to anyone even considering federal employment if this kind of shit is what you get for doing your job: www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Risks from Chris Krebs and Government Censorship

RESTORING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum revoking any active security clearance held by Chris

whitehouse.gov

UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off. We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos

Matt Cameron@mattcameron.bsky.social · last yr.

My detained client was scheduled for a bond hearing this AM in a MA immigration court. He wasn't brought in, and he and his case have disappeared. I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A" It's all happening a lot faster than I expected