NEW: U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security was breached, allowing a hacker to scrape personnel and contact information data from its Okta sign-on system. The stolen data includes 40,000+ records across DHS agencies, including CBP, ICE, and HSI, as well as DHS leadership — and is now online via DDoSecrets.
Hacker stole personnel data about thousands of Homeland Security employees, including CBP and ICE agents | TechCrunch
A hacker obtained personally identifiable information about more than 40,000 Homeland Security staffers, which has since been published online.
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Shockingly, wired has FINALLY released some good reporting after a year of garbage, and uh. It's an important one y'all. Its one thing to suspect or be semi-aware of this activity as a possibility. It's another for there to be concrete evidence.
ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations is engaged in far-reaching spying against left-wing activists that rivals the FBI and CIA crackdowns on the Civil Rights and anti-war movements.
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL. If you package/distribute/maintain root stores or chain verifiers, act immediately. If you know how to remove trust in a root, consider doing it now. Otherwise, prepare to update systems as patches/mitigations come. Go users, update to Go 1.27.3 or Go 1.26.10.
Compromised eMudhra Intermediate Certificates
Dear Mozilla Community,
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Meta deactivated the national No Kings account on No Kings Day. Tell everyone. Vote early. Get trained to protect the vote. Update as of 5:41pm After more than three hours, we regained access to the account.
From the shores of San Francisco to the ballot box: Demonstrators gathered along Ocean Beach on No Kings Day to send a powerful visual reminder about the importance of showing up to vote. 🎥: Ryan Fitzsimons
My message to all the progressive political groups I organize with: PLEASE build your audience over here on Bluesky. I've said it many times: Musk, Zuckerberg, and Ellison fucking hate us and WILL cut off our reach. We HAVE to be prepared to organize elsewhere. Reach out if you need help!
New twist: I get this error message when I try to click on the #NoKings hashtag on Instagram. Is Instagram suppressing the hashtag too?
Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social · 4w agoFull update from our team. We STILL do not have admin access to the account.
NEW: META comms guy claims the takedown of the No Kings Instagram account during the largest early vote action in history was a simple error. I call BS. I’ll be speaking with @ezralevin.bsky.social at 4:20 PT (in 20 minutes) on Substack. Join the conversation: muellershewrote.com
The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.
The CFTC was ordered to retract its recommendation for further investigation into the suspicious oil trades during the Iran war. trib.al/LRKJASp
Trump Official Tries to Kill Report on Perfectly Timed Oil Trades
The CFTC was ordered to retract its recommendation for further investigation into the suspicious oil trades during the Iran war.
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BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & partners just sued ICE over a nasty catch-22 ICE detains people, takes their IDs & work papers, releases them, keeps the papers. Now they can't work & risk getting picked up again for having no ID We're going to court to get it ALL back -TN
Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
🚨Holy crap! Ken Paxton partied on New Year’s Eve 2024 in Dubai with his girlfriend and two U.S. fugitives (Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail) charged in healthcare fraud/embezzlement schemes. Ahmed, a major donor, gave about $190,000 to Paxton’s campaign — including after his indictment.
holy shit -- a protester at the Trump rally gets physically assaulted after they interrupt the rally by a man who punches her in the face. Trump smears the protester as a "fat guy"
After someone said "Hail Satan," an Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city." www.404media.co/it-is-done-h...
'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting
Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
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IT'S A TRAP! Elon made a bit of a boo-boo on X yesterday, and some bad people no doubt turned to the dark side tried to have a bit of fun with his Grok Bot Star Wars Lego order. Read all about the attack of the clones on @wired.com by clicking below www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk Bragged About His Grok Lego Star Wars Haul. Then X Users Punked Him
Musk, we find your lack of security disturbing.
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For years, the Trump admin has launched slanderous attacks against Rep. Omar. This morning, the administration sent federal officials to raid her home. We cannot and will not accept this unprecedented abuse of power. I stand with @repilhan.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/ilha...
Agents search Rep. Omar's Washington home in criminal probe as she vows she won't 'be silenced'
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says she will “not be silenced” and calls a search of her Washington home the “latest escalation” in President Donald Trump’s “intimidation” campaign.
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FEDERAL AGENTS FINALLY LEAVE REP. ILHAN OMAR'S HOME AFTER MORE THAN FIVE HOURS
We’re having a Wizard of Oz moment on social media right now so pay attention. Yesterday, Ukraine attacked data centers belonging to Yandex, Russia’s biggest tech company.
Defunct Spirit Airlines is trying to sell decades of employee records to Google for AI training. EPIC counsels Abigail Kunkler and Mayu Tobin-Miyaji explain why “the law has not stepped up to protect worker privacy” and what regulators, unions and Congress can do.
Spirit Airlines Is Selling Its Workers’ Data. That Can’t Fly.
Spirit’s bankruptcy makes clear what privacy advocates have warned about for years, write Abigail Kunkler and Mayu Tobin-Miyaji, both counsels at EPIC.
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What actual DOJ weaponization looks like. We are very far off the cliff.
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s residence searched as part of ongoing criminal investigation, DOJ says
A Department of Justice spokesperson said the search was part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
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Raven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in.
AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo
Raven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in.
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I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
Bot traffic dives after Ukraine knocks out Yandex datacenters www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Russia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers — Ukraine intensifies bombing of Yandex data centers in response ...
The world is getting a break from Russian bots thanks to Kyiv.
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