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bartgroothuis.bsky.social
Member of European Parliament. All things cyber, defence, foreign interference, digital, trade, geopolitics. Threema VPSKCRZR
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Hackers breached Norwegian dam and opened the valve. ‘The valve ran at full capacity for four hours before the unauthorized change was detected’. Unclear intent energiteknikk.net/2025/06/hack...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Dutch secret weapon for a succesful NATO summit: raw herring from the North Sea and strong liquor / jenever

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Today in the New York Times I argue that Trump’s manoeuvres to shut down parts of the International Criminal Court in The Hague through Microsoft is the first of more accidents waiting to happen between US Tech and Europe. So we must act and become more sovereign. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

De NAVO-top komt eraan: Een nieuwe oorlog in het Midden-Oosten, Russische dreiging en miljarden aan defensie op tafel. NAVO-chef Rutte slaat alarm. Hoe vliegen we dit aan? In discussie gaan: Bastiaan van Apeldoorn, @bartgroothuis.bsky.social en @michellehaas.bsky.social Via: bit.ly/m/Bureau-Bui...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

The European electrical grid is too Chinese. We are too vulnerable. Make it safe again

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

The only reason Ayatollah Khamenei thus far remains in power in Iran, is because of the support of Russia and China. But Russia abandoned Iran today as its ally. The heat is on. Europe must stand with the brave people of Iran and put maximum pressure

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

The Iranian people want a different regime

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

This article is avoiding what needs to be said: the Australians need to go French

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The Islamic Regime of Iran, supported by China and Russia, took a big hit last night because Israel did what it had to do. Europe is not part of the war, which hopefully de-escalates, but Europe is part of the conflict. Will ask for a debate next week in Strasbourg

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

Hoe moet de NAVO de dagelijkse cyberaanvallen vanuit Rusland pareren? Paul van Liempt bespreekt het met VVD-Europarlementariër @bartgroothuis.bsky.social en HCSS analist Hans Horan, in podcast De Strateeg op BNR.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Multiple telecom providers have invoked legal strategies to protect themselves from disclosing compromise by the hackers. Inside two major U.S. telecom operators, incident response staff have been instructed by outside counsel not to look for signs of Chinese hackers🤦‍♂️ www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Heel leuk dat alle media duiken op het relletje tussen Musk en Trump, maar er gebeurt ondertussen iets veel fundamentelers met de wet waar de rel over gaat: alle remmen los bij het reguleren van kunstmatige intelligentie www.snopes.com/fact-check/b...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Dagelijks wordt het Westen op digitale manieren aangevallen. Hoe moet de NAVO zichzelf verdedigen tegen Russische cyber attacks? Paul van Liempt praat erover met VVD-Europarlementariër @bartgroothuis.bsky.social en HCSS expert Hans Horan in podcast De Strateeg op BNR. www.bnr.nl/podcast/de-s...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Het thema waar vrijwel elke regering mee worstelt is dat het oerwoud aan (vaak goedbedoelde) regels de uitvoering van noodzakelijk beleid onmogelijk maakt. Dit probleem is groter dan Nederland of Europa en moet opgelost worden omdat anders de liberale democratie het niet overleeft

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Excellent letter from Commissioner @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social to start banning risky vendors from our telecom infrastructure. 14 member states still have huge Huawei dependencies. New EU legislation is needed. Just received this good letter:

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

How to protect our critical infrastructure and what is the way forward for European defence? Watch the debate today with @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu, @cds-defensie.bsky.social, @bartgroothuis.bsky.social, @derk.cda.nl, @annavanzoest.bsky.social and others. 🔴https://youtube.com/live/xajMoN2Qq7o

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

I recently lamented the terrible communications from #Galileo, the EU "GPS", during a recent disruptive test. I'm pleased to say important questions are now also being asked in European Parliament thanks to @bartgroothuis.bsky.social & his team: www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Russian cyber ‘criminals’ steal 50 million (!) from western companies, but suddenly transform into a Russian espionage operation when they hit soldiers or diplomats, and even commit sabotage in Ukraine. Russian cybercriminals are part of the Russian state www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/me...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Het is ‘nu of nooit’ in de politiek om kunstmatige intelligentie zo vorm te geven dat het ons wat oplevert, en niet tot een digitale kolonie maakt. Er is niets in Europa wat we niet kunnen bouwen, maar dan moeten we nú handelen

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Germany’s largest telecommunication provider Deutsche Telekom is owned by Chinese hackers. And its managed IT service subsidiaries are too. No media reporting on it yet. Deutsche Telekom (addicted to cheap Huawei equipment) chose not to go public. Wake up! blog.eclecticiq.com/china-nexus-...

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Even groot nieuws als Trump’s stupide handelstarieven tegen Europa is dat China de deur vandaag dichtgooit voor verder handelsoverleg met de EU. Het laat zien hoe ze Europa beschouwen: geen partner (1/3)

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Microsoft has disabled the ICC Chief prosecutors email account. 
But let’s keep all dependencies on US IT alive. What could possibly go wrong? www.techzine.eu/news/privacy...

submitted 37 days ago • 6 comments