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Cyber / disinformation / privacy / Big Tech / scams @ Le Monde Contact: familyname @lemonde.fr Auteur d'"Espionner, mentir, détruire : comment le cyberespace est devenu un champ de bataille", éditions Grasset : cyber.untersin.gr
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"According to Telegram’s transparency report bot, compliance appears to be skyrocketing. During the 1st quarter of 2025, the company provided authorities with data on 22,777 users. During the same period last year, the company produced data for only 5,826 users." mailchi.mp/freedom.pres...

This is a good example of how cyberattacks that seem minor at first can have serious long-term consequences. A Ukraine-linked cyberattack on Russia’s electronic court filing system wiped out about a third of its case archive. therecord.media/russia-court...

I didn't catch this update from MSFT - US (duh), Germany (huh?), and Spain (???) made the list, but no France, Israel, or Netherlands....

La Délégation parlementaire sur le renseignement a consulté le rapport sur les "boîtes noires", les algorithmes qui inspectent en masse les communications des Français à la recherche de comportements suspects. Vous pensez y trouver la matière pour un débat public clair et informé ?

1/ Hello, quelques points saillants de ce rapport. Storm-1516 mobilise le réseau de sites CopyCop du shérif américain exilé en Russie John Mark Dougan, avec un possible soutien de l’officier de l’Unité 29155 du GRU, Youry Khorochenky.

One way to tell if your new remote hire is a North Korean scammer is to ask how fat is Kim Jong Un www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/n...

Tu envoies des e-mails de phishing usurpant Le Monde ? @flrnd.bsky.social et @okami.bsky.social retrouvent ton adresse e-mail.

For the first time, France officially attributes a number of cyberattacks to Russia's GRU, including, to the surprise of no one, the 2015 TV5 Monde hack and the 2017 so-called "MacronLeaks" (as well as attacks targeting the 2024 Olympic games).

It was a matter of time. Less than a month after outing alleged Taiwanese cyber operatives in an unprecedented move for both its tone and detail, China has done the same with alleged NSA operatives—for the first time. The language echoes that of Western reports, though less detailed.

China accuses US of launching 'advanced' cyberattacks, names alleged NSA agents - www.reuters.com/technology/c...

« Cash Investigation » et deux journalistes françaises visées par une vague de cyberharcèlement prochinoise particulièrement violente, après leur enquête sur Decathlon www.lemonde.fr/pixels/artic...

NEW: China privately gave tacit acknowledgement of big hacks of US infrastructure. People present at meeting interpreted #China as linking the hacking to US backing of Taiwan. Interesting signaling going on. Story by @dustinvolz.bsky.social www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

THREAD: When @thekrebscycle.bsky.social and his workplace, @sentinelone.com, were singled out by Donald Trump on Wednesday, I thought it was an opportunity to weigh the cybersecurity industry's rhetoric against their real world actions.

So it turns out a delegate from the U.S. National Security Council managed to fluster quite a few European counterparts by suggesting the U.S. might take lethal action against irresponsible spyware companies during the Pall Mall Process conference in Paris last week...

Some of the evidence published recently in the Meta/NSO lawsuit makes for a fascinating read. See for example this transcript of a complete live Pegasus demo: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Would say “these systems don’t work” but the actual work of these systems is to more fully embed and perpetuate the racism of carceral systems, and thus they work exactly as intended.

Bonjour Lille, ça va ? #fic #incyber

This is good:

NEW at @reuters.com: A network of dubious consultancies and headhunters tied to a Chinese tech services firm is targeting recently laid-off U.S. government workers and others in sensitive professional circles. A prime example of how foreign adversaries are trying to capitalize on the DOGE moment:

La France a accordé, en 2024, un titre de séjour de dix ans à Xenia Fedorova, l'ancienne patronne de RT France 🫥 (via @nicolashenin.net)

Use Signal, Use (accidentally add to the group chat an Atlantic edi-) Tor

Kyiv’s central railway station is packed after a massive cyberattack took down its online systems. The railway’s app is down, so people are stuck waiting in long lines to buy tickets offline.

Depuis une paire d'années, les pirates d'Etat chinois ont évolué : toujours plus discrets, agressifs et persistants, ils s'appuient sur un écosystème public-privé en ordre de bataille. Aux Etats-Unis, on les soupçonne désormais de préparer la guerre. Enquête :

Small 🇮🇹Italian cyber intelligence firm Negg recently won a contract to provide its services to the office of PM Giorgia Meloni "after #Paragon was exposed," according to Intelligence Online sources. "The firm is developing a 1-click spyware called VBiss." www.intelligenceonline.com/surveillance...

Exclusive: US suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage as Trump moves closer to Putin

"This is why, as always, Signal would exit the French market before it would comply with this law as written." @meredithmeredith.bsky.social confirme que l'application Signal quitterait la France si la disposition sur les backdoors réintégrait la loi contre le narcotrafic. x.com/mer__edith/s...

NEW: Citizen Lab researchers mapped out the infrastructure of spyware maker Paragon Solutions, and say they were able to identify servers likely used by customers in several countries: Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore.

sort of mad to think that less than two years ago the smart view was that the EU was insane to impose burdens on data transfers between the US and EU, a move which increasingly looks like a fairly smart bit of accidental industrial policy

Une société a illégalement déployé la reconnaissance faciale sur des courses à pied pour que les athlètes retrouvent leurs photos après la course. Anecdotique ? Plus de 300 000 personnes concernées, probablement le plus large déploiement de cette technologie sensible et décriée. Enquête :

Make sure to follow my brilliant colleague Daryna, reporting live from her home in Kyiv, who has finally joined Bluesky. 👏

Après son enquête sur Appin, une officine indienne responsable de piratages dans le monde entier pour de riches commanditaires, l'excellent @raphae.li a vu son statut d'Overseas Citizen of India révoqué par le gouvernement. Il s’ajoute à une longue liste de reporters étrangers bannis du pays.

En bonne compagnie chez le très recommandable restaurant Ceba, rue de l’Aiguillerie à Montpellier (cc @antoniniommi.bsky.social)