Make it viral.

WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.

IST experts testified before the Maryland General Assembly this week, sharing our strategy to protect K-12 schools from cyber threats and our efforts to help water facilities in hospital communities become “undisruptable” by 2027. Watch @joshcorman.bsky.social & @michaelfklein.bsky.social:

TL;DR a couple hundred IPs suddenly started exploiting Cisco devices today - Entire exploitation cluster is originating from OVH (@ovhcloudus.bsky.social). - Payloads are interesting- attacker is even checking hardware temperatures most likely to ensure they are not honeypots

Anyone who has participated in or attended a naturalization ceremony knows how meaningful and joyous these ceremonies tend to be. The cruelty of this is heartbreaking and enraging.

The USG has a new explanation on why they (now admittedly) intentionally killed 2 shipwrecked men. It does not pass the laws-of-war smell test Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors." 1/🧵

Senator Kelly is correct. Plus a Public Service Announcement: KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1. The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal: "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

I was really thrilled to get to work on The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens with @aumasson.jp. I think we did a good job but also apologies in advance to the teens that we tried to make jokes and generally Be Chill. Also no paywall to make it easier to share! www.wired.com/story/digita...

Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith: “In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’” open.substack.com/pub/executiv...

To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.

Andrea is one of over 170 U.S. citizens who have detained by ICE. It should never have happened, and we will hold Kristi Noem and the Trump Administration accountable.

My 6yo has started pretend electronic locking her bedroom door at night so Trump can't get in. She seemed to think that he himself is going into homes and causing harm. There are children in her school whose families have been impacted by ICE so we assume this is where the concern came from.

X's location "transparency" feature showing many MAGA accounts are based internationally reveals what we already knew: The world is using American social media and American politics as a slot machine and social media companies are directly incentivizing this: www.404media.co/americas-pol...

The vast majority of homeowners with fire insurance never file a claim but we don't say fire insurance is a bad idea. Having the insurance *is* using the system. And I think that people actually understand this *because everyone needs health insurance*

spaceballs, the heist!

"Witnesses and school employees said they thought the school was under attack and scrambled into rooms and vehicles outside in search of safety." One mother who walked in right after described "a room of crying kids, crying parents and crying teachers" www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

This isn't a time for the FBI to quietly urge anything. They should be yelling it from the rooftops.

“A transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers” is, quite literally, the EXACT phenomenon that Hannah Arendt was referring to when she coined the phrase “the banality of evil.”

We warned this exact thing would happen. This is why dozens of human rights groups have been calling to BanFacialrecognition.com for years

9YO citizen caught in Idaho FBI raid describes officers breaking car window to detain his father “I felt scared because they were pointing the guns at me. When they broke the window, I had to jump to my mom’s feet. I had glass in my mouth, and I quickly spit it away." www.ktvb.com/article/news...

This is just to say i have taken back everything i ever sent you in the chat and which you were likely quoting in a story Forgive me you're not a journalist so it's weird just letting you know.

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases. Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

Absolute bombshell from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social: Meta's internal research found that Instagram's algorithms preferentially displayed harmful content to vulnerable teens. I'm glad I left Instagram back when I did, even if it was for other reasons (their anti-LGBTQ policies).

Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works (15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.

🚨WOW. A unanimous per curiam (meaning no named author) panel of the 7th Circuit, made up of a Bush appointee, an Obama appointee, and a Trump appointee, decline to step in and block a lower court order barring the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago!

New, by me at this.weekinsecurity.com: If you're not using ad blockers, you should be! In this deep-dive blog, I explain why ad blockers are critical for your online security and privacy, what threats ad blockers can help defend against, and we'll explore at some of the best ad blockers out there.

The problem solving required for making Signal quantum safe is as daunting as any in engineering. In less adept hands, mucking about with an instrument this complex could have led to unintended consequences. Yet this upgrade is nothing short of a triumph! arstechnica.com/security/202...

IST’s @michaelfklein.bsky.social attended @cltcberkeley.bsky.social's #EdProtect Research Symposium to deliver a keynote address on sector-wide risks and opportunities: “We don’t need to change the practice of 14k school districts. We need to change the practice of 4 or 5 vendors.” 🛡️ Read the recap:

Help us investigate book bans across the USA. 404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S. 🔗 www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

I think people are still unprepared for a world where you cannot trust any video content, despite years of warning. Even when Google & OpenAI include watermarks, those can be easily removed, and open weights AI video models without guardrails are coming. www.404media.co/sora-2-water...

Anthropic says a hacker used its Claude chatbot "to an unprecedented degree": Claude identified vulnerable companies, wrote infostealer malware, analyzed stolen files for extortion purposes, calculated extortion amounts, and wrote extortion messages. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

IST’s @michaelfklein.bsky.social was in Kentucky this week to join Jefferson County Public Schools in announcing nearly $4 million from the FCC to significantly upgrade the district’s cybersecurity defenses. 🛡️Watch the full spot on WAVE-LOU (NBC) News:

As #ransomware attacks against K-12 schools continue to increase, education leaders must convene to address #cybersecurity policy & practice. Today, IST launches the K-12 Cyber Defense Coalition, led by IST's @michaelfklein.bsky.social. 🛡️Learn more: securityandtechnology.org/blog/announc...

Cuts to federal cybersecurity funding could expose schools to even more attacks. IST’s @michaelfklein.bsky.social spoke with @hechingerreport.org about the importance of K-12 cyber protections: "we [shouldn't] expect every school district to stand up their own cyber-defense army.” 🛡️ Read more:

Super engaging conversation about lessons learned from the PowerSchool incident, especially specific steps to take around third-party cyber risk! Thanks to my friend Mark Racine and the awesome K12 Tech Talk team

School districts are being extorted despite PowerSchool’s decision to pay a ransom in December 2024. While schools did nothing wrong, tens of millions of children, families, and teachers’ data is now at risk due to vendor mistakes. IST’s @michaelfklein.bsky.social spoke to Politico about the hack.

With federal investment waning, states and private infrastructure operators are being asked to lead regional cyber resilience efforts. What will this shift mean on the ground? At the #CyberCivilDefense Summit, we will discuss the impact and how mutual aid can help fill the gaps.

Listing the living AS DEAD means they could be treated as dead by federal agencies, employers, landlords, banks. 🤦🏻 gift link 🎁 wapo.st/42rML0a Psychotic cruelty, DOGE-style

Congratu-BLEEPING-lations! It’s time we had a little talk about your use of expletive infixation. ‘Expletive infixation’ is the linguistic term for profanity inserted into a word for emphasis. (For this thread, we’ll use 'BLEEPING,' but feel free to substitute another word.)

The lawsuit is the fourth legal challenge against Trump's executive order on voting. The attorneys general argue the order is "an unconstitutional attempt to seize control of elections."

It is good that he is admitting that he showed up late. This humility can help Dems, a lot.

NEW: No fewer than 10 principle scientists at NIH investigating emerging infectious diseases and neural disorders were among those fired by RFK Jr. today. One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease. By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:

#CriticalEffectDC is committed to bridging the gap between tech & policy experts on issues of critical infrastructure. This is about protecting our water and power supplies, telecom, more... @ICS_Village & @IST_org host in DC June 12-13. Learn more: securityandtechnology.org/critical-eff...

Harms across the country

The reason classified material has to go through a declassification review process is because the individuals with the information cannot know what parts of it compromise another. You don't just decide this part isn't classified because it doesn't sound very useful to know to you!

Yep. This headline making the rounds and confusing way too many people today. Saying this is a "vulnerability in Signal" is like saying someone looking over your shoulder while you message is a "vulnerability in Signal"

Some people have asked that 404 Media moves from a magic link system (to login you are emailed a link to click) to a user/password system. We're four journalists trying to spend as much time as possible doing journalism. We don't want your password www.404media.co/we-dont-want...

Oklahoma State Rep. Mauree Turner on the outpouring of liberal support following the death of Nex Benedict