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

remember when aaron swartz was convicted of 35 yrs in prison and $1M in fines for downloading JSTOR articles under a guest MIT email and the refusal on behalf of the prosecution to consider any type of agreement caused him to take his own life bc i do. all this information should be free.

New from 404 Media: fake funeral livestream scams are all over Facebook. Scammers scrape real funeral announcements, make account, add family + friends, tell them to go to a stream of funeral, ask for credit card. "Disgusting" one impacted relative said www.404media.co/fake-funeral...

The epitaph for our democracy, possibly

OMG this is amazing, and should be a built in feature of all social media.

This. Also, locked accounts or private posts.

NEW: The FCC has voted to outlaw scam robocalls featuring AI-generated voices, weeks after a Texas man allegedly used AI to clone President Joe Biden's voice in a robocall targeting thousands of New Hampshire voters ahead of the state's primary: www.cnn.com/2024/02/08/t...