New York City's 2026 mayoral inauguration of Zohran Mamdani has published a list of banned items for the event, specifically prohibiting the Flipper Zero and Raspberry Pi devices.

New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows. A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j

Over 100 GB of data from a collection of white supremacist websites is now being hosted by @ddosecrets.com. Data is from the dating website WhiteDate, the ancestry website WhiteChild & the job website WhiteDeal. ddosecrets.com/article/whit...

INBOX: @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, an investigative reporter at @miamiherald.com who has covered Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking story for nearly a decade, accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019 and releasing them partially unredacted in the Epstein files

A hacker claims to have breached Condé Nast and leaked an alleged WIRED database containing more than 2.3 million subscriber records, while also warning that they plan to release up to 40 million additional records for other Condé Nast properties.

Reminder that @ddosecrets.com is not only archiving DOJ's Epstein files, but has 20K+ emails from Epstein's Yahoo inbox. I broke 2 Epstein scoops as well based on hacked emails from ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak that had been sitting on DDoSecrets for months. Don't overlook this resource.

The Washington Post obtained thousands of private chat messages from the ICE public affairs team tasked by the White House with creating viral raid videos for social media. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i... via @drewharwell.com

I would have never watched this had it not been pulled. Won't be surprised if it becomes one of 60 Minutes' most watched segments.

Using a search engine, we found 67 unsecured admin panels for Flock Safety cameras. The majority of them use AI to zoom in and follow people. I had both live and 31 days of archived footage from retail parking lots, forest trails, playgrounds, etc. @404media.co youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...

NEW: The FBI has launched "domestic terrorism" investigations into anti-ICE activity across the US. Some cases are under Trump's NSPM-7 order to crackdown on "anti-fascism" and "anti-Americanism." Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared w/ Guardian include FBI map of cases in 30+ states:

New from 404 Media: ICE just paid hundreds of thousands to company making bounty hunter AI agents. The company says its AI agents “deliver rapid acceleration in finding persons of interest and mapping their entire network.” Comes as ICE spends millions on skip tracers www.404media.co/ice-contract...

Journalists: We've updated our digital security checklist for 2026. Check it out. freedom.press/digisec/blog...

Looks like I got an honorable mention in the EFF's 2025 Breachies awards for my exclusive on the hack of Lexipol by "the puppygirl hacker polycule" www.dailydot.com/viral-politi...

New: @ajvicens.bsky.social and I have been able to establish that the Pornhub user data being bandied around by ShinyHunters is at least partially authentic. At least two former customers confirm to us that their emails are in the sample data shared by the hackers. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

@mikaelthalen.bsky.social got Whiskey Pete Hegseth's new AI to confirm that his boat strikes are illegal. san.com/cc/the-milit...

This is extraordinary and extraordinarily revealing if true. “An artificial intelligence chatbot unveiled by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday appears to have described airstrikes against suspected drug smugglers at sea as 'unambiguously illegal.'” report by @mikaelthalen.bsky.social 1/2

NEW: The AI chatbot unveiled by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth today was asked about the legality of a "hypothetical" scenario where two survivors of an airstrike against a boat were killed in a follow-up strike. The chatbot described the actions as "unambiguously illegal." san.com/cc/the-milit...

NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans. Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for. futurism.com/future-socie...

Trump’s T1 mobile phone still hasn’t shipped to customers since its June 2025 launch. Deliveries were supposed to begin on November 13. The company updated its website and no longer claims the phones are American-made, calling them “American-proud design” instead. https://ow.ly/8uo950XAN3V

In the last year, DDoSecrets' publicaitons has exposed everyone from governments, to surveillance operators, and even Jeffrey Epstein. If you want to support our one-of-a-kind work, consider donating to help us keep publishing this #GivingTuesday: donorbox.org/ddosecrets

🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

New: cops used Flock AI-enabled cameras to monitor No Kings protests around the country. Also monitored No Hands protests and protests against DOGE. "Should serve as a warning of how it may be used in the future to suppress dissent." www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...

AP finds a secretive Border Patrol intelligence program detains Americans for “suspicious” travel. Critics call it mass surveillance.

New from 404 Media: IRS accessed a massive database of Americans flights without a warrant. Shows where and when someone flew, the credit card used. Hundreds of millions records; the airlines sell this data to the government through a broker they own www.404media.co/irs-accessed...

license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby. 🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...

NEW: Nearly 10,000 employees & contractors at The Washington Post, including ex-national security adviser John Bolton, had their personal data exposed after the paper was breached by hackers. san.com/cc/john-bolt...

NEW: Five people who live in the U.S. pleaded guily for "facilitating" and helping the North Korean regime place fake remote IT workers inside American companies. U.S. Department of Justice said their actions affected 136 U.S. companies and netted Kim Jong Un’s regime $2.2 million in revenue.

Epstein files (121 GB) A collection of documents, emails, and recordings relating to Jeffrey Epstein, including his FBI and Interpol files, court documents, releases from the DOJ and Congress, and leaked emails. ddosecrets.com/article/epst... Help us keep publishing: donorbox.org/supporting-d...

@mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social Hey Mustafa, Mikael Thalen here, tech reporter for Straight Arrow News. Was interested in sending a few questions your way about MAI. Can you shoot me a DM or email (info in bio)? Thanks!

In 2023, students at Ohio State blocked the doors to the president's office. Little did they know, live video from campus CCTVs were being fed straight to DHS. It's part of a little-known, decades-long surveillance effort built on the back of college football. www.foiaball.com/p/dhs-colleg...

New, by me at this.weekinsecurity.com: I wrote ~3,700 of my finest words on North Korea's remote IT workers, who have infiltrated businesses across the U.S. and Europe and aren't slowing down. Probably the most pervasive cyber threats today. Here's my primer on how to recognize & combat them.

New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...

NEW: Surveillance footage from inside an Israeli defense contractor has been leaked online by an Iranian-linked hacktivist group. The footage shows defense contractors attending internal meetings, designing weapons systems and their involvement with Israel's Iron Dome. san.com/cc/iran-link...

The Texas Dept of Public Safety carried out aerial surveillance of Austin's No Kings protest after Gov. Abbott suggested that "violence & destruction" were likely. Of course, the event was peaceful. Even the pilot, in video I obtained via FOIA, says: "Seems like it’s gonna be pretty peaceful, huh?"

New from 404 Media: logins for Flock, the company behind the nationwide AI-camera network, are included in malware infections. Includes government and police accounts, meaning hackers could potentially break in. Senator Wyden asking FTC to investigate Flock www.404media.co/flock-logins...

New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...

NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine. My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

New from 404 Media: someone managed to get into a Microsoft Teams call with phone hackers Cellebrite, who then detailed some of the company's hacking capabilities against Google Pixel phones. Also its capabilities against GrapheneOS, security-focused devices www.404media.co/someone-snuc...

Full story: The self-described "founder" of Anonymous and part-time federal cooperator Kirtaner announced he would be returning to prison after violating the terms of his bail with $ANON.

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo “I’m an American citizen so leave me alone” “Alright, we just got to verify that” www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

NEW: CBP searched a record 55,424 devices at the US border over the past 12 months. While these searches are rare compared to the number of travelers, the data shows a notable uptick over the past six months. @mattburgess1.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/cbp-se...

NEW: DHS is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand. by me @ wired:

New from 404 Media: DHS is trying to unmask an anonymous Instagram/Facebook account that tracks ICE activity by claiming the accounts are importing merchandise. Zero evidence for that, lawyers say demand is wildly out of scope. It's a tactic to unmask critics www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...

NEW: there's been some chatter in recent days about an ICE purchase of "guided missile warheads and explosive components" in September. However, it appears ICE simply entered the wrong product code when it entered the payment record into a federal database: www.wired.com/story/no-ice...

New from 404 Media: the same hackers who doxed hundreds of DHS, ICE, and FBI officials say they have personal data of tens of thousands more government officials, including thousands NSA, more in intel community. They sent me data from a dizzying list of agencies www.404media.co/hackers-say-...

Portland police deploy ‘informants’ within ICE protest crowds to aid in arrests, documents reveal www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

New: hackers just doxed hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ officials. I went through the data. In many cases does look legitimate, sometimes includes residential addresses. “Mexican Cartels hmu [hit me up] we dropping all the doxes wheres my 1m [1 million].” www.404media.co/hackers-dox-...

In response to the No Kings protest in Austin, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is sending in the National Guard, the Texas Rangers, state troopers & Public Safety personnel “supported by aircraft and other tactical assets.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Never been a laptop sticker guy, but when I saw @micahflee.com with this, I had to get one.