We didn't deserve this day.

(Altman doesn’t remember this) (Altman denies this.) (Altman does not recall this.) (Altman says that he was probably joking.) (Altman says that he wasn’t aware of this until much later.) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I think Tuesday we get to find out whether the chairman of the joint chiefs, the CENTCOM commander and others are willing to carry out illegal orders.

If you speak German and are interested in finding out who is behind those obnoxious fake SMS, here’s a three part series that’s – visually sooo appealing – full of interesting details – very well-written www.ardmediathek.de/video/kings-...

Absolutely crazy story that ties together many aspects related to cybersecurity, specifically about Iran‘s nuclear ambitions and how defectors have helped the U.S. keeping Iran away from the bomb, including through Stuxnet www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

"members of commissioners' cabinets and other senior bureaucrats had received messages asking them to enter their Signal PIN codes, which were identified as phishing attempts" www.politico.eu/article/top-...

Anybody who grew up watching W lie to get the US into Iraq is gonna be a certain level of jaded, but what I'm trying to stress here is that if the US military is deliberately lying to the public to claim a loss didn't happen, that is a significant and new shift, but in line with Trump 2 agencies.

"The anchor on the Iranian channel urged residents to hand over any “enemy pilot” to police and promised a reward for anyone who did." apnews.com/article/iran...

The genesis of this investigation (w/@regret.bsky.social, @timmarchman.bsky.social , @couts.bsky.social, @hudsongiles.bsky.social & @samspengler.bsky.social) was the winged insignia worn by Greg Bovino & several camouflaged Border Patrol agents thruout At Large, Midway Blitz & Metro Surge - BORTAC

“I think I may have been phished by the DPRK lol.” fortune.com/2026/04/02/n...

"reminder that anthropic ran (and is still running) an ENTIRE AD CAMPAIGN around "Claude code is written with claude code" and after the source was leaked that has got to be the funniest self-own in the history of advertising because OH BOY IT SHOWS." infosec.exchange/@jonny@neuro...

Truly don't understand why they'd even try to do this. Not because of all the "haha, they don't get to claim copyright"-discussion, but it's so blatantly obvious this thing is lost. What's the reasoning here? www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

🔎NEW INVESTIGATION: The hotline between FM Péter Szijjártó and Sergey Lavrov gives Russia strategic insight into key EU matters. Evidence, including a leaked phone call recording shows Hungary’s FM acted for the Kremlin, pushing to delist sanctioned Russians, with Slovak support.

very interesting conversation between @josephcox.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social, both of whom are incredibly good

"Substantial amounts of high-impact vulnerability research (maybe even most of it) will happen simply by pointing an agent at a source tree and typing “find me zero days”. I think this outcome is locked in." sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/03...

Years ago, we've published an investigation into one core member of REvil, together with @maxzierer.bsky.social and @kaibiermann.bsky.social Now, german authorities put out a Wanted poster for Mr. Shchukin www.bka.de/DE/IhreSiche... Here's our reporting from back then www.zeit.de/digital/inte...

"That's 11,000 developer workflow artifacts contaminated with promotional content that nobody asked for." awesomeagents.ai/news/github-... Number is at 13k repositories now, see here: github.com/search?q=%2F...

"I don't say this lightly: it looks to me like 2026 is the year that decides whether the open web as we know it will survive at all, and we have to fight like the threat is existential. Because it is." www.anildash.com/2026/03/27/e...

Eine Szene von Internet-Trollen macht Jagd auf Menschen, verschickt falsche Bombendrohungen – und unterhält Verbindungen ins Umfeld der AfD. Unsere @papertrailmedia.de Recherche – @spiegel.de, ZDF frontal, @derstandard.at & @zdfmagaz.in – jetzt mit @janboehm.bsky.social: www.zdf.de/video/shows/...

“This war for the IRGC is a blessing,” says an Iranian in exile with high-level regime contacts. “It has sealed their place at the helm.” economist.com/middle-east-...

The German party "Die Linke" has announced to having been breached by ransomware operator "Qilin". One apparent goal was to obtain sensitive data pertaining such as PII www.die-linke.de/start/presse...

"Notably, from April 24 onward we will begin using interaction data—specifically inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context—from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users to train and improve our AI models unless you opt out. Copilot" github.com/settings/cop...

The US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, in southern Iran overnight. At least two people were killed according to local reports. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

My resignation letter

Loved this blog by @hatr.bsky.social and @jls.bsky.social reflecting 10 years on from the Panama Papers, and how nerds in the newsroom who knew (or learned!) how to script, scrape, and build tools helped to transform modern journalism. Nowadays, handling and parsing data is an indispensable skill.

"After the successful attack on the Signal account of … the former vice president of the BND, CORRECTIV followed its digital trail …some of his contacts received a link with a fake invitation to a WhatsApp channel … led to the website trust-authorization[.]tech" correctiv.org/en/fact-chec...

„the partnership with Rafael would mark a major return to weaponry for VW, which produced military vehicles and the V1 flying bomb for Hitler’s Wehrmacht during the second world war.“ www.ft.com/content/1e41...?

Verdict is in for the New Mexico child safety case against Meta. Goes against Meta on every question. Jury finds Meta liable for ~37,000 violations. Maximum liability of $5,000 per violation.

"Before projects like this, technical people were usually seen as support. Developers built interactives. Data journalists helped reporters with spreadsheets. Their work mattered, but it was rarely seen as the core of an investigation." buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...

At RSAC Conference —> Google’s threat intelligence arm officially launched its anticipated disruptive cyber unit on Monday, which comes as the Trump admin seeks to create a more offensive, proactive US culture against hackers. www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...

" I think it’s absolutely incredible to think that users with all kinds of different disabilities could create their own assistive technology by describing to AI what they need. It is hard to describe how slow that bottleneck is sometimes" blakewatson.com/journal/i-us...

"Nisos used the laptop to take photos of the room via a built-in camera, which revealed that it was likely located in a closet along with several other laptops." 6068438.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/606843...

“I think Palantir doesn’t really mind moral criticism. That has been done heaps. But what our reporting shows is a bit of a failure to sell their products – I believe they really don’t like that.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Criminals using #OSINT to hunt down and kill other criminals www.occrp.org/en/project/b...

EXCLUSIVE: Millions of 'anonymous' crime tips sent to law enforcement, the military and Crime Stoppers have been exposed by hackers. The data—provided to me & @ddosecrets.org by the hackers—contains 8.3 million highly sensitive records spanning from 1987 to 2025. san.com/cc/millions-...

Oh, OK www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...

"Why did you decide to devote your life to AI? I just saw so much suffering in the world that needed to be automated." theonion.com/the-onions-e...

"there is no evidence that they made efforts to fully investigate the accusations, acknowledge the victims or apologize to them. Instead, many of the women say they were discouraged from speaking out in order to preserve Mr. Chavez’s public image." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

Outstanding documentary here by on the dangers of location data tracking. It's in german/french, 60 mins. by @maxzierer.bsky.social @rebeccacie.bsky.social @cutterkom.bsky.social www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...

FBI director Kash Patel confirms the FBI is buying location data and histories that can be used for tracking people. It's the first time in recent years that the FBI has said it's actively buying this information, without needing a warrant. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Nate Cavanaugh has gone viral recently for his taped deposition about DOGE eliminating "DEI" grants. He's also a key figure in our story from last year. We found that he helped expose a sensitive Afghanistan program, leading to a brutal Taliban crackdown.

Kevin Rose, Digg's founder, who started the company back in 2004, is returning to join the team full-time after the company has downsized substantially due to bots and AI agents. A Hard Reset, and What Comes Next digg.com

This story is important and terrifying on its own, as gamblers’ pressure on journalists to lie joins the forces arrayed against the beleaguered reality business. But it should also be taken as a warning to the major media outlets that have made deals reporting on and promoting these sites.

Former head of german intel agency (BND) was successfully targeted by the Signal-Support scam that dutch intelligence agencies link to Russia, reports @marcelrosenbach.bsky.social www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

The girls' school likely destroyed by an American missile had colorful murals *visible from space* as far back as 2018. By @pearswick.press & Ryan McNeil: www.reuters.com/investigatio...

"Congress created a special Pentagon office to prevent the accidental targeting of civilians but it was dramatically scaled back by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth soon after he took office last year." www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

A military investigation has determined the U.S. carried out the deadly Tomahawk strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials & others familiar with the preliminary findings. Latest w/ Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Tyler Pager, Helene Cooper www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

Security researcher Inti De Ceukelaire has traced a phishing operation targeting European banks to an individual in his early 20s from Morocco inti.io/p/how-i-infi...

Thomson Reuters is best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, but it is also a huge data broker that provides investigative tools to the government, including ICE. Its Minneapolis workers aren't happy about that: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/t...

"The hacker expressed disgust at the presence of child abuse images on the device and left a message threatening to turn its owner over to the FBI, the person said." too wild, what a story www.reuters.com/world/us/for...