NEW from yours truly: Whether its tools from the frontier companies or agentic pen-testing platforms: AI is breaking things faster than anyone can fix them. I talked to a host of security leaders across the industry are racing to figure out what comes next. cyberscoop.com/ai-powered-c...

SCOOP: I got exclusive internal documents from the white supremacist group Patriot Front, showing the group is in 49 states and has grown fast. The docs outline strict rules on propaganda and show the group’s expansion into racist “active clubs”: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Reuters: US JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO REMOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NAME FROM KENNEDY CENTER BUILDING - ORDER

Scoop: Central Command is getting reports that military personnel are being targeted using commercially available location data. Few details available, but it’s a sign that the tech industry’s advertising-surveillance complex is having consequences on the battlefield. www.reuters.com/business/med...

US and Iran exchange strikes as hopes for a Hormuz deal falter - www.reuters.com/world/iran-w...

We are now deep into the weeds of the cyber news work week, so check out today's Metacurity for the most crucial developments you should know, including --Centcom: US war zone troops were targeted through commercial location data, 1/5 www.metacurity.com/centcom-us-w...

Exclusive: Pentagon says US military personnel are reportedly being targeted using location data @raphae.li - www.reuters.com/business/med...

Scoop by @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social & @courtneyrozen.bsky.social. If you know anything more about this app, who built it, or how it works, let me or @ajvicens.bsky.social know.

New: State Department email says recently launched White House app will automatically be installed “on all mobile phones throughout the executive branch.” Story here: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru... Corroborates previous reporting from Government Executive: www.govexec.com/management/2...

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Exclusive: Pentagon spars with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran war www.reuters.com/business/aer...

In October 2025, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces took control of the Sudanese city of al-Fashir, killing civilians — and filming it. Using their own videos, we construct what happened. Watch the full documentary: reut.rs/43jpEWx

The Kenyan government halted talks on a Microsoft AI data center after it became clear that the project would consume half the country's daily power output www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Canvas' parent company reaches agreement with hacking group behind breach - www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

New from 404 Media: spoke to four people who attended a trade show where senior ICE officials spoke about how much Palantir is supercharging their arrests. List of 20 million people on ICE agents phones now; increased chance of successful arrest from 28 to 80% www.404media.co/ice-agents-h...

Exclusive: FBI questions CIA officers over Russia assessment in Brennan probe, sources say www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Why do I have to work on UFO day?

Shut down by US regulators in 2022, Polymarket moved to Panama. Except ...

Full Pulitzer list here: www.pulitzer.org/news/2026-pu...

This was one of several @reuters.com entries that won prizes or were otherwise recognized: Check out in particular the work by @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social, @poppymcp.bsky.social, and many others, including our agency’s exceptional photographers. bsky.app/profile/reut...

Isaac Vargas, Joseph Tanfani, @johnshiffman.bsky.social, Christine Soares, @alexandraulmer.bsky.social, @bradheath.bsky.social, @kristinacooke.bsky.social, @davidjthomas.bsky.social and @nateraymond.bsky.social.

Huge thanks to the colleagues who made this possible — @jasonszep.bsky.social, @lindasoreports.bsky.social, and Chris Sanders — as well as the wider team that allowed us to tag along: @bypetereisler.bsky.social, @nedmparker1.bsky.social, @mikespector.bsky.social, Benjamin Lesser, Helen Coster […]

Here’s the citation, which honors @Reuters.com and its reporters “for documenting how the president used the U.S. government and the influence of his supporters to expand executive power and exact vengeance on his foes.” www.pulitzer.org/winners/staf...

My piece with @ajvicens.bsky.social on how hundreds of Americans were fired or otherwise punished following the killing of right wing influencer Charlie Kirk is part of a package that has been recognized with the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting: www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Congrats to the team at Reuters who won a Pulitzer Prize today for a package including a story by the amazing @ajvicens.bsky.social www.reuters.com/media-center...

Exclusive: US intelligence indicates limited new damage to Iran's nuclear program, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

I am honored to share the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Best International Reporting with Dake Kang, Byron Tau, Aniruddha Ghosal and Garance Burke for our reporting revealing how Silicon Valley largely designed and built China's surveillance state and enabled human rights abuses.

"Photos: Haitian woman released by ICE spent 24 cold hours in bus shelter prior to death" @publicsource.org www.publicsource.org/video-photos...

Phony whistleblowers, fake journalists and cyber spies: ICIJ network targeted after China Targets probe  www.icij.org/investigatio...

We reviewed an 18-page report detailing the second-by-second surveillance of a trans woman. They followed her as she went in and out of the bathroom, even though she posed 'no threat." It's one of a bunch of new details in this deep dive that @robertsilverman.bsky.social and I took for @wired.com

This is bonkers

One (of many) I've definitely felt!

Me to Windows: Hey, let me get that file I downloaded yesterday. Where is it? Windows: idk

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A joint FBI/CISA/NSA advisory warns that Iranian-affiliated APT actors are actively exploiting internet-facing PLCs across U.S. critical infrastructure, including energy, using remote access and common OT protocols to manipulate SCADA/HMI data and disrupt operations. www.cisa.gov/news-events/...

Exclusive: Russia supplies Iran with cyber support, spy imagery to hone attacks, Ukraine says - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

LFG

NEW: WhatsApp alerted around 200 users that were tricked into installing a fake app that was actually government spyware. The company accused Italian spyware maker SIO of being behind the app, and announced it plans to send the company "a formal legal demand to stop any such malicious activity."

Big ups to the IT staff at the bank holding my mortgage for planning site-wide updates that disable almost all activity between the 1st and 5th of the month. Nothing important happens during those dates anyways, right?

Tough challenge here for geolocation experts - guess the country.

Iran-linked hackers claim breach of FBI director's personal email; DOJ official confirms break-in www.reuters.com/world/us/ira... (with Jana Winter and @raphae.li)

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I remember not that long ago when hundreds of people were fired and/or investigated by their employers — along with being harassed and run out of town in some cases — after celebrating a prominent person’s death.

Some personal news: After nearly eight fantastic years, today is my last day at @wsj.com. Next month I'm starting with @nytimes.com to cover cybersecurity, intelligence, and more. I'm thrilled to be joining such an excellent team, and can't wait to get started.

New, by me: A cyberattack on a vehicle breathalyzer company called Intoxalock has left drivers across the United States stranded and unable to start their cars.

US to deploy of thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, officials say - www.reuters.com/world/us-dep...

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