This Chinese "Salt Typhoon" hack was discovered in late 2024. Arguably the biggest foreign attack on U.S. telecoms in history and we clearly STILL haven't figured out how fully the intrusion went.

back in June, it was reported by NextGov that attorneys at companies like AT&T told their engineers to STOP LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF SALT TYPHOON INTRUSION due to worries about liability (many of them left key hardware "secured" with default usernames/passwords)

Tracking pixels in documents are nothing new in tech circles, but whistleblowers and activists need to be aware of them. Here's what a company promises to their prospects:

US Rep Thomas Massie on the DOJ's brazen cover up of the Epstein files and criminal collaborators: “They’re still trying to protect billionaires, politically connected people, and trying to obscure the involvement of our own intelligence agencies.” #OpDeathEaters

Misinformation Gone Viral: Debunking the Steve Grove ICE Agent Myth in Minneapolis Tragedy https://gazettedirect.com/who-is-steve-grove-ice-agent-minnesota/ #trumpmustgo #TrumpDidThis #republicansdidthis #gopkakistocracy #americanfascistparty #project2025 #norepublicanseveragain #USpol

You know things are bad with the #minneapolis #ice shooting when THIS is #twitter #x rn: #fediverse #mastodon

its hard to put into words how utterly. UTTERLY. the javascript environment and its developers hate you. 2 minor breakdowns later, however,

From Dave Troy: https://america2.news/meet-the-bros-behind-trumps-greenland-bluster/ #fediverse #mastodon #greenland #techbros #libertarian

The first Silver Spook game was my Deus Ex total conversion Terminus Machina. Homeless hacktivist dodges robot cops & drone-strikes in downtown San Fran amidst financial collapse & 90% AI-driven unemployment, tries to grow food & jailbreak prison-slaves into […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

#ledger subit une nouvelle fuite de données via son partenaire e-commerce Global-e. Si les fonds et clés privées restent sécurisés, les informations personnelles (noms, coordonnées) des clients ayant commandé sur le site sont compromises. Cet incident expose les utilisateurs à des risques accrus […]

Uh so just random nazi flags are going to be a thing in this? #Monsterdon

Today's historic photo of the day: Alco branchline diesel loco 4808 in SRA NSW Candy livery in the station yard at Queanbeyan, NSW, April 2 1987 NSW Rail bought 165 of these 48 class diesels from AE Goodwin between 1959 and 1970 making them the most numerous […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

This is why you should use this for #Chrome & #Firefox to NOT PAY for Trumproganda like @nytimes & @washingtonpost: https://gitflic.ru/user/magnolia1234 #fediverse #mastodon #venezuela #Trump #war #newsmedia #propaganda #nytimes#chrome#firefox#fediverse#mastodon#venezuela#trump#war#newsmedia#propaganda#washingtonpost

#mastodon mentioned 🎉🍾 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2e-c9SF5nE

What are you looking for in social media? (2/N) It's not just a rhetorical question, I really am curious! You can respond with a reply to this post, via the pol.is conversation here, or -- if you're on fedi -- in the polls below.

“White Supremacist dating platform hacked and deleted - live on stage Chaos Communication Congress” (Reddit) https://www.reddit.com/r/chaoticgood/comments/1pzu0ei/white_supremacist_dating_platform_hacked_and/ Data analysis https://okstupid.lol/ Full talk (download for English) […]

It’s a very compelling pitch: tear down anti circumvention laws and reap billions for your economies, while at the same time also becoming digitally sovereign. Now do European, or other, politicianshave the guts to do it? From: @pluralistic https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115819402267996681

Reading the speech @pluralistic held at #39c3 is an amazing way to start the the new year. A great way to calibrate your political compass. "Let's call time on enshittification. Let's seize the means of computation. Let's build the drop-in, free, open, auditable alternatives to the services […]

“We’ve got a great percentage of our population that, to our great shame, either cannot or, equally unfortunate, will not read. And that portion of our public is growing. Those people are suckers for the demagogue.” — Walter Cronkite #ripcbs #USpol

Time to do the ritual again. Happy New Year From #DCG201! @defcon#DCG201#fediverse #mastodon #HappyNewYear #happynewyear2026 #nye #hackers #39c3

For those who missed my #asahilinux #39c3 talk, it's available at https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-asahi-linux-porting-linux-to-apple-silicon now. I've also just pushed my slides to https://github.com/svenpeter42/39c3 and uploaded them as PDF to https://cfp.cccv.de/39c3/talk/YGHB9K/

[selfie, ec] can confirm that the lighting in the lobby at #39c3 was excellent

The #39c3 is over, and we are returning to normality. 🤯 It was wonderful to meet you all! Many of the connections we made during these magical days will remain. 💫 Special greetings to all the dismantling angels who are still in #hamburg, and of course to everyone who made this incredible event […]

Hashtag #39c3 makes me want an algorithmic timeline.

Video footage of @BiaSciLab attending her first #DCG201 Meeting at 11 years old: @defcon#DCG201#fediverse #mastodon

Power Ohrrings @ #39c3

Hey that's my luggage key combination! Great talk! There's a Miele dishwasher and dryer in my house that will be liberated soon :D #39c3 #miele https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1S-PVo3GlA

Btw for anyone affected by the @c3nav downtime: There exist *printed* maps somewhere around CCH! You can also find them online: https://codeberg.org/dcz/cccmap @c3infodesk #39c3

You don’t know how much you will miss them until they’re gone (c3nav) #39c3

Hey all you hackers! I’ll never be a deeply technical hacker and be popping shells, but I love and admire you all for what you do. Meanwhile I am on vacation chasing different types of shells #39c3 #bsidesluxembourg2026 #infosec #shells

c3fire #39c3

I do need AI for: - Finding cures for diseases - Offer assistance to people with disabilities - Predict the weather - Fight against AI networks I don't need AI for: - Doing my homework - Wrecking my business - Communication - Every single function on my devices - Producing endless digital […]

Ich habe noch ein Ticket ergattert und teile hier ein paar Impressionen, bevor sie auf Unsplash veröffentlicht werden. #39c3 #photography

#photography #39c3

„Can I come into #Cyberraum ?“ YES! ✨🫶🏻 #39c3

Really good #39c3 talk by @pluralistic If you watch one talk let it be this one https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet

FLINTA* SingStar-Style Karaoke now-ish at Stonewall IO (Haecksen) #39c3

@pluralistic I loved the tenor of your talk at #39c3 right now; thanks so much for this dash of hope, that 2026 will deliver further dashes of hope! ✊🤩 https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet#t=0 #resistenshittification

If you are at #39c3 and want to learn more about the current advances we made in the SDK of @nextgraph#39c3thanks to the contributions of @laurin ., he will be presenting his work on Tuesday the 30th at 10:30 in the CDC Triangle. #localfirst #p2p #p4p #e2ee #crdts #decentralization #semanticweb […]

Die #tagesschau berichtet über den #39c3 und nimmt den von @marcuwekling und @linuzifer verkündeten #diday als Aufhänger. Geschickt eingefädelt 👍 Im Beitrag explizit zu sehen: Die offene Sprechstunde des @c3d2 in #dresden https://di.day/

GLEICH Hörertreffen @damalstm an der c-base assembly am Turm in Halle H 17.00 - 17.45 meet and greet #39c3 c-base Assemblyhabitat, I1-K3, Halle H, EG https://39c3.c3nav.de/l/c-base/

Der Testlauf für unser #ballonoperationcenter auf dem #39c3 gestern lief ganz gut, daher kommt vorbei, wenn ihr mal Ballons modellieren ausprobieren wollt, gern mit Kindern! Der @Exciton und ich sind im hinteren #kidspace bei den großen Lego-Burgen.

Cory Doctorow on stage at #39c3 advocating a post-American, enshitification-resistant internet (The talk will be recorded)

Question? Is there a #Hacker #jeopardy this year at #39c3?

#zuckerberg #meta #facebook #news #eu What ghoul Zuckerberg is. So shameful.

#Mastodon #Statistics 2025-12-28 14:00 CET Number of active instances: 10 517 Number of users: 10 136 906 Number of statuses: 1 138 522 624 Number of users last 4h: 761 Number of statuses last 4h: 114 000 Help me keep stats and server running! 💻📊 Even a small […] [Original post on libera.site]

Discussing how anarchist ideological positioning intersects with the vibe of open social and fediverse futures in relation to the DSA/DMA with @samvie and @cypherhippie at the @HouseOfTea at 1:30am at #39c3 was a highlight of tonight.