Russian cyber operators hijacked hundreds of Bluesky accounts - journalists, academics, filmmakers - and used them in information operations to post propaganda. Bluesky insists its systems weren't breached - old leaked credentials did the work. Avg post views: 50.  www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Proton Mail users can now send emails from their Gmail address and sync Gmail messages inside Proton Mail. The feature imports recent Gmail messages and filters out trackers and ads, so your app activity cannot be used by Google for profiling alternativeto.net/news/2026/5...

In Mechelen for #Dataharvest26! The best conference for datajournalism! <3 @journalismarena.eu I'll be giving a 30mn session on how to use #openrefine and a local LLM to enhance data cleansing Sat 30 at 4:15pm. Join me and @checkfirst.network !! dataharvest26.sched.com/event/feff88...

🎦 On May 19th, in a @disinfo.eu webinar, our COO @nellyp.bsky.social shared how @obsint.eu guidelines can support ethical #OSINT research. Watch the replay 🔗 checkfirst.network/watch-the-r...

La Commission 🇪🇺 inflige une sanction de 200 millions € à la plateforme #Temu pour manquement au #DSA ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

if anyone you know is a skateboarder you've likely heard that Marc Johnson, a legend, died yesterday at age 49 youtu.be/J48y_Z2fuic?...

Former Rote Armee Fraktion-terrorist Daniela Klette sentenced to thirteen years for a string of armed robberies between 1999-2016 After the RAF was disbanded (1998) she and others remained on the run A statute of limitations prohibits sentencing for terrorist offenses www.bbc.com/news/article...

In addition, literal stacks of M4000 chemical bombs, used by the Assad regime to drop sarin on civilians in 3 recorded incidents, were found and photographed. Yet more evidence everything we published at Bellingcat based on our open source investigations of chemical attacks was accurate.

Ce service en arménien, 100% numérique, s'inscrit dans le projet de «Bouclier pour l'information» mené par France Médias Monde et la radio internationale allemande Deutsche Welle. L'arménien est la 17e langue de diffusion de RFI, en plus du français.

Révélations sur #Sainte-Soline : on a identifié le gendarme qui a failli tuer Serge Duteuil-Graziani. La justice avait classé l'affaire, échouant à retracer l'origine du projectile. Nous démontrons ajd que c'était bel et bien possible. 👉 Mediapart tinyurl.com/5dc76v8a 👉 Libé tinyurl.com/2w2cy924

#Bluesky affirme que le Kremlin pirate sa plateforme pour diffuser de la propagande./ L'entreprise a déclaré lutter contre les tentatives russes de détourner les comptes de véritables utilisateurs pour publier de faux contenus, une tactique apparemment inédite

Dutch investigators arrested 2 men and seized 800 servers tied to a hosting firm accused of enabling cyberattacks, disinformation, and support for sanctioned Russian and Belarusian entities. #Netherlands #StarkIndustries #THEHosting

Very interesting piece by @qurium.org on residential proxies. www.qurium.org/forensics/th...

Today, during a webinar hosted by @disinfo.eu, our COO @nellyp.bsky.social will discuss the ethical questions that surround the use of OSINT in disinformation investigations and how the @obsint.eu guidelines can help. Join the discussion at 2:30 pm, CEST 🔗 www.disinfo.eu/19-may-ethic...

Exclusive: Fast16 malware has raised questions about what it was designed to do. Researchers at Symantec finally confirm it was subverting software used to simulate nuclear weapons explosions. Nuclear experts also tell me Iran was the likely target and explain how it impacted nuclear weapons tests

Une série troublante et bouleversante. Mention spéciale à la réalisation : Transposer l’histoire d’Etty Hillesum aujourd’hui sans costumes, sans reconstitution pénible et lourdingue, un tour de force. Merci @artefr.bsky.social www.arte.tv/fr/videos/RC...

Ce papier est un banger. Must-read.

Scoop from me and Gabriel Stargardter in Paris: French authorities are investigating whether BlackCore - alleged to be an Israeli disinfo firm - interfered in the March municipal elections in Marseille, Toulouse, and Roubaix. www.reuters.com/business/med...

🧵Fake shop et kit de phishing actif en France. Analyse d'un kit de phishing e-commerce particulièrement actif en France depuis 2/3 ans. Vague de janvier 2026 : 29 domaines frauduleux, un serveur C2 chiffré, un SDK réutilisable👇 #Phishing #Cybersécurité #FraudeCB

Effect of the EU's political ad rules (analysis by @lizcarolan.com): - We can now see non-digital ad spend - The regulation didn't make digital ads transparent, it killed them - Irish parties aren't switching to influencers, they're sticking with print www.thebriefing.ie/parties-are-...

🇨🇳 X, TikTok… Comment la Chine manipule les réseaux pour protéger ses voitures électriques Le service spécialisé Viginum a mis en évidence une offensive massive. Une première qui pourrait en appeler d’autres. #rediff l.linforme.com/bdzyw...

En plus d’être une ressource indispensable pour retrouver ou retracer des contenus, j’apprends que l’ONG « identifie les innombrables fake news qui contaminent certaines pages webs archivées, pour préciser leur nature auprès des internautes » www.lemonde.fr/pixels/artic...

TikTok has published its monthly report on covert influence operations the company has spotted on its platform in March this year. Most of these networks have a connection with Russia, promoted Russian interests, pro-Kremlin parties, or were run from Russia. www.tiktok.com/safety/en/tr...

In January, a phishing message arrived on my Signal account, supposedly from "Signal Support." I was able to turned the tables on the attackers and get a unique view of the wide-scale campaign by the attacker's targeting journalists and politicians I was target #13,730 in their database.

Affaire X: le parquet de Paris demande la mise en examen des sociétés X.AI Holdings Corp, X Corp et X AI, d’Elon MUSK et de Linda YACCARINO, "en les convoquant à cet effet et pour recueillir leurs observations, ou, en cas de carence, en délivrant mandat valant mise en examen" (communiqué).

Congratulations to Le Monde and its partners for this investigation! Additional information on the VIO available in @checkfirst.network’s report : checkfirst.network/unveiling-gr...

📣 Big news: We’re launching Gephi 0.11! 🤩 Download this new version and spread the word! ℹ️ Learn more here: gephi.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/g... 🖥️ and download Gephi 0.11 on gephi.org

📢 Gephi 0.11 is coming soon: Beta testers needed! 🙏Participate by providing your feedback on the updates and support this wonderful open-source project. 🔗Get all the details here: gephi.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/g... 🔂Share so more users can provide their feedback to the Gephi team!

#JeRecrute un ou une ingénieur(e) Dev-Ops pour renforcer l'équipe Infra de @viginum.bsky.social . L'équipe est top et les défis sont nombreux. N'hésitez pas à faire passer l'offre ou à candidater. www.welcometothejungle.com/fr/companies...

Ce soir, y’a DakhaBrakha au Trianon. Je suis comme toujours impatience et alacrité. Si vous n’avez jamais vu ces ukrainiens sur scène, foncez! C’est merveilleux. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxg1...

Dans la foulée de son enquête vidéo sur TikTok, Ouest France m'a proposé un entretien sur les enjeux de régulation des réseaux sociaux. Un grand merci Arnaud Wajdzik pour l'invitation et pour la synthèse efficace de cette longue discussion www.ouest-france.fr/high-tech/re...

During current US-Israeli war with Iran, "most digital services vanished. Nobitex kept running...the platform processed significant volume through state-approved whitelists that kept regime-linked transactions flowing while citizens stayed offline." www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Researchers 've uncovered a cyber-sabotage platform that predates Stuxnet by at least 1/2 a decade. Sentinel Labs has published a blog on their fast16 revelations, discussing the scope of this state-level tool, which targets select high-precision calculation software, slyly introducing inaccuracies.

Important news for FIMI and CTI! So proud of the team!

"La troisième a avoué créer ce genre de contenu, tout en précisant qu’elle le faisait pour générer des revenus publicitaires, et non pour exercer de l’influence politique." ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/224...

This wild document is the basis for the State Department's decision to cancel the visas and green cards of tech researchers who study the social media platforms and of tech regulators who enforce privacy and transparency laws. Disclosed to us last night in @thecoalition.bsky.social v. Rubio.

Les brouteurs font leur apparition sur Bluesky depuis quelques temps. Particulièrement malsains et rusés, ils prétendent d'être une personne/famille palestinienne qui souffre de la famine. Vu le blocage de l'aide humanitaire vers Gaza, comment ne pas... 1/3 PING @moderation.bsky.app

Read the initial Guardian report of massacre here: www.theguardian.com/world/2022/a...

Great news! The greatest crook in Moldova, the once almighty oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc, has been sentenced by the Chișinău Court to 19 years in prison for having stolen $1 billion in an enormous bank-fraud case in 2014. Well done, Moldova! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Au revoir, Taylor Kirk. m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tfw... Timber Timbre. Demon Host.

A Recorded Future report looks at "guarantee Telegram marketplaces," a term for Telegram channels where threat actors sell fraud and scam-related services to the operators of industrialized cyber scam compounds Biggest platform now is named "Dabai Guarantee" www.recordedfuture.com/research/evo...

Today, alongside @disinfo.eu, we are inviting you to attend a webinar in which we will explore our #OSINT investigations into Russian military awards. @herve.checkfirst.network will talk about our methodology, our findings and more! Join us 🔗 www.disinfo.eu/23-april-dec...

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them. New piece ↓ open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

🔎🇷🇺 A 10-day Moldova–Moscow trip by MAGA influencers from the US, UK and Canada was leveraged in a Kremlin-linked influence operation named “Matushka”. No proof the influencers knowingly took part – but we uncovered their many ties to Russia. VSquare.org

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Le panéliste que parle de "stade analogique" à 9:45, c'est osé. Fallait pas fourcher à l'hémistiche.

Despite the disinformation, the ads, the locking of public media, Orban lost tonight. It’s a slap in the face of his supporters and sponsors. Nothing is inevitable.

Le cimentier français Lafarge et huit anciens responsables reconnus coupables de financement de terrorisme en Syrie www.franceinfo.fr/faits-divers...