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Thomas Rid

@ridt.bsky.social

Author of ACTIVE MEASURES, RISE OF THE MACHINES, CYBER WAR WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, "Attributing Cyber Attacks," more. Johns Hopkins, Alperovitch Institute. More active on X @ridt

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Yet it is surprising difficult to find well-documented case studies of classified data theft.

Many of you in the CTI and adjacent communities know I'm writing a history book. If you have tips, pls contact me privately. We're looking at a significant gap in our history here.

09.07.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Question. Too many U.S. gov't agencies have been breached & plundered by Chinese and Russian intel agencies, for well more than a quarter century nowβ€”again and again. With shocking regularity.

It is implausible that data have never been exfiled from *classified* systems.

09.07.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Very nerdy intelligence history question (answer should not not be classified): NGA and TRANSCOM used giant imagery printers around 2010. What kind of printers were they?

Options:
HP DesignJet 10000 series
Canon imagePROGRAF
Espon Styus Pro
Roland Hi-Fi
Vutek QS3200

27.06.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

There are multiple solutions chromewebstore.google.com/detail/remov...

23.06.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

AI, Ukraine, Middle East, Israel, OSINT, defense, intel, more. Some communities never left X in large numbers, especially abroad.

23.06.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Note: I went back to X. Nixed all my "following" there, removed the "for you" tab, and rebuilt a more newsy feed. I feel much better informed as a result. Unpleasant to admit, but bsky felt too much like a shrinking echo-chamber for me. Will continue to check in occasionally. Good luck.

23.06.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 11

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