Adam Flatley

Crazy that governments impose website age restrictions on their citizens before they provide Internet compatible government ID for their citizens, and everyone's stuck providing selfies that get hacked and recycled for fraud.

11 Ukrainian children aged 10 to 17 have been returned from Russian-occupied territories and Russia.

One girl was reunited with her mother after years apart. 5 siblings taken to Russia during fighting have also made it home.

Total children returned since 2022 - 1453; 19546 kidnapped by Russia.

Ukraine has brought back 11 children from Russian-occupied territories and Russia, with Qatar acting as mediator. Among them are five siblings who managed to contact their sister in Ukraine and asked for help to come home.

Ukraine Returns 11 Abducted Children from Russia Under President Zelenskyy’s initiative, 11 Ukrainian minors have been repatriated from Russian-occupied areas, highlighting ongoing efforts to reunite families.

💓 Under President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative, 11 Ukrainian children aged between 10 and 17 have been returned from Russian-occupied territories and the Russia.

💔 TIME magazine’s latest cover spotlights the story of Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia.

Spain awards Huawei contracts to manage intelligence agency wiretaps Huawei will manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps in Spain, under a contract that bucks the trend of Western governments restricting use of the Chinese tech company's products and services.

Wow. Spain is putting salt typhoon out of business. They are just going to hand it all to them: Huawei contracted to manage their wiretaps….

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Ukraine Secures Return of Seven More Children From Russian-Occupied Territories Seven Ukrainian children aged 6 to 17 have safely returned from occupied territories as part of President Zelenskyy's Bring Kids Back UA initiative.

❤️‍🩹 Seven more Ukrainian children aged between 6 and 17 have been successfully returned from the temporarily occupied territories.
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In Europe, a child disappears every two minutes.

“Behind every story of a child running away is a serious problem that needs to be addressed.”

– Ewa Kopacz, VP and Parliament's Coordinator on Children's Rights

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Cybercrime is a top global threat – cooperation is essential.

500+ experts from 100+ countries at #OctopusConference urged joint action.

80 States are now Parties to the Council of Europe's Convention on cybercrime – our strongest legal instrument in the digital age.

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🚨Cybercriminals are cashing in on your data.

Europol’s latest #IOCTA25 reveals how stolen data fuels fraud, extortion, and exploitation across the digital underworld.

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Eleven Ukrainian Children Reunite With Families After Years in Russian Occupation Eleven Ukrainian children have been rescued from occupation in a recent operation under the initiative Bring Kids Back UA, led by President Zelenskyy.

❤️‍🩹 Eleven more Ukrainian children have been rescued from occupation as part of President Zelenskyy’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative.

Honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. 🇺🇸

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International Day of Missing Children
Please like and share this powerful campaign video from the Polish Police (@polskapolicja.bsky.social) and the Fundacja ITAKA.
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🚨 Europol and @Microsoft have come together to disrupt Lumma Stealer — the world’s largest infostealer.

Together with partners, we’ve cut off cybercriminals from over 394 000 infected devices and seized 1,300+ domains.

Read more ⤵️

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Russia is preparing the mass forced removal of over 50,000 Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territories to “summer camps” across Russia and occupied Ukraine as part of a broader attempt to completely erase Ukrainian identity.🧵1/4

Two Ukrainian Teens Rescued From Russian-Controlled Territory Under Bring Kids Back UA Two Ukrainian teens rescued from Russian-controlled territory as part of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative, ensuring their safe return to Ukraine.

⚡️ Two Ukrainian teens have been rescued from Russian-occupied territory under the Bring Kids Back UA initiative.

They were reunited with their families after a complex operation supported by several organizations.

Operation Endgame follow-up leads to five detentions and interrogations as well as server takedowns | Europol Europol and the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT), hosted by Europol, continue to support the investigation of Operation Endgame following the massive botnet takedown in May 2024. The operatio...

European law enforcement has detained five suspects linked to the Superstar pay-per-install cybercrime service.

The service allowed other cybercrime groups to install their own malware on systems that were previously infected with the Smokeloader malware.

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Two more Ukrainian children rescued from Russian-occupied territories.

14yo Kateryna was denied medical care & threatened with deportation if her family refused Russian documents.

16yo Oleksii faced punishment for using Ukrainian & was forced into military registration.

#BringUkrainianKidsBack

Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported that today, 9 more children had been returned from the temporarily occupied territories, and 2 from Russia. The children are aged from 2 to 17.

Two Ukrainian Children Rescued From Occupied Territories, Including a Boy Orphaned by Russian Soldiers Two Ukrainian children have been rescued from occupied territories, highlighting the ongoing efforts of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative.

❤️‍🩹 Two more Ukrainian children have been rescued from temporarily occupied territories as part of Ukraine’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative.

❤️‍🔥 Five Ukrainian kids were returned from temporarily occupied territories thanks to Bring Kids Back UA initiative, according to Ombudsman Lubinets.

1/6 We're seeing an uptick in scams pretending to be Bluesky or @aaron.bsky.team. These scammers are targeting artists via DMs, trying to take you off-app. Our moderation team is reviewing reports of these scammers and will take down their accounts. Here are some important reminders:

Ukraine Successfully Returns Three More Children From Russian-Occupied Regions Save Ukraine's mission successfully reunites three children with families, revealing ongoing abuses against minors in Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine.

🔴 Three more Ukrainian children have been successfully brought back from Russian-occupied territory, thanks to a rescue mission organized by the charity organization Save Ukraine.

Imagine if everyone on @bsky.app followed the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Follow NCMEC today because every child deserves a safe childhood.

The Temporary Protection Directive provides a lifeline for millions of fleeing Ukraine. It's had real implications for children's rights, and preventing kids from going missing.

It's now set to expire in a year.

We join 109 orgs to call on the EU to find durable solutions: rb.gy/ajv8ol

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Month by month comparison of observed events on data leak sites.

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Top 10 actors and top 10 countries impacted by ransomware and data leaks.

February 2025 was a high-volume month on data leak and ransomware sites. Our system picked up and enriched 705 events, the highest ever.

CL0p has been active posting victims from their December 2024 attack against vulnerable Cleo servers.

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🇺🇦 Today, Commission staff had the honor of meeting with Save Ukraine about their ongoing efforts to save Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia.

They have rescued 571 children to date, including 12 who were brought home to Ukraine last week.

Graph showing 2024 cyber insurance claims by loss and number of claims

Ransomware remained the top source of cyber insurance claims last year... both by claims filed for incidents in first and third-party incidents

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A selfie posted to the facebook page of Cameron Wagenius shows him holding the phone up in front of a mirror, with the phone partially obscuring his face. He is dressed in U.S. military fatigues with a "US Army" patch.

Sccop: U.S. Soldier Charged in AT&T Hack Searched "Can Hacking Be Treason"

A U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty last week to leaking phone records for high-ranking U.S. government officials searched online for non-extradition
countries and for an answer […]

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