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US Elections Face Security Test as DHS Cuts Local Cyber Support As voters across the US from New York City to New Jersey and Virginia prepare to cast ballots Tuesday, election officials are operating with sharply reduced support from a federal government agency th...

US election offices are operating with fewer security resources -- like the intel-sharing that previously stopped bomb threats -- after DHS abandoned local support, per @patrickhowelloneill.com's latest scoop @bloomberg.com

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Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arres...

"You can’t catch me unless you catch me on video," said a dirty Kansas City cop after smashing TVs and stealing crab legs(!) during a police raid.

Hack exposes police misconduct records and discredited officers going back years, per new @wired.com reporting.

www.wired.com/story/hack-e...

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."

how to help families losing SNAP benefits, an unprecedented halt that experts say could trigger the worst hunger crisis in the US since the Great Depression

🚨16 million kids are among those who will be impacted 🚨

www.thecut.com/article/how-...

Hacking Lab Boss Charged with Seeking to Sell Secrets in Russia A director at a company that sells computer vulnerabilities has been charged with stealing secrets to sell to an unspecified buyer in Russia, according to a court document and people familiar with the...

NEWS:

A director on a team that developed zero-day hacking tools for an L3Harris subsidiary is charged with trying to sell trade secrets to Russia, @patrickhowelloneill.com reports.

Cops seized 22 wristwatches, Tiffany jewelry + diamond rings.

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FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs Investigators are looking for staffers who anonymously endorsed an open letter criticizing the Trump administration’s cuts to disaster funding.

News:

FEMA is interrogating staffers -- denying union or legal representation -- about a whistleblower letter warning that Trump administration cuts are undercutting disaster response.

via @margimurphy.bsky.social @laurenthal.bsky.social @zhirji.bsky.social

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

DHS is moving hundreds of people focused stopping mass shooters, curbing Russian hacks + counter-terrorism work into immigration roles.

Some are forcibly moved across the country. And anyone who declines risks losing their job.

exclusive with @patrickhowelloneill.com

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The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

SCOOP: The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE www.propublica.org/article/trum...

US Probes Ex-Ransom Negotiator Accused of Scheming With Hackers Law enforcement officials are investigating a former employee of a company that negotiates with hackers and facilitates cryptocurrency payments during ransomware attacks, according to a statement from...

News @bloomberg.com !

The US is investigating an ex-ransom negotiator accused of conspiring with hackers

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Alan Furst: 6/7/16 The Moment with Brian Koppelman · Episode

a very thoughtful interview with spy novelist Alan Furst open.spotify.com/episode/7E8M...

Columbia University Applicants’ Personal Data Stolen By Hacker Personal information about Columbia University students and applicants — including whether they were accepted or rejected by the school — has been stolen, according to a Bloomberg News review of data ...

news --> A politically motivated hacker says they stole student records from Columbia University to try to prove that the school was violating a SCOTUS decision on affirmative action.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

How a Tiny Middleman Could Access Two-Factor Login Codes From Tech Giants An investigation into the complexity of the global telecom system shows weaknesses in the transmission of secret codes sent via SMS.

New: How a Tiny Middleman Could Access Two-Factor Login Codes From Tech Giants www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Whole Foods Supplier Hack Leaves Empty Shelves, Stalls Forklifts United Natural Foods Inc., a grocery distributor for Amazon Inc.’s Whole Foods Market, is working to bring systems back online by June 15 and resume product deliveries after a cyberattack disrupted it...

Hack at United Natural Foods distributor isn't expected to be resolved until June 15 at the soonest, according to messages seen by @bloomberg.com
+ Forklift drivers told to stay home after "nationwide" outage
+ Whole Foods & a co-op chain still hope for deliveries
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chinese Hacked US Telecom a Year Before Known Wireless Breaches Corporate investigators found evidence that Chinese hackers broke into an American telecommunications company in the summer of 2023, indicating the country’s attackers penetrated the US communications...

news: Chinese hackers breached a US telecom in 2023, a year before the intelligence community said it started spotting Salt Typhoon clues.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Big far-right podcasts are pushing the false narrative that Ukraine is selling US weapons to cartels.

@mckenziefsadeghi.bsky.social tracks how the propaganda spread from a QAnon influencer to a Russian network of fake news sites, then to Tucker Carlson.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/how-the-kr...

Propagandhi Cancel All US Tour Dates Due to "Circumstances Beyond Our Control" │ Exclaim! Cross-border relations are unfortunately not 'At Peace'

Propagandhi are among the latest to announce the cancellation of all of their 2025 US tour dates, citing "circumstances beyond our control." exclaim.ca/music/articl...

This case feels like a canary in the coalmine.

Courts certified a judge's win. GOP efforts to throw out ballots from pro-Riggs counties keep moving thru the courts.

Democracy groups warn it's a test case to invalidate future elections.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Journalists should be *super* thoughtful about repeating claims from Secretary Noem or other Trump-aligned voices who claim DHS/CISA is continuing this work.

They're slashing anti-terrorism programs in the name of stopping censorship. We need to document this along every step of the way.

DHS also cut millions in funding to outside projects helping study how online radicalization happens. They also are gutting the CP3 unit, which helps local police identify possible "mass casualty" events.

More: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

And more: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Worth remembering amid Trump officials' attacks on the alleged "censorship cartel" -->

DHS almost totally shut down its anti-misinformation work in 2023. I&A closed an OSINT unit looking for online extremism & white supremacy. And they stopped reporting almost all threats to the social firms.

Private Jet Hack Surfaces Guide to Serving Elon Musk on Flights Among the documents stolen from the private jet company NetJets Inc. in a cyberattack disclosed this week: a guide to serving a high-profile client, Elon Musk.

New @margimurphy.bsky.social scoop --

A private jet hack surfaces a guide to serving Elon Musk on flights

- he doesn't like noise from air vents
- he likes to nap on day-trips
- fuel conservation isn't a priority

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

What Happened When the Trump Administration Ordered a CDC Blackout Documents obtained by FOIA Files reveal the chaotic turn of events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the Trump administration ordered the agency to stop communicating with the pu...

The Trump administration ordered the CDC to stop communicating with the public just as cases of bird flu and measles were growing. Hundreds of pages of documents reveal what went on behind the scenes.

Read the latest from Jason Leopold's FOIA Files ⤵️

this is so great, from @margimurphy.bsky.social

DHS workers who specialize in anti-terrorism work -- combatting online radicalization and training local PDs -- are worried they'll be re-assigned to Guantanamo to aid the Trump admin's plans there.

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DHS Slashes Personnel Leading Fight Against Domestic Extremism The Trump administration’s purge of US government workers has gutted a Department of Homeland Security unit created to combat online radicalization and credited with helping disrupt more than 1,000 vi...

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DHS slashes personnel leading fight against domestic extremism

- CP3 helped intervene on >1000 cases + potential mass casualty events
- Respected director resigned March 3 amid sweeping cuts
- $79 million to curb violence is under review

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US Drops DEI Terms in Future Diplomat Training After Trump Order Training for US diplomats will abandon the use of certain words related to diversity and inclusion, according to new State Department guidelines that also call for dropping references to DEI programs ...

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The Trump administration ordered the nonpartisan agency that preps diplomats on US policy to drop DEI terms and move away from Biden-era programs, including one aimed at combatting sexual violence.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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If anyone is as obsessed as me with perfectly executed muay thai teep kicks (no one is, I know) this is a wonderful display of that www.youtube.com/watch?v=keCD...

Morning Briefing: Chicago Mayor to Form Task Force on Removal of Police With Connections to Extremist Groups Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the formation of a task force to CPD officers with 'ties to extremist and anti-government groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.'

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the formation of a task force to remove CPD officers with 'ties to extremist and anti-government groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.'