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অর্ঘ্য 🏏 📚 💻 @stringsvsatoms.bsky.social · Nov 24
In a universe with only baryons and hardly any anti-baryons it's bizarre that we don't find any #CPasymmetry in #BaryonDecay .

Now we do. 👏

Wonderful work @lhcb.bsky.social team.

🗓️ 🔗 indico.cern.ch/event/142368...
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The data of millions of people in Britain is at risk as a result of significant cybersecurity issues with the government’s planned #DigitalID, multiple whistleblowers have warned.

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Whistleblowers raise ‘extreme’ concern about security of government’s Digital ID | ITV News
The data of millions of people in Britain is at risk as a result of significant cybersecurity issues with the government’s planned Digital ID, multiple whistleblowers have warned. The whistleblowers, who have shared confidential documents and emails with ITV News to back up their claims, are senior
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December 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
stringsvsatoms.bsky.social
Foreign Office data has been compromised by hackers, a minister has confirmed to Sky News, but he said the government is "fairly confident" that no individual data has been accessed.

🔗 news.sky.com/story/f...
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Foreign Office has been hacked - ministers 'fairly confident' individual data not at risk
Chris Bryant says the breach was in October but he can share "remarkably little" because investigation takes a long time. He won't confirm report the hackers were Chinese.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
stringsvsatoms.bsky.social
In Japan, a new rule take effect this week to encourage competition in mobile apps. A much needed steps toward Digital sovereignty. An expert says regulators must tackle other emerging big-tech monopolies in the digital sphere, including AI.
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Japan's smartphone law aims to reduce dominance of tech giantsーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
Rules take effect this week to encourage competition in mobile apps. An expert says regulators must tackle other emerging big-tech monopolies in the digital sphere, including AI. More stories on business and technology: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/tags/60/ Please subscribe HERE: http:/
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December 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
stringsvsatoms.bsky.social
It’s hard to overstate how influential the theory of cognitive dissonance has become. But recently released documents complicate the concept’s foundational case study.

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Is Cognitive Dissonance Actually a Thing?
A foundational 1956 study of the concept, focussed on a U.F.O. doomsday cult, has been all but debunked by new research.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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For last 4 years, a scam operation operating out of call centers in Israel & EU, promised easy profits to a global audience & deceived thousands into making fake “investments” & used at least 81 differently branded investment platforms to do it.

An #OCCRP investigation 👇
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December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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The FT reports on the globalisation of scamming syndicates and the proliferation of crime-as-a-service tools. A story of Chinese organize digital crime - China's alternative revenue stream.

#scammer #spies #triads #china #crime #cybercrime #cybersecurity

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Scammers, spies and triads: inside cyber-crime’s $15tn global empire | FT Film
From industrial-scale fraud factories to influence operations and underground banking, Chinese organised crime groups are revolutionising law enforcement's understanding of transnational crime. The FT reports on the globalisation of scamming syndicates and the proliferation of crime-as-a-service too
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December 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s Digital Security Lab (DSL), working with the Eastern European organisation RESIDENT.NGO, has uncovered a previously unknown spyware tool used by KGB of Belarus to target journalists & media workers.

🔗 rsf.org/en/exclusive...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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In a significant development that has reignited strategic debates across South Asia, the United States formally approved a $686 million sustainment package for Pakistan’s F-16 fleet on 8 December 2025.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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The U.K. Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has published its first annual report since 2023.

Report 🔗 isc.independent.gov....

No committee from May - December 2024 due to general election and delay in appointing new committee after election.
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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The US National Security Strategy is out & it doesn’t look good for Europe or NATO.
Some key extracts:
🔹We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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oanalungescu.bsky.social
President Trump’s barrage of attacks is forcing European leaders to confront a future in which America is no longer their primary defense guarantor. Some progress is being made to shift the burden, as I told @politico.com,
but it’s not easy & and time is short.

www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Trump’s attacks force Europe to speed up post-America defense plans
The era of America’s “security guarantee” for Europe is over, a German lawmaker and former military officer said.
www.politico.eu
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
stringsvsatoms.bsky.social
he data Big Tech holds about you is not safe:

"All I need is an IP address and next thing you know I have names, addresses, emails, and cell numbers...I can access DMs, texts, call logs. That’s someone’s full life in my hands in the space of hours.”

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Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People’s Private Data
A spoofed email address and an easily faked document is all it takes for major tech companies to hand over your most personal information.
www.wired.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
stringsvsatoms.bsky.social
USA is to change its approach to cybersecurity by enlisting private companies to conduct offensive #cyberattacks & operations against foreign adversaries, according to a draft national cyber strategy. For a start, a $1bn for offensive cyber operations.

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Trump Administration Turning to Private Firms in Cyber Offensive
President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to turn to private businesses to help mount offensive cyberattacks against foreign adversaries, according to people familiar with the matter, potentially expanding a shadowy electronic conflict typically conducted by secretive intelligence agencies.
www.bloomberg.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
stringsvsatoms.bsky.social
On Friday, German government summoned Russia’s Ambassador, accusing Russian Government of carrying out sabotage, cyberattacks, and election interference.

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Germany summons Russian ambassador, accusing Moscow of sabotage, cyberattacks, and interference
We begin The Day with Germany pointing the finger at Russia. On Friday, Germany summoned Russia’s Ambassador, accusing Moscow of carrying out sabotage, cyberattacks, and election interference. Berlin says it's all part of Russia's hybrid warfare that has intensified since its full-scale invasion of
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December 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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On Friday, German government summoned Russia’s Ambassador, accusing Russian Government of carrying out sabotage, cyberattacks, and election interference.

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Germany summons Russian ambassador, accusing Moscow of sabotage, cyberattacks, and interference
We begin The Day with Germany pointing the finger at Russia. On Friday, Germany summoned Russia’s Ambassador, accusing Moscow of carrying out sabotage, cyberattacks, and election interference. Berlin says it's all part of Russia's hybrid warfare that has intensified since its full-scale invasion of
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December 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Unsealed: an indictment of russian GRU hackers conducting attacks on California, Indiana, Missouri, Texas - also Ukraine, Taiwan, Finland, Moldova, Poland. They damaged public water, meat processing, airport computers, and other infrastructure.

russia attacked us. Hybrid warfare is warfare.
6. The moniker “Cyber_1ce_Killer” was associated with at least one Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU) officer. 7. Defendants and co-conspirators believed that defendant CYBER_ICE was at all relevant times a Russian government agent and defendant worked for the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). 8. At times, CARR had more than 100 members and more than 75,000 followers on Telegram. CARR’s membership included juveniles, including individuals who have been fully identified by U.S. authorities. Overt Act No. 15: On September 27, 2024, defendant DUBRANOVA created a private Telegram chat called “Besedka” and included defendants , where these defendants and other CARR members shared exploits, discussed victim targeting, and coordinated cyberattacks against dozens of victims. Overt Act No. 16: On September 30, 2024, defendant directed co-conspirators to focus CARR cyberattacks on “all countries unfriendly to the Russian Federation,” including Taiwan, Finland, Poland, and the United States, but to avoid attacking Serbia and Hungary. Overt Act No. 17: On an unknown date before October 17, 2024, defendant sent money to defendant to fund CARR’s activities. and co-conspirators conducted DDoS attacks against several Moldovan airport websites. Overt Act No. 27: On September 29, 2023, defendants and coordinated a DDoS attack against a Ukrainian web portal designed to provide food, clothes, medicine, and other emergency services to Ukrainian citizens affected by the war. Overt Act No. 28: On and between October 16-18, 2023, defendants , and co-conspirators conducted a series of DDoS attacks against Romanian websites. Overt Act No. 29: On December 18, 2023, defendant CYBER_ICE informed co-conspirators , and others, that he was going to submit payment for CARR’s DDoS account later that day. Overt Act No. 30: On January 10, 2024, defendant and co-conspirators conducted a DDoS attack against the website for the Northwest Missouri Regional Airport. Overt Act No. 38: On an unknown date prior to April 13, 2024, defendant developed a DDoS script called CA_DDoS and also known as “Killweb,” which a co-conspirator later posted to CARR’s public Telegram channel and shared privately among CARR members as a tool to conduct DDoS attacks against victims selected by CARR members. Overt Act No. 39: On April 21, 2024, defendant and co-conspirators conducted a DDoS attack against the website of an energy company located in Pennsylvania. Overt Act No. 40: On May 5, 2024, defendant and coconspirators conducted a DDoS attack against the websites for U.S. nuclear regulatory institutes. Overt Act No. 41: On August 21, 2024, defendant conducted a DDoS attack against a Ukrainian government website, circulating evidence of the attack to co-conspirators and proposing text to accompany a public post claiming credit for the cyberattack...
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
stringsvsatoms.bsky.social
There's a new offensive cybersecurity conference in Barcelona. The tagline: "Sun, seafood, and spyware."

That rings a bell...🤔 #SurveillanceCapitalism

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How Barcelona became an unlikely hub for spyware startups | TechCrunch
Barcelona's mix of affordable cost of living and quality of life has helped create a vibrant startup community — and become a hotbed for the creation of surveillance technologies.
techcrunch.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
stringsvsatoms.bsky.social
Researchers at the online fraud prevention firm Cleafy have discovered a new Android trojanware dubbed Albiriox.

Just like Sturnus, the malware reported last week, Albiriox is distributed through what are described as "dummy" or infected APKs.

🔗 www.cleafy.com/cleaf...
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Albiriox Exposed: A New RAT Mobile Malware Targeting Global Finance and Crypto Wallets | Cleafy Labs
Albiriox is a newly identified Android malware family offered as a Malware-as-a-Service, and enabling TAs to perform On-Device Fraud through remote control, screen manipulation, and real-time interaction with the infected device. Read more in this report.
www.cleafy.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
stringsvsatoms.bsky.social
Phreeli founder Nick Merrill “is somebody who is extremely principled and willing to take a stand for his principles,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told WIRED. “He's careful and thoughtful, but also, at a certain level, kind of fearless.”

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A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Staffers at notorious spyware maker Intellexa had live remote access to their customers' surveillance systems.

Needless to say, this is bad for several reasons.

🔗 http://techcrunch.co...
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Sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa had direct access to government espionage victims, researchers say | TechCrunch
Based on a leaked video, security researchers alleged that Intellexa staffers have remote live access to their customers' surveillance systems, allowing them to see hacking targets’ personal data.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
stringsvsatoms.bsky.social
Calisto French NGO Targets Reporters (#RSF) Without Borders in #SpearPhishing Campaign - Sekoia

🔗 blog.sekoia.io/ngo-r...
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French NGO Reporters Without Borders targeted by Calisto in recent campaign
Calisto phishing campaign targeting Reporters Without Borders uses ProtonMail impersonation and AiTM techniques to steal credentials in 2025.
blog.sekoia.io
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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A US telecom company - Securus Technologies - trained an AI model on years of inmates’ phone and video calls and is now piloting that model to scan their calls, texts, and emails in the hope of predicting and preventing crimes.

🔗 www.technologyreview...
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An AI model trained on prison phone calls now looks for planned crimes in those calls
The model is built to detect when crimes are being “contemplated.”
www.technologyreview.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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A US telecom company - Securus Technologies - trained an AI model on years of inmates’ phone and video calls and is now piloting that model to scan their calls, texts, and emails in the hope of predicting and preventing crimes.

🔗 www.technologyreview...
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An AI model trained on prison phone calls now looks for planned crimes in those calls
The model is built to detect when crimes are being “contemplated.”
www.technologyreview.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
stringsvsatoms.bsky.social
Search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume at the end of December, Malaysia's transport ministry says.

The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people vanished from radar screens on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing

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Deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to resume Dec. 30
Malaysia's transport ministry says the deep-sea hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will resume on Dec. 30.
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM