Amélie Koran (webjedi)
@webjedi.bsky.social
Security Hobo, Itinerant Technologist, Policy Anti-Wonk, Former Senior Fellow at The Atlantic Council, Teller of Tales for Darknet Diaries #91 (and other venues). All opines are my own. RS/Fav/Follow≠Endorsement.
Hearing all the charges now being levied… I found it curious that “mortgage fraud” is a leading charge… saw WaPo is covering it as well. This is a strange tactic given push back by the courts for prior dismissals and firings.
wapo.st/4mwAqR8
wapo.st/4mwAqR8
The Trump administration’s new weapon against foes: Mortgage filings
The Trump administration’s weaponization of mortgage filings, experts say, is an escalation in the way his officials seek to penalize, remove or even jail adversaries.
wapo.st
August 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Hearing all the charges now being levied… I found it curious that “mortgage fraud” is a leading charge… saw WaPo is covering it as well. This is a strange tactic given push back by the courts for prior dismissals and firings.
wapo.st/4mwAqR8
wapo.st/4mwAqR8
I’ve never listened and seen a press conference from DC that has scared me more than this rambling FB and off-centered affair.
I’ve lived in MD, VA and DC… been here off and on since 1990, and have never felt unsafe in this area.
I also fear for my friends and family also now targeted in this PC.
I’ve lived in MD, VA and DC… been here off and on since 1990, and have never felt unsafe in this area.
I also fear for my friends and family also now targeted in this PC.
August 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I’ve never listened and seen a press conference from DC that has scared me more than this rambling FB and off-centered affair.
I’ve lived in MD, VA and DC… been here off and on since 1990, and have never felt unsafe in this area.
I also fear for my friends and family also now targeted in this PC.
I’ve lived in MD, VA and DC… been here off and on since 1990, and have never felt unsafe in this area.
I also fear for my friends and family also now targeted in this PC.
Well, since it’s on the other socials - I was laid off last week from my role at Walmart long with 1500+ other corporate associates.
So, this means I’m looking… but in the intermediate time between then and a new gig (taking suggestions), I am available for consultancy and media events. So, DM me.
So, this means I’m looking… but in the intermediate time between then and a new gig (taking suggestions), I am available for consultancy and media events. So, DM me.
May 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Well, since it’s on the other socials - I was laid off last week from my role at Walmart long with 1500+ other corporate associates.
So, this means I’m looking… but in the intermediate time between then and a new gig (taking suggestions), I am available for consultancy and media events. So, DM me.
So, this means I’m looking… but in the intermediate time between then and a new gig (taking suggestions), I am available for consultancy and media events. So, DM me.
Seems Hegseth should just head on over to the War Thunder forums already and get it over with.
March 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Seems Hegseth should just head on over to the War Thunder forums already and get it over with.
Saw a B.S. post from DOGE on that “other” platform posting a B.S. “revelation” without proper context.
Sadly, all of the data is from an old @washingtonpost.com article about the facility and practices.
But I also wrote an explainer, with math.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/person...
Sadly, all of the data is from an old @washingtonpost.com article about the facility and practices.
But I also wrote an explainer, with math.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/person...
The Personnel Filing Cave
I swear, there’s nothing like blatant misinformation to get me back to regular writing. I mean, most of our initial warnings during our election security panels I moderated really focused on non-techn...
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February 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Saw a B.S. post from DOGE on that “other” platform posting a B.S. “revelation” without proper context.
Sadly, all of the data is from an old @washingtonpost.com article about the facility and practices.
But I also wrote an explainer, with math.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/person...
Sadly, all of the data is from an old @washingtonpost.com article about the facility and practices.
But I also wrote an explainer, with math.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/person...
DOGE is not the answer, nor even a reasonable suggestion for government oversight and efficiency. There's already a function that works well and returns a multiplier of investment of each dollar that does in to combat waste, fraud and abuse... I'll tell you why...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-t...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-t...
Let's Talk About Oversight, Baby.
Let's talk about oversight baby. Let's talk about you and me.
www.linkedin.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
DOGE is not the answer, nor even a reasonable suggestion for government oversight and efficiency. There's already a function that works well and returns a multiplier of investment of each dollar that does in to combat waste, fraud and abuse... I'll tell you why...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-t...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-t...
The term you’re looking for is “regulatory capture”… even if it means no regulation.
Ah yes, the ol’ “move fast and —”
*checks notes*
“Usher in a state of Hobbesian market anarchy before maybe thinking about reinventing a thing that took generations to build but only if enough people get killed and/or scammed”
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
*checks notes*
“Usher in a state of Hobbesian market anarchy before maybe thinking about reinventing a thing that took generations to build but only if enough people get killed and/or scammed”
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
February 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The term you’re looking for is “regulatory capture”… even if it means no regulation.
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Some useful Surveillance Self Defense links for people who want to lock their shit down right now:
Attending a protest: ssd.eff.org/module/atten...
How to Use Signal: ssd.eff.org/module/how-t...
Security starter pack: ssd.eff.org/playlist/wan...
Attending a protest: ssd.eff.org/module/atten...
How to Use Signal: ssd.eff.org/module/how-t...
Security starter pack: ssd.eff.org/playlist/wan...
How to: Use Signal
Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store
System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later
Version used in this guide: Android: 7.0. iPhone: 7.0
License: GPLv3
Level: Beginner
Time...
ssd.eff.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Some useful Surveillance Self Defense links for people who want to lock their shit down right now:
Attending a protest: ssd.eff.org/module/atten...
How to Use Signal: ssd.eff.org/module/how-t...
Security starter pack: ssd.eff.org/playlist/wan...
Attending a protest: ssd.eff.org/module/atten...
How to Use Signal: ssd.eff.org/module/how-t...
Security starter pack: ssd.eff.org/playlist/wan...
It'd be nice if they had an actual public service background, were involved in non-profit work, or possibly engaged in civic-tech... but nah, all Musk clinger ons
February 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It'd be nice if they had an actual public service background, were involved in non-profit work, or possibly engaged in civic-tech... but nah, all Musk clinger ons
Questions to ask given DOGE bastardizing the funding (ITOR) and hiring authorities to bring in untrusted and unvetted staff to access highly critical Federal systems away from USDS.
How is this possible? I had an original memo from 2014 about issues in USDS.
www.linkedin.com/posts/webjed...
How is this possible? I had an original memo from 2014 about issues in USDS.
www.linkedin.com/posts/webjed...
Amélie Koran on LinkedIn: USDS Pilot Observations - Memorandum to OMB OFCIO
All those fancy threat actors (TAs) that Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Enterprise has gone at length about attacking our…
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February 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Questions to ask given DOGE bastardizing the funding (ITOR) and hiring authorities to bring in untrusted and unvetted staff to access highly critical Federal systems away from USDS.
How is this possible? I had an original memo from 2014 about issues in USDS.
www.linkedin.com/posts/webjed...
How is this possible? I had an original memo from 2014 about issues in USDS.
www.linkedin.com/posts/webjed...
For today… If you’re keeping track, we’re currently at this portion of the program:
February 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
For today… If you’re keeping track, we’re currently at this portion of the program:
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They will later say that transgender care is "unproven" as there is "insufficient research"... after they've destroyed all the research.
This is the same playbook that has been used against trans folks since the Nazis burned the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft and probably a lot further.
This is the same playbook that has been used against trans folks since the Nazis burned the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft and probably a lot further.
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
They will later say that transgender care is "unproven" as there is "insufficient research"... after they've destroyed all the research.
This is the same playbook that has been used against trans folks since the Nazis burned the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft and probably a lot further.
This is the same playbook that has been used against trans folks since the Nazis burned the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft and probably a lot further.
With the threats now to government data sources a clear and present danger, here's a little story on how this became a thing and why it's important.
It's your data, nobody is legally allowed to take it from you.
Here's that story.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-d...
It's your data, nobody is legally allowed to take it from you.
Here's that story.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-d...
The Open Data Initiative
Preserving Federal Data in these dark times is protecting your investment. So, here’s another tale from my career, and note that supporting diversity, equity, and especially inclusion solved a major p...
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-data-initiative-amélie-koran-va71e/?trackingId=Sz1vwFkbSECkfNQ6N37U%2BA%3D%3D
February 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
With the threats now to government data sources a clear and present danger, here's a little story on how this became a thing and why it's important.
It's your data, nobody is legally allowed to take it from you.
Here's that story.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-d...
It's your data, nobody is legally allowed to take it from you.
Here's that story.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-d...
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Touch grass. Now touch stone. Now touch water. Now spill blood inside the glyph. Now light the brazier
January 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Touch grass. Now touch stone. Now touch water. Now spill blood inside the glyph. Now light the brazier
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Quoting experts (including me) on the constitutional catastrophe more of us must step up to resist through every peaceful means still available to us
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’, legal experts say
Scholars warn of president’s lawlessness in actions such as federal funding freeze and birthright citizenship order
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Quoting experts (including me) on the constitutional catastrophe more of us must step up to resist through every peaceful means still available to us
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I just did a long form story on some observations, feelings and history, and I couldn't let current events pass without saying something.
I was on the "inside" in various roles and at various levels for over a decade, and need to set some things straight.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/all-ou...
I was on the "inside" in various roles and at various levels for over a decade, and need to set some things straight.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/all-ou...
All Out
Let me be a little vulnerable on here for a second, or a few minutes if you will. I know there’s plenty of posts that will cover politics and personal events and challenges on here, and just as many n...
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February 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I just did a long form story on some observations, feelings and history, and I couldn't let current events pass without saying something.
I was on the "inside" in various roles and at various levels for over a decade, and need to set some things straight.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/all-ou...
I was on the "inside" in various roles and at various levels for over a decade, and need to set some things straight.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/all-ou...
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Signal Boost: All U.S. federal government websites are already archived by the End of Term Web Archive
Let people know, download your own copies.
Don't let this digital book burn continue.
#Feds #Health #WHO #CDC #AMA #USPHS #FDA #NIH #NCHS #PCORI
Let people know, download your own copies.
Don't let this digital book burn continue.
#Feds #Health #WHO #CDC #AMA #USPHS #FDA #NIH #NCHS #PCORI
All U.S. federal government websites are already archived by the End of Term Web Archive
Here's all the information you might need. Official website: https://eotarchive.org/ Wikipedia:...
old.reddit.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Oh wait… there’s more it seems.
This. Is. Why. There. Are. Policies. And. Procedures.
www.mediaite.com/politics/130...
This. Is. Why. There. Are. Policies. And. Procedures.
www.mediaite.com/politics/130...
January 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Oh wait… there’s more it seems.
This. Is. Why. There. Are. Policies. And. Procedures.
www.mediaite.com/politics/130...
This. Is. Why. There. Are. Policies. And. Procedures.
www.mediaite.com/politics/130...
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Footage of the incident that just occurred at Washington’s DCA airport.
This was taken by the Kennedy Center webcam.
This was taken by the Kennedy Center webcam.
January 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Footage of the incident that just occurred at Washington’s DCA airport.
This was taken by the Kennedy Center webcam.
This was taken by the Kennedy Center webcam.
Reports seem to confirm that the OPM process of sending out recent government-wide messages to staff was an unauthorized, non-governmental server that didn’t follow process and procedures for security vetting.
…and yet “But her emails…”
Hypocrisy much?
…and yet “But her emails…”
Hypocrisy much?
January 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Reports seem to confirm that the OPM process of sending out recent government-wide messages to staff was an unauthorized, non-governmental server that didn’t follow process and procedures for security vetting.
…and yet “But her emails…”
Hypocrisy much?
…and yet “But her emails…”
Hypocrisy much?
Well derp… this is common sense to anybody with a cursory understanding of modern information systems.
Also relevant for anybody in infosec as well, but that’s still a WIP.
Also relevant for anybody in infosec as well, but that’s still a WIP.
"Trusted Data" as a prerequisite for AI growth seems to be a theme. 62% of data & analytics professionals surveyed by Precisely in '24 said "Governance of Data Used for AI" is inhibiting the progress of their organization's AI initiatives.
www.precisely.com/resource-cen...
www.precisely.com/resource-cen...
January 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Well derp… this is common sense to anybody with a cursory understanding of modern information systems.
Also relevant for anybody in infosec as well, but that’s still a WIP.
Also relevant for anybody in infosec as well, but that’s still a WIP.
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years have passed and google hasn’t still corrected pronunciation of Māori place names on google maps but the corporation is managing to implement change the on gulf of mexico within days
maps are political
www.renews.co.nz/why-google-m...
maps are political
www.renews.co.nz/why-google-m...
January 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
years have passed and google hasn’t still corrected pronunciation of Māori place names on google maps but the corporation is managing to implement change the on gulf of mexico within days
maps are political
www.renews.co.nz/why-google-m...
maps are political
www.renews.co.nz/why-google-m...
Well… we can’t say this action wasn’t just shortsighted, but also demonstrated a lack of understanding of Federal programs and agencies and how this all works. Kind of like the same knowledge you run on from high school until you actually do Fed or State work, and realize there’s a lot more to learn
January 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Well… we can’t say this action wasn’t just shortsighted, but also demonstrated a lack of understanding of Federal programs and agencies and how this all works. Kind of like the same knowledge you run on from high school until you actually do Fed or State work, and realize there’s a lot more to learn
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I’m @shmoocon excited to judge the #firetalks this evening starting at 8PM.
This year, I only accept charitable donation bribes ($1 is fine).
Consider @cjunky.bsky.social ‘s recovery ❤️🩹
gofund.me/27112e30
or LA Fire mutual aid ❤️🩹
hcb.hackclub.com/donations/st...
This year, I only accept charitable donation bribes ($1 is fine).
Consider @cjunky.bsky.social ‘s recovery ❤️🩹
gofund.me/27112e30
or LA Fire mutual aid ❤️🩹
hcb.hackclub.com/donations/st...
Donate to Support Marc Rogers' Road to Recovery, organized by Katie Vogel
Jan. 9 update: How this fundraiser supports Marc's recovery
Every penny of this fun… Katie Vogel needs your support for Support Marc Rogers' Road to Recovery
gofund.me
January 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I’m @shmoocon excited to judge the #firetalks this evening starting at 8PM.
This year, I only accept charitable donation bribes ($1 is fine).
Consider @cjunky.bsky.social ‘s recovery ❤️🩹
gofund.me/27112e30
or LA Fire mutual aid ❤️🩹
hcb.hackclub.com/donations/st...
This year, I only accept charitable donation bribes ($1 is fine).
Consider @cjunky.bsky.social ‘s recovery ❤️🩹
gofund.me/27112e30
or LA Fire mutual aid ❤️🩹
hcb.hackclub.com/donations/st...