Sean Lyngaas
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Sean Lyngaas
@snlyngaas.bsky.social
Cybersecurity reporter, CNN. Signal +1-202-355-8471 or SNLyng.11. sean[dot]lyngaas@cnn[dot]com|slyngaas@proton[dot]me
"As the news spread through the tightknit world of Naval Special Warfare, a consensus began to form: The command was likely yanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth because of the officer’s gender."
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
US military considered setting up a hacking team to focus on counter-narcotics, with an emphasis on Venezuela: www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...
CIA cyberattacks targeting the Maduro regime didn’t satisfy Trump in his first term. Now the US is flexing its military might | CNN Politics
In the final year of President Donald Trump’s first administration, the CIA carried out a clandestine cyberattack against the Venezuelan government, disabling the computer network used by Venezuelan l...
www.cnn.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Also in this story, all in Trump's 1st term:
- Pentagon officials balked when an admin official floated the idea of knocking a Venezuelan dam offline w/ a cyberattack
- Cyber Command carried out a hacking op against the Wagner Group in Venezuela.
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Reposted by Sean Lyngaas
One time I had to email you three different times because I kept misspelling your last name. We had known each other for years at this point.
October 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Classic surname spelling
October 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM