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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 1d

Italian news outlets @irpimedia.eu and @mm-lastampa-bot.bsky.social report that Andrea Orcel, the CEO of UniCredit bank, was targeted with Paragon spyware between the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025.

Orcel becomes the second Italian businessman reported to be a Paragon target.

Paragon colpisce ancora: anche l’ad di Unicredit tra i bersagli

Andrea Orcel ha ricevuto una notifica il 29 aprile da Apple, che aveva lavorato con Citizen Lab per identificare una vulnerabilità nella sua app di messaggistica. L’ad di Unicredit è un altro protagon...

irpimedia.irpi.eu

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Martin Matishak @martinmatishak.bsky.social · 3d

EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump has decided not to nominate Army Lt. Gen. William Hartman to be the next leader of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency.

On @therecordmedia.bsky.social

therecord.media/william-hart...

Acting US Cyber Command, NSA chief won’t be nominated for the job, sources say

Army Lt. Gen. William Hartman, the acting leader of U.S. Cyber Command and the NSA, will not be nominated to take the job permanently, sources told Recorded Future News.

therecord.media

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 3d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 3d

Good on TechCrunch for still pubbing these details, but if how bad are you as a spokesperson if you don't even understand the basics.

techcrunch.com/2025/10/10/s...

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 3d

Pretty sure something like this would never happen in something as sacred as sports though

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 3d

In 1549 there was a scandal where betting on the Papal Conclave, which has strict secrecy rules, was influenced by leaks as cardinals collaborated with bookies. That’s how gambling works then, now, always. Okay closing this app and heading back to FanDuel now www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Unusual Bets on Nobel Peace Prize Winner Prompt Probe Into Leaks

The Norwegian officials in charge of awarding the Nobel Peace Prize are investigating information that online bets on this year’s recipient surged overnight, suggesting a potential leak of information...

www.bloomberg.com

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Lily Hay Newman @lhn.bsky.social · 3d

As Apple expands its bug bounty, I spoke with VP Ivan Krstić about the significance + recent big swings like Memory Integrity Enforcement. These steps protect all users, but particularly those targeted by spyware: “We feel a great moral obligation to defend those users” www.wired.com/story/apple-...

Apple Announces $2 Million Bug Bounty Reward for the Most Dangerous Exploits

With the mercenary spyware industry booming, Apple VP Ivan Krstić tells WIRED that the company is also offering bonuses that could bring the max total reward for iPhone exploits to $5 million.

www.wired.com

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 4d

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 4d

It’s a truly high bar but calling cash uncool has to rank up there on genuinely worryingly insane WSJ opinion takes

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David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta.bsky.social · 4d

Confirming Bloomberg reporting - Employees across various DHS units have been marked for reassignments to agencies focused on Trump-era border security and deportation work, and could be dismissed if they don’t comply, multiple people familiar tell me:
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...

Hundreds of DHS staff face reassignments to border security, immigration

Affected workers — including people in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — have been given a week to respond or risk termination from federal service.

www.nextgov.com

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Jeff Stone @jeffstone.bsky.social · 4d

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

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.

www.bloomberg.com

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 5d

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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 ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 5d

the meme bag is so deep. worryingly deep. bottomless pit type stuff. hopefully we see it on stage at the conference during the talk

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 6d

“It’s a snuff film—state-sanctioned, -sponsored, -broadcast snuff film—that should make everybody fucking furious!” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

A Year of Convulsions in New York’s Prisons

Jennifer Gonnerman reports on how two murders and a strike exposed a system at its breaking point.

www.newyorker.com

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 6d

this reminds me, I have a great firewall I've been meaning to tell you about

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 6d

As someone who also gets similar messages, I would be SHOCKED if these people read the profile closely enough to see this. I think they search for an org + the word cyber on LinkedIn Sales Nav and hit fire on pitches. God help the people who do have actual purchasing power

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 6d

draft the charlotte hornets roster

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 7d

C. Lock it in

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Tim Starks @timstarks.bsky.social · 7d

The three lawmakers said the reported lifting of a stop-work order on a $2 million Paragon Solutions contract threatens Americans’ fundamental rights. cyberscoop.com/house-dems-s...

House Dems seek info about ICE spyware contract, wary of potential abuses

Three House Democrats questioned the Department of Homeland Security on Monday over a reported Immigration and Customs Enforcement contract with a spyware provider that they warn potentially “threaten...

cyberscoop.com

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 7d

I guess I don’t remember, was all well during the GWOT?

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 8d

Anyway, time to go back to real world news which bears no resemblance to this movie

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 8d

I’ve been avoiding all pods, writing, and social about this movie which was good and now it’s funny to see what lines break through and get memed

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 8d

I hear you. I love a good self-contained movie so much more than tv shows precisely because of the limits and choices they require/inspire. But i think that’s an unpopular opinion and I totally get why

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 8d

Enabling my behavior, thank you for your service

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 8d

I love Sensei. Great year for him too. Phoenician Scheme had ups and downs but he was a huge up. Loved him in both.

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