Alexander Martin
@alexmartin.bsky.social
Journalist covering cybersecurity and intelligence. UK Editor at The Record from Recorded Future News. Dad of two.
🏠 Sheffield
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🏠 Sheffield
📧 [email protected]
📱 Signal: AlexanderMartin.79
I've only just noticed Microsoft's increased list of origin family names for cyber threat actors. Presumably it hasn't come up with names for the sake of it, so can we assume that Microsoft has visibility over New Zealand's cyber operations? Can we assume New Zealand conducts these unilaterally?
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I've only just noticed Microsoft's increased list of origin family names for cyber threat actors. Presumably it hasn't come up with names for the sake of it, so can we assume that Microsoft has visibility over New Zealand's cyber operations? Can we assume New Zealand conducts these unilaterally?
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'There is no peace process. This is not negotiations over peace: it is the transmission of surrender demands from Russia with the active facilitation of the United States.'
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Trump pressures Ukraine to accept peace deal: Early analysis from Chatham House experts
Chatham House analysts give their initial analysis after Zelenskyy was pressured by Trump to accept a White House plan to end the war with Russia.
www.chathamhouse.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
'There is no peace process. This is not negotiations over peace: it is the transmission of surrender demands from Russia with the active facilitation of the United States.'
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
A lack of liability for software vendors is among the most pressing issues putting Britain’s economic and national security at risk, an influential committee of lawmakers warned on Monday.
Software companies must be held liable for British economic security, say MPs
A lack of liability for software vendors is putting Britain’s economic and national security at risk, an influential committee of lawmakers warned on Monday.
therecord.media
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A lack of liability for software vendors is among the most pressing issues putting Britain’s economic and national security at risk, an influential committee of lawmakers warned on Monday.
RIP the great Jimmy Cliff. What a song this is.
Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross
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November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
RIP the great Jimmy Cliff. What a song this is.
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
Thalha Jubair, 19, and Owen Flowers, 18, were arrested at their homes in East London and Walsall, respectively, by officers from the National Crime Agency in September. They appeared at London's Southwark Crown Court on Friday to enter their pleas.
Two suspected Scattered Spider hackers plead not guilty over Transport for London cyberattack
Two U.K. teenagers pleaded not guilty to hacking the Transport for London agency in 2024 — an attack attributed to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group.
therecord.media
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Thalha Jubair, 19, and Owen Flowers, 18, were arrested at their homes in East London and Walsall, respectively, by officers from the National Crime Agency in September. They appeared at London's Southwark Crown Court on Friday to enter their pleas.
Some great coverage this morning across the British media about the findings of Operation Destabilise.
ICYMI, last year we published the inside story of how pulling at the thread of a ransomware group's extortion funds ended up unravelling the state-linked Russian-speaking money laundering network.
ICYMI, last year we published the inside story of how pulling at the thread of a ransomware group's extortion funds ended up unravelling the state-linked Russian-speaking money laundering network.
Inside Operation Destabilise: How a ransomware investigation linked Russian money laundering and street-level drug dealing
U.K. investigators tell the story of how examining a cybercrime group's extortion funds helped to unravel a money-laundering network reaching from the illegal drug trade to Moscow's elite.
therecord.media
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Some great coverage this morning across the British media about the findings of Operation Destabilise.
ICYMI, last year we published the inside story of how pulling at the thread of a ransomware group's extortion funds ended up unravelling the state-linked Russian-speaking money laundering network.
ICYMI, last year we published the inside story of how pulling at the thread of a ransomware group's extortion funds ended up unravelling the state-linked Russian-speaking money laundering network.
Investigators at the U.K.’s National Crime Agency say cash generated by Britain’s local drug trade was funnelled through a bank connected to the Kremlin’s intelligence services and sanctioned defense sector, expanding the known scope of a vast Russian money laundering network uncovered last year.
UK drug funds flowed into bank tied to Russian spy services, military
The NCA on Friday confirmed that a money laundering network under investigation was used to purchase Keremet Bank in Kyrgyzstan, which was sanctioned earlier this year.
therecord.media
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Investigators at the U.K.’s National Crime Agency say cash generated by Britain’s local drug trade was funnelled through a bank connected to the Kremlin’s intelligence services and sanctioned defense sector, expanding the known scope of a vast Russian money laundering network uncovered last year.
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A rail line linking Warsaw to the eastern Polish city of Lublin and onward to Ukraine was blown up yesterday in an “act of sabotage,” Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said today.
Polish PM Tusk says rail track explosion was ‘sabotage’
Warsaw is on guard against foreign espionage and operations linked to Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
A rail line linking Warsaw to the eastern Polish city of Lublin and onward to Ukraine was blown up yesterday in an “act of sabotage,” Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said today.
Are we in a new cold war?
Very interesting answer from John Foreman in Britain's World, alongside many others for whoever cares to read them all: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/the-big-as...
Very interesting answer from John Foreman in Britain's World, alongside many others for whoever cares to read them all: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/the-big-as...
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Are we in a new cold war?
Very interesting answer from John Foreman in Britain's World, alongside many others for whoever cares to read them all: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/the-big-as...
Very interesting answer from John Foreman in Britain's World, alongside many others for whoever cares to read them all: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/the-big-as...
After more than four years of development and multiple delays, the British government on Wednesday introduced its landmark Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to Parliament, threatening large fines for companies that fail to protect themselves from cyberattacks.
Here's what you need to know ⤵️
Here's what you need to know ⤵️
British government unveils long-awaited landmark cybersecurity bill
After years of delays, the British government introduced its landmark Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to Parliament, threatening large fines for companies that fail to protect themselves from cyber...
therecord.media
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
After more than four years of development and multiple delays, the British government on Wednesday introduced its landmark Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to Parliament, threatening large fines for companies that fail to protect themselves from cyberattacks.
Here's what you need to know ⤵️
Here's what you need to know ⤵️
A senior U.S. military officer with no digital warfare experience has emerged as a top contender to lead U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, Recorded Future News has learned.
✍️ @martinmatishak.bsky.social with the scoop
✍️ @martinmatishak.bsky.social with the scoop
Army officer with Indo-Pacific experience emerges as potential Cyber Command, NSA pick
Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd, the No. 2 at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, has emerged as a potential pick to lead U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, multiple people familiar with the search told...
therecord.media
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A senior U.S. military officer with no digital warfare experience has emerged as a top contender to lead U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, Recorded Future News has learned.
✍️ @martinmatishak.bsky.social with the scoop
✍️ @martinmatishak.bsky.social with the scoop
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NEW: Google is taking legal action against Chinese cybercriminals responsible for sending out millions of scam text messages—including those parcel delivery scams.
Google hopes the lawsuit will help to disrupt the scammers' sprawling infrastructure
Google hopes the lawsuit will help to disrupt the scammers' sprawling infrastructure
This Is the Platform Google Claims Is Behind a 'Staggering’ Scam Text Operation
Google is suing 25 people it alleges are behind a “relentless” scam text operation that uses a phishing-as-a-service platform called Lighthouse.
www.wired.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
NEW: Google is taking legal action against Chinese cybercriminals responsible for sending out millions of scam text messages—including those parcel delivery scams.
Google hopes the lawsuit will help to disrupt the scammers' sprawling infrastructure
Google hopes the lawsuit will help to disrupt the scammers' sprawling infrastructure
🏥 More than a year after a ransomware group published blood test information regarding NHS patients’ sexually transmitted infections and cancer cases, the company directly impacted by the breach, Synnovis, says it is beginning the process that will notify the individuals impacted.
NHS patients to finally be informed if hackers published their STI and cancer test data
U.K. pathology services company Synnovis says it has begun notifying individuals if their sensitive healthcare data was posted online by a ransomware gang, 17 months after the incident.
therecord.media
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🏥 More than a year after a ransomware group published blood test information regarding NHS patients’ sexually transmitted infections and cancer cases, the company directly impacted by the breach, Synnovis, says it is beginning the process that will notify the individuals impacted.
I honestly think we do ourselves enormous damage by joking about Russian technological advances. This is a genuinely groundbreaking moment and one we should all take a moment to recognise; a humanoid robot trained to perfectly mimic the gait and coordination of Dmitry Medvedev flawlessly.
A Russian company presented the country's first (per TASS) humanoid robot equipped with AI today; it didn't go very well. (The soundtrack is spot-on though)
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I honestly think we do ourselves enormous damage by joking about Russian technological advances. This is a genuinely groundbreaking moment and one we should all take a moment to recognise; a humanoid robot trained to perfectly mimic the gait and coordination of Dmitry Medvedev flawlessly.
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Short-term renewal of cyber information sharing law appears in bill to end shutdown
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/cisa-2015-in...
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/cisa-2015-in...
Short-term renewal of cyber information sharing law appears in bill to end shutdown
An expired 2015 law that gives companies liability protection when they share cyberthreat information with the federal government would be renewed through January 30 under Senate legislation to end th...
therecord.media
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Short-term renewal of cyber information sharing law appears in bill to end shutdown
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/cisa-2015-in...
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/cisa-2015-in...
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"Paranoia is a constant friend of hackers." In an exclusive interview for our podcast, we went inside a Colorado prison to interview former Most Wanted cyber criminal 'Tank'. Vyacheslav Penchukov, climbed to the top of the Russian-speaking cyber-underworld.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tank interview: A hacking kingpin reveals all to the BBC
One of the world's most prominent cyber-criminals speaks to the BBC in an exclusive interview.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"Paranoia is a constant friend of hackers." In an exclusive interview for our podcast, we went inside a Colorado prison to interview former Most Wanted cyber criminal 'Tank'. Vyacheslav Penchukov, climbed to the top of the Russian-speaking cyber-underworld.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you so much to everyone for your support! I'm glad I completed it, although I wish I'd managed it in a much quicker time. Still, it's good to have completed a half marathon and hopefully I can improve on my time in the future!
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Thank you so much to everyone for your support! I'm glad I completed it, although I wish I'd managed it in a much quicker time. Still, it's good to have completed a half marathon and hopefully I can improve on my time in the future!
Hackers have launched five cyberattacks against Britain's drinking water suppliers since the beginning of last year, according to reports filed with the drinking water watchdog and partially disclosed to Recorded Future News under freedom of information laws.
Hackers are attacking Britain’s drinking water suppliers
The U.K.'s water suppliers have reported five cyberattacks since January 2024, according to information reviewed by Recorded Future News. The incidents did not affect the safety of water supplies, but...
therecord.media
November 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Hackers have launched five cyberattacks against Britain's drinking water suppliers since the beginning of last year, according to reports filed with the drinking water watchdog and partially disclosed to Recorded Future News under freedom of information laws.
Just a few more days to go before this race. I'm hugely grateful to the wonderful people who have donated so far and the thought of not letting you all down will keep me going when things start to get tough about the 2km mark 😅
My mum was recently among the many women who annually are diagnosed with breast cancer. I’m running the Gainsborough Half Marathon this November, hoping to raise funds for Breast Cancer Now supporting vital research that improves outcomes for women like her.
Thank you for any support you can offer!
Thank you for any support you can offer!
Gainsborough Morton 10k & Half Marathon November 2025
Hey there, thanks so much for checking out my givestar campaign. This already makes you a big deal!
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November 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Just a few more days to go before this race. I'm hugely grateful to the wonderful people who have donated so far and the thought of not letting you all down will keep me going when things start to get tough about the 2km mark 😅
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Many months in the reporting - my investigation into Amazon warehouses is finally live today. A huge thank you to the workers and others who spoke to me, on and off the record. inews.co.uk/news/human-c...
Broken bones, heart attacks and chemical burns - the human cost of Amazon orders
2,500 serious injury incidents have been recorded in UK Amazon warehouses in the last ten years - roughly one injury every day and a half
inews.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Many months in the reporting - my investigation into Amazon warehouses is finally live today. A huge thank you to the workers and others who spoke to me, on and off the record. inews.co.uk/news/human-c...
Fascinating to read the reporting about Sheffield Hallam's treatment of Professor Laura Murphy. It's also another great opportunity to share this excellent article in @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social about Chinese students in Sheffield.
Rednote, rankings, and rumoured riches: The real lives of Sheffield's Chinese Students
We get behind the simplistic stereotypes
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Fascinating to read the reporting about Sheffield Hallam's treatment of Professor Laura Murphy. It's also another great opportunity to share this excellent article in @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social about Chinese students in Sheffield.