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Anti Iranian government hacktivists Edaalate Ali have resurfaced after total silence during the Iranian Internet blackout. Have found the auto-translation of their long post on Telegram hard to parse though.
“At the turn of the ring, 12 roses are used for this purpose.”
“At the turn of the ring, 12 roses are used for this purpose.”
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Anti Iranian government hacktivists Edaalate Ali have resurfaced after total silence during the Iranian Internet blackout. Have found the auto-translation of their long post on Telegram hard to parse though.
“At the turn of the ring, 12 roses are used for this purpose.”
“At the turn of the ring, 12 roses are used for this purpose.”
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Here's another statement from the Venezuelan government referring to the "missiles" that hit the substations
mppee.gob.ve?p=103285
mppee.gob.ve?p=103285
Resistencia frente a la devastación: CORPOELEC recupera servicio eléctrico tras ataque a subestaciones – MPPEE
mppee.gob.ve
January 15, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Here's another statement from the Venezuelan government referring to the "missiles" that hit the substations
mppee.gob.ve?p=103285
mppee.gob.ve?p=103285
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Again, it's reprehensible that none of the press reports on the power outage in Venezuela even bother to mention that we bombed the sh*t out of two substations. I feel like I'm going crazy.
Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities 1/4
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities 1/4
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Again, it's reprehensible that none of the press reports on the power outage in Venezuela even bother to mention that we bombed the sh*t out of two substations. I feel like I'm going crazy.
Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities 1/4
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities 1/4
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Russians on Telegram discussing #Iran seem unusually bleak today, even by Russian standards. None of the various comments I’ve seen express much confidence in the Iranian regime to last and believe a US attack is imminent in the next 12 - 24 hours.
January 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Russians on Telegram discussing #Iran seem unusually bleak today, even by Russian standards. None of the various comments I’ve seen express much confidence in the Iranian regime to last and believe a US attack is imminent in the next 12 - 24 hours.
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“In a sense Iran’s firewall is the inverse of China’s great firewall…In Iran, the government has essentially blacklisted the entire internet and is experimenting with “white listing” some essential services to keep its sputtering economy functional.”
www.ft.com/content/5d84...
www.ft.com/content/5d84...
How Iran switched off the internet
Tehran went from ‘halal internet’ to near-total blackout but activists have smuggled in Starlink devices to get information out
www.ft.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 AM
“In a sense Iran’s firewall is the inverse of China’s great firewall…In Iran, the government has essentially blacklisted the entire internet and is experimenting with “white listing” some essential services to keep its sputtering economy functional.”
www.ft.com/content/5d84...
www.ft.com/content/5d84...
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""The people rummaging through your private life deserve privacy.""
Why are the identities of government employees, funded by U.S. taxpayer money, not known in the first place?
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.
January 13, 2026 at 8:54 PM
""The people rummaging through your private life deserve privacy.""
Why are the identities of government employees, funded by U.S. taxpayer money, not known in the first place?
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.The killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last...
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Why are the identities of government employees, funded by U.S. taxpayer money, not known in the first place?
Is that an AI cartoonified January 6th riot happening behind Dilbert?
January 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Is that an AI cartoonified January 6th riot happening behind Dilbert?
Everyone is just more isolated these days.
I talked to the Gen Z developer behind China's trendiest mobile app this week: 死了么 (Are You Dead Yet). The app only has one function: it checks in with you every day to make sure you are not dead. And if you don't respond, it lets your emergency contact know.
China’s Hottest App Is a Daily Test of Whether You're Still Alive
Are You Dead Yet soared to the top of app store charts and became a magnet for investors. In an exclusive interview with WIRED, one of its creators says they’re changing the name anyway.
www.wired.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Everyone is just more isolated these days.
Fucking hell. This is potentially twice the higher end estimates of the massacre and resulting deaths around Tiananmen Square.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
January 13, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Fucking hell. This is potentially twice the higher end estimates of the massacre and resulting deaths around Tiananmen Square.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
If your family member was posting stuff like this online about a chatbot you’d be in the family group chat talking about an intervention, or at the very least wondering if you had missed some warning signs.
January 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
If your family member was posting stuff like this online about a chatbot you’d be in the family group chat talking about an intervention, or at the very least wondering if you had missed some warning signs.
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I'm begging people to stop posting screenshots of articles without links or any information that would make it possible to find the article. It does everyone a disservice and makes it easier for people to (knowingly or unknowingly) share misinformation
January 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I'm begging people to stop posting screenshots of articles without links or any information that would make it possible to find the article. It does everyone a disservice and makes it easier for people to (knowingly or unknowingly) share misinformation
So what do we think, is this it for the Iranian regime as we know it?
January 13, 2026 at 11:47 AM
So what do we think, is this it for the Iranian regime as we know it?
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Iran without internet 👇
January 12, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Iran without internet 👇
It seems that OldGremlins ransomware group was, if the authorities in Russia have the right person, at least partially made up of Russians within #Russia targeting Russian companies and organisations. Pretty damn rare in the modern era of big game hunting #ransomware.
www.fontanka.ru/2025/12/25/7...
www.fontanka.ru/2025/12/25/7...
January 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
It seems that OldGremlins ransomware group was, if the authorities in Russia have the right person, at least partially made up of Russians within #Russia targeting Russian companies and organisations. Pretty damn rare in the modern era of big game hunting #ransomware.
www.fontanka.ru/2025/12/25/7...
www.fontanka.ru/2025/12/25/7...
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Governments and AI vendors worldwide - we’re committed to Responsible and Safe AI, we’ve developed extensive legislation.
Elon Musk starts a deepfake women undressing tool, same people: oh well 🤷♀️ what can you do. It’s Elon.
Elon Musk starts a deepfake women undressing tool, same people: oh well 🤷♀️ what can you do. It’s Elon.
“Worlds richest man cackles as he runs social media platform where anyone can undress women who dare to post photos of themselves” sounds like a plot from an episode of some scifi anthology series from the early 2010s.
January 12, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Governments and AI vendors worldwide - we’re committed to Responsible and Safe AI, we’ve developed extensive legislation.
Elon Musk starts a deepfake women undressing tool, same people: oh well 🤷♀️ what can you do. It’s Elon.
Elon Musk starts a deepfake women undressing tool, same people: oh well 🤷♀️ what can you do. It’s Elon.
It isn’t lost on me that Musk, supposedly this champion of free speech online, has handed a case so clearly egregious and indicative of the detachment from reality that big tech companies are gripped with to people who want to regulate the hell out of the internet. It is practically perfect for it.
January 12, 2026 at 10:43 AM
It isn’t lost on me that Musk, supposedly this champion of free speech online, has handed a case so clearly egregious and indicative of the detachment from reality that big tech companies are gripped with to people who want to regulate the hell out of the internet. It is practically perfect for it.
That is such a mid 90s font.
January 11, 2026 at 6:42 PM
That is such a mid 90s font.
I think a lot about how what Gen Z really seems to love online is short whimsical, authentic videos of people up to cool stuff or video of amusing chance occurrences and how generative AI has become a sewage pipe pumping fake and contrived nonsense on to every platform to destroy that source of fun.
January 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I think a lot about how what Gen Z really seems to love online is short whimsical, authentic videos of people up to cool stuff or video of amusing chance occurrences and how generative AI has become a sewage pipe pumping fake and contrived nonsense on to every platform to destroy that source of fun.
Auto translation of part of the linked page:
“Suspect is sentenced to 7 years in prison. He is guilty of complicity in computer peace breach. The purpose of this was to gain access to the port systems and then be able to import unseen and unnoticed drugs and thus make drug trafficking possible.“
“Suspect is sentenced to 7 years in prison. He is guilty of complicity in computer peace breach. The purpose of this was to gain access to the port systems and then be able to import unseen and unnoticed drugs and thus make drug trafficking possible.“
January 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Auto translation of part of the linked page:
“Suspect is sentenced to 7 years in prison. He is guilty of complicity in computer peace breach. The purpose of this was to gain access to the port systems and then be able to import unseen and unnoticed drugs and thus make drug trafficking possible.“
“Suspect is sentenced to 7 years in prison. He is guilty of complicity in computer peace breach. The purpose of this was to gain access to the port systems and then be able to import unseen and unnoticed drugs and thus make drug trafficking possible.“
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January 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Free Speech Union donor data (402 KB)
A leaked list of donor information for Free Speech Union (FSU), a group associated with far-right activist and eugenicist Toby Young.
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A leaked list of donor information for Free Speech Union (FSU), a group associated with far-right activist and eugenicist Toby Young.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Free Speech Union donor data (402 KB)
A leaked list of donor information for Free Speech Union (FSU), a group associated with far-right activist and eugenicist Toby Young.
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A leaked list of donor information for Free Speech Union (FSU), a group associated with far-right activist and eugenicist Toby Young.
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I find it impossible to think that ransomware gangs won’t make use of real world violence in a similar way to extort, applying extra pressure to specific corporate executives or corporate offices themselves.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Crypto Thieves Move Offline to Terrorize Investors at Home
Rising prices and the irreversible nature of crypto transactions have led to a surge of brutal home invasions and kidnappings.
www.bloomberg.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I find it impossible to think that ransomware gangs won’t make use of real world violence in a similar way to extort, applying extra pressure to specific corporate executives or corporate offices themselves.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Twitter is rife with accounts amplifying claims by Iran government linked hacktivists Handala that they have hacked some Israeli mastermind of the current protests and riots in Iran. Reeks of desperation.
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Twitter is rife with accounts amplifying claims by Iran government linked hacktivists Handala that they have hacked some Israeli mastermind of the current protests and riots in Iran. Reeks of desperation.