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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · 3d

Russian hackers are increasingly using artificial intelligence and adopting new tactics in cyberattacks against Ukraine as Kyiv’s defenses grow stronger, Ukrainian government researchers said.

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Russian hackers turn to AI as old tactics fail, Ukrainian CERT says

Russian hackers are now using AI not only to write phishing messages but also to generate malicious code itself.

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · 3d

trying to romanticize fall in Kyiv — not really working so far

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · 4d

Kyiv, why are you doing this to us? Like, isn’t fall this year depressing enough already?

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · 11d

What other girls order online: makeup, clothes, bags, Labubu.

What I order: a radiator.

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · 11d

First really cold week in Kyiv…

Somebody wake me up in April — I’m so not ready to freeze for the next few months😭

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · 12d

Authorities in Afghanistan shut down internet and telecommunications services nationwide this week, leaving millions without access to digital communication, banking and essential public services.

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Afghanistan plunged into nationwide internet blackout, disrupting air travel, medical care

The shutdown, confirmed by internet monitoring groups NetBlocks, Kentik and Proton VPN, began late Monday and continued into Tuesday, affecting both mobile and fixed-line services. Telephone networks ...

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · 12d

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · 12d

Ukraine’s digital minister Mykhailo Fedorov is going all in on AI.

He already has a “digital twin” that can talk in his voice, and now he’s working on localizing an open-source LLM on Ukrainian servers.

Here’s how he plans to make Ukraine AI-first state👇🏻

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Ukraine’s digital chief pushes for AI-first state amid war and cyber threats

Ukraine's deputy prime minister is betting big on artificial intelligence's ability to shape governance, education and even the battlefield.

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · 14d

Ukraine-coded is when you spent the whole day at a conference yesterday, did several interviews, got zero sleep because of an air raid alert, packed your suitcase, hit a boxing class in the morning, and now you’re about to spend eight hours on a train back to Kyiv. Wish me luck

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · 23d

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · 23d

Another day, another hack hitting Russia’s aviation sector ✈️

Today, Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg said a cyberattack knocked its website offline. Just yesterday, regional carrier KrasAvia reported a “system failure” that disrupted some of its services

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Russia's main airport in St. Petersburg says its website was hacked

Russia's aviation sector continues to report digital disruptions, with the latest affecting the website of one of its busiest airports.

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · Sep 12

I’m going to see Radiohead in Berlin in just a few months. I still can’t believe it. So happy I got tickets—their music means everything to me💔

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · Sep 10

In a series of statements, Sapphos initially characterized the disclosure as an “attempted attack by malicious actors,” at one point suggesting it had been orchestrated by a group of men. The developers later acknowledged a security oversight.

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · Sep 10

A Brazilian dating app for lesbians shut down this week after several users uncovered a flaw that reportedly could expose sensitive data, including identity verification photos.

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Brazil lesbian dating app shuts down after security flaw exposes sensitive user data

On Monday, independent researchers revealed that the app’s application programming interface (API) reportedly contained a flaw that allowed outsiders to retrieve photos and personal details from other...

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · Sep 8

The view from your gym when your neighbor is Russia.

It has been damaged twice by Russian drone strikes in the past two months — and it hasn’t closed for a single day.

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · Sep 5

Spoke with the head of one of Ukraine’s top cyber agencies about the country’s cyber potential, U.S. cyber aid, and why we shouldn’t underestimate Russian hackers.

Read the full story here👇🏻

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Ukraine’s cyber chief on Russian hackers’ shifting tactics, US cyber aid

A former information security professor with more than 25 years in the Ukrainian armed forces, Oleksandr Potii is blunt about Moscow’s capabilities: “We see that Russia’s technical level is high and i...

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · Sep 4

Seeing Americans complain that Radiohead isn’t touring the U.S. this year, meanwhile I’m in Ukraine — and it takes me twice the time to get from Kyiv by bus or train to any European show than it would take most people in the States to fly across the ocean...

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · Sep 4

Me, wondering why I’m so apathetic, exhausted, and on the verge of fainting almost every day…

Turns out my iron levels are so low that my doctor actually asked how I’m even able to walk with ferritin that low☠️

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Alexander Martin @alexmartin.bsky.social · Sep 4

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A great read from @darynant.bsky.social on the fight between Ukraine’s security service and the country’s anti-corruption agencies after the latter brought charges against the former head of the SBU's cybersecurity unit.

Corruption case against ousted cyber chief is ‘revenge,’ Ukraine’s security service says

Ukraine’s security service is accusing the country’s anti-corruption agencies of seeking “revenge” by bringing charges against Illia Vitiuk, the former head of the agency’s cybersecurity unit.

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · Sep 4

My latest for @therecordmedia.bsky.social

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · Sep 4

Vitiuk, who is suspected of illicit enrichment, was dismissed from his post last May.

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · Sep 4

Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau (NABU) has brought charges against Illia Vitiuk, the former head of the SBU's cybersecurity unit.

The SBU has called the case “revenge” for its detention of several NABU employees earlier this summer.

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Corruption case against ousted cyber chief is ‘revenge,’ Ukraine’s security service says

Ukraine’s security service is accusing the country’s anti-corruption agencies of seeking “revenge” by bringing charges against Illia Vitiuk, the former head of the agency’s cybersecurity unit.

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · Sep 2

Kyiv’s been a mess today — nonstop air raid alerts, drone strikes, distant explosions and traffic jams everywhere. On top of that, I’ve got a terrible headache.

Anyway, just needed to vent.

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Daryna Antoniuk @darynant.bsky.social · Aug 28

The Russian attack on Kyiv lasted all night. I sat in the bathroom, counting explosions, trying to steady my breathing.

I wasn’t afraid. I wasn’t even angry. With every strike, with every death, it feels like another piece of me disappears — leaving only emptiness behind.

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