Joe Warminsky
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Police raid homes of alleged Black Basta hackers, hunt suspected Russian ringleader
via @darynant.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social
via @darynant.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social
Police raid homes of alleged Black Basta hackers, hunt suspected Russian ringleader
Black Basta has been active since at least early 2022 and is believed to be responsible for extorting hundreds of companies, hospitals and public institutions worldwide — including Swiss industrial gi...
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January 19, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Police raid homes of alleged Black Basta hackers, hunt suspected Russian ringleader
via @darynant.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social
via @darynant.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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Danish Home Guard sees record recruitment. www.forsvaretsforum.no/danmark-uten...
Rekordøkning for frivillige soldater
Målet er 20.000 frivillige soldater innen to år.
www.forsvaretsforum.no
January 19, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Danish Home Guard sees record recruitment. www.forsvaretsforum.no/danmark-uten...
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The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
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Virginia Senate, in a 21-18 party-line vote, advanced proposed constitutional amendment that would authorize Democratic legislature to redraw congressional maps.
Amendment will go before VA voters in referendum election in at least 90 days.
Amendment will go before VA voters in referendum election in at least 90 days.
January 16, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Virginia Senate, in a 21-18 party-line vote, advanced proposed constitutional amendment that would authorize Democratic legislature to redraw congressional maps.
Amendment will go before VA voters in referendum election in at least 90 days.
Amendment will go before VA voters in referendum election in at least 90 days.
TIL that Penn State has at least two students living in its Meats Laboratory at any given time.
January 16, 2026 at 3:41 PM
TIL that Penn State has at least two students living in its Meats Laboratory at any given time.
"Some ultraluxury condo developers are responding with amenities aimed squarely at younger buyers. One downtown condo at 80 Clarkson Street has a studio for creating podcasts and social media content" 🎁 🔗
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Gen X and Millennials Will Inherit Trillions in Real Estate Over the Next Decade
How luxury homeowners are preparing their children for the great wealth transfer.
www.wsj.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:37 PM
"Some ultraluxury condo developers are responding with amenities aimed squarely at younger buyers. One downtown condo at 80 Clarkson Street has a studio for creating podcasts and social media content" 🎁 🔗
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
The Wiz Khalifa episode of “Finding Your Roots” is some good television
January 16, 2026 at 1:38 AM
The Wiz Khalifa episode of “Finding Your Roots” is some good television
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The Trump FBI raided the author's home today: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
“One day, a woman wrote to me on Signal, asking me not to respond. She lived alone, she messaged, and planned to die that weekend. Before she did, she wanted at least one person to understand: Trump had unraveled the government, and with it, her life.” @hannahnatanson.bsky.social essay:
I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
The Trump FBI raided the author's home today: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
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France freed a Russian basketball player accused of being involved in a ransomware group as part of a prisoner swap therecord.media/france-frees...
Basketball player arrested for alleged ransomware ties freed in Russia-France prisoner swap
Daniil Kasatkin, 26, was seen in a video shared by Russian state news outlet TASS emerging from a plane that was then used to send French researcher Laurent Vinatier back to France.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
France freed a Russian basketball player accused of being involved in a ransomware group as part of a prisoner swap therecord.media/france-frees...
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A hacker persueded an employee at a Dutch port to plug a USB stick loaded with malware into a work computer, allowing criminals to import 210 kilograms of cocaine into the country therecord.media/dutch-court-...
Dutch court sentences hacker who used port systems to smuggle cocaine to 7 years
The Amsterdam Court of Appeal ruled Friday that the man played a central technical role in a criminal network that exploited port computer systems in 2020 and 2021, allowing traffickers to move drugs ...
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January 12, 2026 at 3:05 PM
A hacker persueded an employee at a Dutch port to plug a USB stick loaded with malware into a work computer, allowing criminals to import 210 kilograms of cocaine into the country therecord.media/dutch-court-...
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Armenia is investigating claims by a broker on an underground cybercrime forum that 8 million government records were breached therecord.media/armenia-prob...
Armenia probes alleged sale of 8 million government records on hacker forum
The dataset, advertised on an underground forum for $2,500, is said to contain about 8 million records linked to official notifications, including communications from police and judicial bodies.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Armenia is investigating claims by a broker on an underground cybercrime forum that 8 million government records were breached therecord.media/armenia-prob...
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An internet blackout that began in Iran on January 8 is unlike others the country has implemented in the past, and shows signs of continuing indefinitely, according to monitoring experts therecord.media/internet-mon...
Internet monitoring experts say Iran blackout likely to continue
Several internet access monitors tracking the situation said the government has continued the total internet shutdown and plans to implement a whitelist of limited, approved sites, indicating the inte...
therecord.media
January 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
An internet blackout that began in Iran on January 8 is unlike others the country has implemented in the past, and shows signs of continuing indefinitely, according to monitoring experts therecord.media/internet-mon...
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Tim Kosiba has started work as the new No. 2 at the National Security Agency.
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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Former NSA insider Kosiba brought back as spy agency’s No. 2
Tim Kosiba, who has a long history of national security positions at the NSA and elsewhere, will be the signals intelligence agency's new deputy chief.
therecord.media
January 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Tim Kosiba has started work as the new No. 2 at the National Security Agency.
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/timothy-kosi...
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Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom announced Monday it was opening a formal investigation into social media platform X for potentially publishing child sexual abuse material.
UK launches formal investigation into X over ‘nudification’ of children images
The move follows an eruption of complaints that began earlier this month when the platform’s artificial intelligence tool Grok was used to create sexual images of non-consenting people in response to ...
therecord.media
January 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom announced Monday it was opening a formal investigation into social media platform X for potentially publishing child sexual abuse material.
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Hungary grants asylum to key former government official implicated in sprawling Polish spyware scandal
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Hungary grants asylum to former Polish minister implicated in spyware probe
Hungary has granted political asylum to Poland's former justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, who is being prosecuted for his role in a spyware scandal that has rocked the country.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Hungary grants asylum to key former government official implicated in sprawling Polish spyware scandal
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A series of "Scottish independence" websites are exposed as actually being operated by Iranian intelligence services. They suddenly go dead as the internet in Iran is shut down. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/iranian-link...
Iranian-linked Scottish accounts fall silent again
A network of social media accounts posing as Scottish independence supporters has fallen silent once again, closely mirroring a fresh shutdown of internet access inside Iran.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
A series of "Scottish independence" websites are exposed as actually being operated by Iranian intelligence services. They suddenly go dead as the internet in Iran is shut down. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/iranian-link...
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Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over AI deepfakes
Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok due to its misuse in generating explicit images.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
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CPPA fines data broker selling packaged lists of Alzheimer's patients' information. Broker also can no longer sell California residents' data. Fine is for failing to register, but broker's business model shines a light on unseemly industry practices
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CPPA fines data broker selling lists of Alzheimer's patients
Datamasters bought and resold the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of millions of people with Alzheimer’s disease, drug addiction, bladder incontinence and other medical conditions ...
therecord.media
January 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
CPPA fines data broker selling packaged lists of Alzheimer's patients' information. Broker also can no longer sell California residents' data. Fine is for failing to register, but broker's business model shines a light on unseemly industry practices
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therecord.media/ccpa-fines-d...
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the very, very old etymology of two computery terms...
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
the very, very old etymology of two computery terms...
It would be super funny to come across a Meredith Marks kippah in a SLC thrift store
January 8, 2026 at 12:49 AM
It would be super funny to come across a Meredith Marks kippah in a SLC thrift store
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Pittsburgh deserves so much better than what the Block family has done to the P-G and the city.
Post-Gazette to publish final edition and cease operations on May 3
Post-Gazette to publish final edition and cease operations on May 3
The owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced Wednesday that the newspaper will cease publication Sunday, May 3.
Over the past 20 years, Block Communications...
www.post-gazette.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Pittsburgh deserves so much better than what the Block family has done to the P-G and the city.
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Yes, you can still get a flu shot. Tips for staying healthy with cases on the rise.
Yes, you can still get a flu shot. Tips for staying healthy as cases surge.
Maryland officials are urging all residents to get a flu shot as cases and hospitalizations have risen sharply nationwide.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Yes, you can still get a flu shot. Tips for staying healthy with cases on the rise.
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Today ICE is allowed to resume using Medicaid data in deportation cases. The transfer of Medicaid data to ICE was unprecedented and put on hold. It's now back. We've uploaded the data sharing agreement here: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Here is the Agreement Giving ICE Medicaid Patients' Data
On Tuesday, ICE was allowed to continue using Medicaid data in deportation cases.
www.404media.co
January 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Today ICE is allowed to resume using Medicaid data in deportation cases. The transfer of Medicaid data to ICE was unprecedented and put on hold. It's now back. We've uploaded the data sharing agreement here: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...