Lukasz Olejnik
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Security & Privacy. Data Protection. Research. Engineering. Analyst. Policy. W3C. Consultant. Author. King’s College London/War Studies.
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The US Secretary of Commerce said that Europe must reduce regulations in the technology sector. The EU should also successfully conclude investigations into US big tech. The US may lower tariffs on steel. The EU's proposals are expected in a few months.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The US Secretary of Commerce said that Europe must reduce regulations in the technology sector. The EU should also successfully conclude investigations into US big tech. The US may lower tariffs on steel. The EU's proposals are expected in a few months.
Cybercriminals target trucking, freight, and logistics companies. The reason is to steal physical goods. This cyber-enabled theft is a problem with a global reach. www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/thre...
Remote access, real cargo: cybercriminals targeting trucking and logistics | Proofpoint US
Key findings Cybercriminals are compromising trucking and freight companies in elaborate attack chains to steal cargo freight. Cargo theft is a multi-million-dollar criminal
www.proofpoint.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Cybercriminals target trucking, freight, and logistics companies. The reason is to steal physical goods. This cyber-enabled theft is a problem with a global reach. www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/thre...
From my Friday INFORMATION INFLUENCE/OPERATIONS lecture for students of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social :)
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
From my Friday INFORMATION INFLUENCE/OPERATIONS lecture for students of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social :)
Currently, everything indicates that during our lifetime, quantum computers will never break the encryption systems in use.
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Currently, everything indicates that during our lifetime, quantum computers will never break the encryption systems in use.
The United States, according to information shared with European diplomats, is signaling a firm position: the 28-point US-Russia plan for Ukraine is to be accepted without negotiation "or face the consequences".
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The United States, according to information shared with European diplomats, is signaling a firm position: the 28-point US-Russia plan for Ukraine is to be accepted without negotiation "or face the consequences".
Agreement on the 28-point US-Russia plan for Ukraine means that those guilty of war crimes will never be brought to justice. It will be swept under the carpet the day after. In today's info environment, this would be highly demoralising for our societies.
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Agreement on the 28-point US-Russia plan for Ukraine means that those guilty of war crimes will never be brought to justice. It will be swept under the carpet the day after. In today's info environment, this would be highly demoralising for our societies.
About the 28-point USA-Russia plan for Ukraine, what does it even mean "All ambiguities of the last 30 years will be considered settled"? How do you "settle" "30 years ambiguities" in a single textual point? 🤡 Ambitious.
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
About the 28-point USA-Russia plan for Ukraine, what does it even mean "All ambiguities of the last 30 years will be considered settled"? How do you "settle" "30 years ambiguities" in a single textual point? 🤡 Ambitious.
Sharp analysis by @harkank.bsky.social on AI-driven cyber and influence threats. It captures very well how agentic tools scale propaganda and why detection needs both humans and ML. It echoes my reserch on AI propaganda factories. www.golem.de/news/propaga...
Golem.de: IT-News für Profis
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November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Sharp analysis by @harkank.bsky.social on AI-driven cyber and influence threats. It captures very well how agentic tools scale propaganda and why detection needs both humans and ML. It echoes my reserch on AI propaganda factories. www.golem.de/news/propaga...
Cyberwarfare can aid in kinetic operations. Cyber-enabled kinetic targeting is the use of cyber operations to enable and enhance physical operations. Case studies where nation-state actors systematically use cyber reconnaissance to support physical military objectives. aws.amazon.com/blogs/securi...
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Cyberwarfare can aid in kinetic operations. Cyber-enabled kinetic targeting is the use of cyber operations to enable and enhance physical operations. Case studies where nation-state actors systematically use cyber reconnaissance to support physical military objectives. aws.amazon.com/blogs/securi...
During the #ePrivacy Regulation work, I advised to EU officials that we can have transparency, control, and privacy without cookie banners, using a browser-level consent signal instead. It now looks like this might actually happen. Time to KILL the cookie banner nightmare.
My full analysis of the proposal to revamp EU data protection standards (#GDPR/#ePrivacy). So, changing the definition of personal data? blog.lukaszolejnik.com/the-gdpr-pro..., techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
The GDPR proposal unveiled officially
European Union is on a route to simplify regulations. Some measures in the past decade have been criticised as overbroad. European Commission plans to modify the General Data Protection Regulation.
S...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
During the #ePrivacy Regulation work, I advised to EU officials that we can have transparency, control, and privacy without cookie banners, using a browser-level consent signal instead. It now looks like this might actually happen. Time to KILL the cookie banner nightmare.
A teddy bear equipped with AI was meant to be a child’s chat companion, but it eagerly jumped into topics like BDSM and “where to find knives.” The manufacturer stopped sales and cut off access. AI toys need strict filters, testing, and oversight or ot ends in a plush sewer. #AIact #GDPR
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In a regulatory filing, Nvidia warned for the first time that its growth may be limited by its customers’ ability to secure data centers, capital, and energy for AI infrastructure. Expanding energy capacity is a complex, multi-year process, Physics may in the end put an upper limit.
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
In a regulatory filing, Nvidia warned for the first time that its growth may be limited by its customers’ ability to secure data centers, capital, and energy for AI infrastructure. Expanding energy capacity is a complex, multi-year process, Physics may in the end put an upper limit.
Meanwhile, both AI Act and #GDPR can be cut even more in the European Parliament. There's definitely a will and intent to do this. The necessary votes are likely there, or almost there.
My full analysis of the proposal to revamp EU data protection standards (#GDPR/#ePrivacy). So, changing the definition of personal data? blog.lukaszolejnik.com/the-gdpr-pro..., techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
The GDPR proposal unveiled officially
European Union is on a route to simplify regulations. Some measures in the past decade have been criticised as overbroad. European Commission plans to modify the General Data Protection Regulation.
S...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Meanwhile, both AI Act and #GDPR can be cut even more in the European Parliament. There's definitely a will and intent to do this. The necessary votes are likely there, or almost there.
Digital Rulebook/Omnibus to modify #GDPR and #AIact is here. Analysis to follow. with respect to the leaked version, they EVEN WEAKENED THE DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DATA! ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae...
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Digital Rulebook/Omnibus to modify #GDPR and #AIact is here. Analysis to follow. with respect to the leaked version, they EVEN WEAKENED THE DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DATA! ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae...
Italy's defence minister urges the West to counter a growing number of potentially “catastrophic” Russian hybrid attacks. He calls it absurd that the West does so little. Italy has just released a hybrid-threat document, even though it does not border Russia. www.difesa.it/assets/alleg...
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Italy's defence minister urges the West to counter a growing number of potentially “catastrophic” Russian hybrid attacks. He calls it absurd that the West does so little. Italy has just released a hybrid-threat document, even though it does not border Russia. www.difesa.it/assets/alleg...
Huge WhatsApp data breach. Fun fact: if the (based on the leaked one, yes I know that what's being released tomorrow is already modified) proposal to modify #GDPR passes, maybe it would not be a breach because then today's personal data no longer are personal data?? www.wired.com/story/a-simp...
A Simple WhatsApp Security Flaw Exposed 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers
By plugging tens of billions of phone numbers into WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool, researchers found “the most extensive exposure of phone numbers” ever—along with profile photos and more.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Huge WhatsApp data breach. Fun fact: if the (based on the leaked one, yes I know that what's being released tomorrow is already modified) proposal to modify #GDPR passes, maybe it would not be a breach because then today's personal data no longer are personal data?? www.wired.com/story/a-simp...
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy stated that Russia is carrying out serious sabotage operations on EU territory which should be treated as state-sponsored terrorism www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-18/kallas-says-russia-attacks-on-eu-are-state-sponsored-terrorism
EU’s Top Diplomat Says Russia Attacks on EU Are State-Sponsored Terrorism
The European Union’s top diplomat said that Moscow’s aggression against the bloc, including an explosion that occurred in Poland over the weekend, should be considered terrorism.
www.bloomberg.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy stated that Russia is carrying out serious sabotage operations on EU territory which should be treated as state-sponsored terrorism www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-18/kallas-says-russia-attacks-on-eu-are-state-sponsored-terrorism
Some major technical glitch EVERYWHERE? ;)
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Some major technical glitch EVERYWHERE? ;)
Working on a student lecture at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social --with cutting edge AI-related content, linking recent past, present, and future 😉
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Working on a student lecture at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social --with cutting edge AI-related content, linking recent past, present, and future 😉
Reposted by Lukasz Olejnik
Worth noting: European railways have become a key target. They’re critical to NATO’s military logistics. One failure can block thousands of kilometres of transport routes.
August 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Worth noting: European railways have become a key target. They’re critical to NATO’s military logistics. One failure can block thousands of kilometres of transport routes.
Reposted by Lukasz Olejnik
Russia has embraced a novel technique: Sabotage-as-a-Service.💣
It’s outsourcing disruption like gig work. Immigrants and petty criminals are recruited via Telegram with offers of quick jobs: hang a poster, set fire to a telecom box, cut a cable, snap a photo. Cheap. Simple. Anonymous.
It’s outsourcing disruption like gig work. Immigrants and petty criminals are recruited via Telegram with offers of quick jobs: hang a poster, set fire to a telecom box, cut a cable, snap a photo. Cheap. Simple. Anonymous.
August 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Russia has embraced a novel technique: Sabotage-as-a-Service.💣
It’s outsourcing disruption like gig work. Immigrants and petty criminals are recruited via Telegram with offers of quick jobs: hang a poster, set fire to a telecom box, cut a cable, snap a photo. Cheap. Simple. Anonymous.
It’s outsourcing disruption like gig work. Immigrants and petty criminals are recruited via Telegram with offers of quick jobs: hang a poster, set fire to a telecom box, cut a cable, snap a photo. Cheap. Simple. Anonymous.
CONFIRMED sabotage on Poland's strategic Warsaw-Lublin-Ukraine railway line. An explosive device destroyed approximately one meter of rail. Local residents reported hearing an explosion around 10 PM the previous evening.
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
CONFIRMED sabotage on Poland's strategic Warsaw-Lublin-Ukraine railway line. An explosive device destroyed approximately one meter of rail. Local residents reported hearing an explosion around 10 PM the previous evening.
UK plans to ban ransom payments for critical infrastructure. Businesses warn the ban won't stop cyberattacks and could force essential services to collapse when backup systems disappear, choosing to break the law or watching infrastructure go down. What's more important?
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
UK plans to ban ransom payments for critical infrastructure. Businesses warn the ban won't stop cyberattacks and could force essential services to collapse when backup systems disappear, choosing to break the law or watching infrastructure go down. What's more important?
Germany and France to scrap the FCAS fighter jet because Airbus and Dassault are quarreling. They're considering a "combat cloud" linking fighters and drones using AI. In 2025 just throw "artificial intelligence" into anything to sound more serious. Problem solved.
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Germany and France to scrap the FCAS fighter jet because Airbus and Dassault are quarreling. They're considering a "combat cloud" linking fighters and drones using AI. In 2025 just throw "artificial intelligence" into anything to sound more serious. Problem solved.
Suspected sabotage on Poland's strategic Warsaw-Lublin-Ukraine railway line. One meter of rail was found missing . Local residents reported hearing an explosion in the area around 10 PM the previous evening. Culprit unclear as of now. A major security investigation ongoing.
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Suspected sabotage on Poland's strategic Warsaw-Lublin-Ukraine railway line. One meter of rail was found missing . Local residents reported hearing an explosion in the area around 10 PM the previous evening. Culprit unclear as of now. A major security investigation ongoing.