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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 49m

Nope. It is Irish too. 🤣🤣

Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 3h

I really enjoyed @joetidy.bsky.social book CTRL ALT CHAOS where he explores a lot of the motivations and evolution of capabilities on teenage hackers. I strongly recommend it as a read to get more understanding of this

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Jessica Lyons @jessicalyons.bsky.social · 18h

London cops on Tuesday arrested two teenagers on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail following a ransomware attack on a chain of London preschools.

Teens arrested in London preschool ransomware attack

: Both men, 17, taken into custody

www.theregister.com

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Blavatnik School of Government @blavatnikschool.bsky.social · 1d

Professor Ciaran Martin is quoted in The New York Times discussing what recent cyberattacks reveal about the weaknesses in the UK’s cybersecurity. 👇
https://ow.ly/nSCY50X7EoN

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 1d

Cúpla focal gach lá don saoirse

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 1d

At this stage, my main motivation for trying to learn enough Gaeilge to be able to post on here in it is to no longer receive replies from the specific type of North Americans that are all over the timeline at the moment having an absolute meltdown in Irish people's mentions. We can free ourselves.

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Gorazd Božič @gbozic.bsky.social · 1d

V EU je na mizi predlog uredbe #chatcontrol, ki bi rada ukinila možnost zasebne komunikacije med posamezniki za namen boja proti zlorabam otrok. O tem sta me spraševala @dc43.bsky.social in @pengovsky.com za podcast Evropska četrt: metinalista.si/evropska-cet.... Poslušajte.

Evropska četrt 158: Chat Control – nadzor klepeta ali nadzor nad nami? - Metina lista

Kaj prinaša uredba CSAM oziroma Chat Control? O nadzoru zasebnih sporočil, varnosti in svobodi na spletu z Gorazdom Božičem (SI-CERT).

metinalista.si

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Europol @europol.europa.eu · 1d

🚔 Organised crime network behind the theft of over 100 high-end hybrid cars worth millions taken down in 🇧🇪🇮🇹🇪🇸

The group used military-style precision, crypto payments and European ports to ship stolen cars worldwide.

🔗 www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/...

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t believe the Irish tried a version of UBI, found it worked, and decided to keep it rather than commission another study.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Pádraig Belton @padraigbelton.bsky.social · 1d

It’s hard being a big yellow bird in the US at the moment you just get ostrich sized

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 1d

The Danish Presidency is pushing a dangerous proposal in the EU that would allow the government to scan all our private communications. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped

The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat

www.eff.org

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Danny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social · 2d

"All of our companies have had six weeks of zero sales, but all the costs. The sector still desperately needs cash."

An interesting BBC piece on cyberattacks, noting how the Jaguar ransomware attack has hit companies down the supply chain reliant on cars being made.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The cost of cyber hacking on UK business is greater than it seems

Are this year's major attacks the

www.bbc.co.uk

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An Garda Síochána @garda.ie · 2d

To mark European Cyber Security Month which runs throughout October, An Garda Síochána will be sharing insights from the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau to support the public in being cyber secure.

Stay tuned to our channels for the next month for tips to stay safe online.

#KeepingPeopleSafe

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Robin Wilton 🇱🇧 @komadori.bsky.social · 2d

When a BBC reporter can do this, without privileged access to communications data, I find it hard to accept law enforcement's constant claim that they are "going dark" because of encrypted messaging. Encryption is not the main obstacle to effective law enforcement.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC tracks down sextortion scammer targeting teenage boys

The BBC challenges the scammers targeting teenagers like Evan Boettler, who took his own life just 90 minutes after being contacted.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 2d

It annoys me when I see people use the phrase "Cyber 9/11" or "Cyber Pearl Harbour". Its disrespectful to those who died or were injured in these real events and also reeks of the FUD factor, something we need to move away from in cybersecurity. Cyberrisks are real without sensationalising them

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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 2d

Oh boy.. things are about to get “complicated” for regulated industries or entities subject to FOI - @microsoft.com dropping the wall between Personal CoPilot licenses and the workplace. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...

Employees can bring Copilot from their personal Microsoft 365 plans to work - what it means for IT | Microsoft Community Hub

Today, we made some exciting announcements for Microsoft 365 Personal, Family and the new Premium plans. Among them is how employees can use Copilot from...

techcommunity.microsoft.com

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Courtney 🐙 Lovecraftian 🐙 Actually @hexadecibelle.fyi · 2d

failed an email phishing test at work. just been informed i have to redo the phishing training, via an email they sent asking to click on a link.

im not falling for that one again haha.

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Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd

The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences

www.theguardian.com

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

signal.org

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An Garda Síochána @garda.ie · 3d

Bíonn na madraí inár n-aonad in ann teacht ar fhianaise laistigh de chúpla nóiméad. Ach an bhraistint sin nuair a chabhraímid le duine a chiontú, fanfaidh sí sin linn choíche.

Téir isteach sa Gharda Síochána inniu. Déan iarratas roimh 3in ar an 9 Deireadh Fómhair 2025 ag ➡️ publicjobs.ie/ga/

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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 3d

You don't understand, it was necessary to beat up and humiliate the tiny 22-year-old autistic girl because she was trying to feed hungry babies

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 4d

🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 4d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 3d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+