This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.

www.404media.co/flock-expose...

My latest post is out! A review of Volt Typhoon, a state actor looking poised for future disruption of critical infrastructure:
open.substack.com/pub/cymriccr...

“Silicon Valley isn’t building apps anymore.
It’s building empires.

How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next”

www.authoritarian-stack.info

Since there's a clear shortage of cybersecurity blogs, I started one myself. The first entry is a short writeup on SaltTyphoon.
open.substack.com/pub/cymriccr...

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I'm going to put an em dash in everything I write from now on. It's not just for AI — I'm taking it back!

MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.