2025-12-22
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation. “Instead of taking ownership and saying, ‘Hey, I screwed up,’ he gets other people blamed and potentially ruins their careers,” said a current official https://www.politico.com/...
Politico
Sources: DHS is investigating whether six staffers misled CISA's acting director into taking a polygraph that he failed, compounding instability at the agency
“At least six career staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency were suspended with pay this summer after organizing a polygraph test that the agency's acting...
2024-08-16
You know you're doing something right when the bad guys target you. Here @google's Threat Analysis Group highlights Iranian #APT42 targeted credential phishing efforts masquerading as @WashInstitute. I'm one of the TWI researchers whose email they tried to spoof [image]
Wired
Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted the Trump and Biden campaigns, as well as Israeli military, government, and diplomatic organizations
Andy Greenberg / Wired :
2024-08-15
You know you're doing something right when the bad guys target you. Here @google's Threat Analysis Group highlights Iranian #APT42 targeted credential phishing efforts masquerading as @WashInstitute. I'm one of the TWI researchers whose email they tried to spoof [image]
Wired
Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted the Trump and Biden campaigns, as well as Israeli military, government, and diplomatic organizations
APT42, which is believed to work for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, targeted about a dozen people associated with both Trump …
2023-11-23
Binance allowed illicit actors to transact freely, from child sexual abuse, to illegal narcotics, to terrorism, across more than 100k transactions including those associated with terrorist groups like Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al Qaeda, & ISIS https://content.govdelivery.com/ ...
Bloomberg
US filings: Binance's lax rules and staff misconduct helped Hamas, al-Qaida, and ISIS raise funds, let Iranians conduct 1.1M+ transactions worth $899M, and more
David Voreacos / Bloomberg :
Binance allowed illicit actors to transact freely, from child sexual abuse, to illegal narcotics, to terrorism, across more than 100k transactions including those associated with terrorist groups like Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al Qaeda, & ISIS https://content.govdelivery.com/ ...
Bloomberg
The US asks a court to reverse its decision to let Changpeng Zhao return to the UAE ahead of his February 2024 sentencing, citing his “substantial” flight risk
Over the government's objection, a US magistrate judge on Tuesday granted the multi-billionaire's request to return to the UAE before his February sentencing.
2023-11-22
Binance allowed illicit actors to transact freely, from child sexual abuse, to illegal narcotics, to terrorism, across more than 100k transactions including those associated with terrorist groups like Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al Qaeda, & ISIS https://content.govdelivery.com/ ...
Bloomberg
US filings: Binance's lax rules and staff misconduct helped Hamas, al-Qaeda, and ISIS raise funds, let Iranians conduct 1.1M+ transactions worth $899M, and more
David Voreacos / Bloomberg :
Binance allowed illicit actors to transact freely, from child sexual abuse, to illegal narcotics, to terrorism, across more than 100k transactions including those associated with terrorist groups like Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al Qaeda, & ISIS https://content.govdelivery.com/ ...
CNBC
Binance and CZ plead guilty to federal charges as part of a $4.3B settlement with the US DOJ; charges include violating sanctions and anti-money laundering laws
- The U.S. Department of Justice has brought criminal charges against Binance and its billionaire founder and CEO, Changpeng Zhao.
2021-03-25
Facebook removes cyber-espionage op on its platform that originated in China and mostly targeted Uyghur activists & journalists abroad https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Facebook says it has disrupted a network of China-based hackers using its platform to target the Uyghur community abroad and draw them to malicious websites
Facebook on Wednesday announced new actions to disrupt a network of China-based hackers leveraging the platform to compromise targets in the Uyghur community.