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Microsoft says Russian #disinformation campaign targeting US #elections has begun

U.S. officials have said that #Russia engaged in a widespread campaign of digital disinformation and hacking in the past two presidential elections, with particular effort dedicated to the 2016 election.

The governments of Belgium and Czechia also warned earlier in April that Russia was operating a disinformation and interference network targeting the upcoming EU parliamentary election.

According to the Microsoft report, Russia's campaign to sow disinformation in the U.S. has begun in earnest over the past month and a half but has yet to reach the height of previous efforts.

One of the more common methods is for Russia to spread fake "whistleblower" narratives, which are then picked up by U.S. media outlets.

"Ultimately, after the narrative has circulated online for a series of days or weeks, U.S. audiences repeat and repost this disinformation, likely unaware of its original source," Microsoft said.

The focus of the new campaign is to spread "divisive content," including criticism of U.S. support for Ukraine, the Microsoft report said.

https://kyivindependent.com/microsoft-says-russian-disinformation-campaign-targeting-us-election-has-begun/

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Microsoft says Russian disinformation campaign targeting US election has begun

The focus of the new campaign is to spread "divisive content," including criticism of U.S. support for Ukraine, the Microsoft report said.

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It can be assumed that the US government carries out everything it accuses other states of in #cyberwarfare itself.

“We lied, we cheated, we stole. We had entire training courses.” - Mike #Pompeo (CIA Director)

“No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.” - #WilliamBlum (Journalist for United States foreign #policy)

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#usa #cia #nsa #politics #cybersecurity #stuxnet #cybercrime #surveillance #hack #hacker #security #crime #vault7 #justice #law #humanrights #privacy #wikileaks

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Female journalists and activists say they had their private photos shared on #social #media by governments seeking to intimidate and silence them.

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/i-will-not-be-silenced-women-targeted-hack-leak-attacks-n1275540

#GhadaOueiss, a Lebanese broadcast #journalist at #Al-Jazeera, was eating dinner at home with her husband last June when she received a message from a colleague telling her to check #Twitter. Oueiss opened up the #account and was horrified: A private photo taken when she was wearing a bikini in a jacuzzi was being circulated by a network of accounts, accompanied by false claims that the photos were taken at her boss’s house.

#news #security #privacy #nso #pegasus #smartphone #technology #surveillance #spy #press #journalism #cyberwarfare #trojan #humanrights

Women allege that NSO spyware was used to steal and leak their private photos

Female journalists and activists say they had their private photos shared on social media by governments seeking to intimidate and silence them.

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The #Pentagon Is Experimenting With Using Artificial #Intelligence To "See Days In Advance"

Source: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41771/the-pentagon-is-experimenting-with-using-artificial-intelligence-to-see-days-in-advance

To do this, the #experiment used artificial intelligence tools to perform real-time analysis of data gathered by a network of sensors across the globe including “commercially available information” from unnamed partners. That information, VanHerck says, could be shared via #cloud -based systems to allies and other partners in real-time, should #NORTHCOM decide to. The tests also included support from the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and Project Maven, a #DOD project that leverages #AI to sift through massive amounts of persistent surveillance imagery and rapidly identify useful #information.

#news #skynet #military #cyberwarfare #usa #science #software #simulation #future

The Pentagon Is Experimenting With Using Artificial Intelligence To "See Days In Advance"

The Pentagon aims to use cutting-edge cloud networks and artificial intelligence systems to anticipate adversaries' moves before they make them.

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Secure data transfer #guide for #paranoid journalists and hacktivists ...

Prologue (Why we live in the dark #digital age!)

The #Pegasus #scandal showed that no one took #Snowden's revelations seriously. Meanwhile, it is not only the state actor #NSA that monitors everyone but a private company in #Israel the #NSO Group. Of course, always installing the latest updates on the device is of no use if the #intelligence agencies withhold the #security vulnerabilities from us, which does not increase security but endangers it.

The #problem is that today, even with a degree in #computer science, it is almost impossible to keep an overview of the entire security situation, as it has become far too complex. You would need a very simple tool, where the wrong usage is almost impossible. A #laptop or #smartphone is out of the question because even experts can only detect manipulated #firmware in complicated, time-consuming processes.

Solution

In order not to be monitored digitally, one works as analog as possible at the destination. Records are handwritten on paper, which is not left unattended anywhere. For the transmission of the records to the headquarter, they are photographed with a digital camera and stored on an SD card. This SD card is then inserted into a #RaspberryPi where the images are encrypted. The Raspberry Pi connects to the #darknet (VPN, i2p or TOR) via the smartphone's #wifi. From this file drop in the darknet, the headquarters can download the data. Afterwards, you should destroy all records and the SD card so that no contaminating data can be found during a police search.

The choice of darknet must be adapted to the destination country. Special bridges are needed to tunnel through the great firewall of China. Instead of using your own smartphone to connect to the #Internet, it's better to use a free WiFi connection if one is available. A micro SD card is easy to hide. It can be smuggled into a neighboring country by a trusted person and the transfer can take place there. This means that no suspicious electronic traces lead back to you.

#journalism #freedom #press #humanrights #surveillance #news #internet #activism #instructions #i2p #TOR #vpn #encryption #hacktivism #policestate #protest #economy #politics #exploit #cyberwarfare

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New #LinkedIn Data #Leak Leaves 700 Million Users Exposed

On June 22nd, a user of a popular #hacker advertised data from 700 Million LinkedIn users for sale. The user of the forum posted up a sample of the data that includes 1 million LinkedIn users. We examined the sample and found it to contain the following information:

  • Email Addresses
  • Full names
  • Phone numbers
  • Physical addresses
  • Geolocation records
  • LinkedIn username and profile URL
  • Personal and professional experience/background
  • Genders
  • Other social media accounts and usernames

The user claims that the complete #database contains the personal #information of 700 Million LinkedIn users. Since LinkedIn has 756 million users, according to its website, this would mean that almost 93% of all LinkedIn users can be found through these records.

Source: https://restoreprivacy.com/linkedin-data-leak-700-million-users/

#cloud #news #security #privacy #bigdata #economy #hack #job #work #internet #cyberwarfare

New LinkedIn Data Leak Leaves 700 Million Users Exposed | RestorePrivacy

Data from 700 million LinkedIn users has been put up for sale online, making this one of the largest LinkedIn data leaks to date. After analyzing the data and making contact with the seller, we have updated this article with more information,...

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