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In the past, US #cybersecurity agencies would counter such campaigns by calling them out to raise public awareness. The #FBI would warn #socialmedia companies of inauthentic accounts so they could be removed. And, at times, #US #CyberCommand would try to take #Russia #TrollFarms that create #disinformation offline, at least temporarily.
But #Trump fired Gen Timothy D. Haugh, a 4-star general w/years of experience countering Russian online #propaganda, from his posts leading #CyberCom & the #NSA.

Công an Harbin đã phát lệnh truy nã đối với ba đặc vụ NSA sau hơn 270.000 vụ tấn công mạng nhằm vào Đại hội Thể thao Mùa Đông Châu Á. Sự xuất hiện của AI trong các cuộc tấn công này đánh dấu một kỷ nguyên mới trong chiến tranh mạng. #AnNinhMang #NSA #Harbin #AsianGames ift.tt/r8ZeyUh

Thế Giới Trong Tầm Tay - Thế giới của bạn, tin tức của bạn, cách bạn muốn · Công an Harbin phát lệnh truy nã 3 đặc vụ NSA giữa các vụ tấn công mạng lớn - Thế Giới Trong Tầm Tay

Gizmodo: Beijing Responds to Tariffs by Outing Alleged NSA Hackers by Name. “China has named three individuals working at the National Security Agency it claims hacked computer systems for the Asian Winter Games earlier this year. The country rarely publishes the names of alleged nation-backed hackers, even though the United States routinely outs actors linked to China.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/17/gizmodo-beijing-responds-to-tariffs-by-outing-alleged-nsa-hackers-by-name/

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Headline: #China accuses US of launching 'advanced' cyberattacks, names alleged #NSA agents

Snippet: Xinhua said the NSA operations took place during the Winter Games and were "suspected of activating specific pre-installed backdoors" in Microsoft Windows operating systems on specific devices in Heilongjiang.

Source: reuters.com/technology/cyberse

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For #cybersecurity professionals, a failure to log activity is a cardinal sin & contradicts best practices as recommended by the National Institute of Standards & Technology [#NIST] & the #DHS's #CISA, as well as the #FBI & the #NSA.

"That was a huge red flag," said Berulis. "That's something that you just don't do. It violates every core concept of security & best practice."

#criminal#law#Trump
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@simsus und wißt Ihr lieben Mitleser es noch,
.... welche der Office-Pakete lange Zeit bzw. noch heute ihr dasein, bzw. deren Wurzel und Hauptsoftwareentwicklung in der EU ( #MadeInEurope #europeanAlternatives ) genauer sogar #MadeInGermany haben ? ....

Also @EUCommission
macht drn #eXit auch bei anderen Software Produkten z.B. von #M$ ... ein echter #UnplugTrump ist eigentlich ganz einfach und spart neben den #Datenkopien u.a. bei der #NSA jede Menge Geld bei #FOSS oftware

#NSA Purge Will Get Messy
... potential replacements as NSA director are Ezra Cohen and Trae Stephens

Cohen now works at #Oracle. Stephens is a general partner in Peter Thiel's #Founders Fund and is a co-founder of #Anduril
news.risky.biz/magas-nsa-purge
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The 🇪🇺 Is Losing Faith in 🇺🇸 Intelligence Promises
🇺🇸 administration signalled a walk back of a Biden-era EO that sought to reassure 🇪🇺 that the 🇺🇸 would only collect intelligence within Europe when strictly necessary

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