Chris Bing

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@Reuters reporter: hacking, intelligence and foreign affairs. @SAISHopkins grad. 📧email: [email protected] / ☎️Signal: 2O2-51O-O174. +More contact info: http://bit.ly/2wagIS7

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Lawmakers in Philippines push for probe into Pentagon's COVID influence operation www.reuters.com/world/lawmak...

Lawmakers in Philippines push for probe into Pentagon's anti-vax propaganda operationwww.reuters.com Philippine lawmakers, including the head of the Senate’s foreign relations committee, are seeking a probe into a secret U.S. military propaganda operation that aimed to cast doubt among Filipinos about China’s vaccines during the height of the COVID pandemic.

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Newsrooms should never be held in contempt of court for refusing to turn over confidential source information. The Mississippi Supreme Court must uphold the First Amendment.

Opinion | Mississippi Opens the Playbook for Dismantling a Free Presswww.nytimes.com A politician’s defamation case against a small Pulitzer Prize-winning news organization is designed to drain its financial resources.

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www.bbc.com/news/article... - horrifying.

Have you worked in US psyops in recent years? If so, reach out: bing-chris.medium.com/how-to-conta...

How to contact me + other infobing-chris.medium.com Hi.

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This piece provides an extremely unusual look at American covert propaganda activities. What it reveals isn't pretty. www.reuters.com/investigates...

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic www.reuters.com/investigates...

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccineswww.reuters.com The covert effort began under Trump and continued into Biden’s presidency, Reuters found. Health experts say it endangered lives for possible geopolitical gain.

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New: The nationwide pharmacy outage now in its sixth day was triggered by ransomware at a tech unit of UnitedHealth, sources tell me and @chrisbing.bsky.social The group responsible is said to be Blackcat (ALPHV) www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Exclusive: US pharmacy outage triggered by ransomware at unit of UnitedHealth, sources saywww.reuters.com An outage at a unit of the UnitedHealth Group that has led to nationwide disruptions in the filling of prescriptions for days was triggered by a ransomware group dubbed "Blackcat," two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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Just over under four years ago I called the lawyers for aviation tycoon Farhad Azima to warn them that their client had been targeted by Indian mercenary hackers. Today he’s announced a $15 million settlement with the law firm he says hired the spies. (Thread) www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Exclusive: US disabled Chinese hacking network targeting critical infrastructure, sources say www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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Mexican media reports that a #drone attack (by criminals/cartels(?)) has killed 30 people in southern Mexico. Asesinan con drones a 30 personas en Guerrero | ABC Noticias

Asesinan con drones a 30 personas en Guerreroabcnoticias.mx En el lugar solamente sobrevivió una persona, quien narró lo sucedido.

Happy new year to you all. Lets try to stay optimistic for at least the first week 🙃

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A story in four parts

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is that good

Media industry cuts top 20,000 in 2023, report finds - Poynterwww.poynter.org The news sector alone has lost 2,681 jobs so far in 2023 — more than it did in all of 2022 or 2021.

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Russia is cracking down on the collection of killed soldiers’ names (which will likely make it harder in the future to estimate KIAs in Ukraine). The military procurator’s office in Saratov has forced a local media outlet to take down its list. That’s classified! they say. zona.media/news/2023/12...

«Свободные новости» по требованию военной прокуратур�...zona.media Саратовское издание «Свободные новости» получили от военной прокуратуры Саратовского гарнизона требование...

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The UK Government blasts ColdRiver, naming them as FSB Center 18 and some of the hackers @pearswick.bsky.social and @chrisbing.bsky.social tracked. The 2022 Cyberwarcon talk included several of the hacks below, but, whoops, AM, LLC suggested it was the GRU. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Our look at the Iranian-linked group behind the attack on equipment at a Pennsylvania-based water facility: cyberscoop.com/pennsylvania...

Pennsylvania water facility hit by Iran-linked hackerscyberscoop.com An anti-Israel hacking group with links to Iran forced a water facility in Pennsylvania to go into manual operations.

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NEW: This is Richard Lee, a software developer looking for remote IT work while he visits his ill parents in Singapore. He says he plans to return to LA in the coming months. A valid excuse, perhaps, but 'Richard' is in fact from North Korea. www.reuters.com/technology/n...

North Koreans use fake names, scripts to land remote IT work for cash | Reuterswww.reuters.com Using fake names, sham LinkedIn profiles, counterfeit work papers and mock interview scripts, North Korean IT workers seeking employment in Western tech companies are deploying sophisticated subterfug...

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💜 New research released today: Elephant Hunting | Inside an Indian Hack-For-Hire Group: www.sentinelone.com/labs/elephan... ➡ The related, must-read, story from Reuters (@chrisbing.bsky.social, @zebawrites.bsky.social, @razhael.bsky.social): www.reuters.com/investigates...

Elephant Hunting | Inside an Indian Hack-For-Hire Group - SentinelOnewww.sentinelone.com

How an Indian startup hacked the world www.reuters.com/investigates...

How an Indian startup hacked the worldwww.reuters.com Appin was a leading Indian cyberespionage firm that few people even knew existed. A Reuters investigation found that the company grew from an educational startup to a hack-for-hire powerhouse that sto...

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New: The aggressive extortion group “Scattered Spider” has been on the warpath; some responders fear they’ve been enabled by a stumbling FBI response. (w/ @chrisbing.bsky.social & @zebawrites.bsky.social) www.reuters.com/technology/c...

FBI struggled to disrupt dangerous casino hacking gang, cyber responders say | Reuterswww.reuters.com The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has struggled to stop a hyper-aggressive cybercrime gang that's been tormenting corporate America over the last two years, according to nine cybersecurit...

FBI struggles to disrupt dangerous casino hacking gang, cyber responders say www.reuters.com/technology/c...

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The orcas have done it again. On Oct. 31, a pod of killer whales swarmed a yacht sailing in the Strait of Gibraltar. For 45 minutes, the orcas hit the vessel’s rudder and damaged the boat, according to the company that operated it. Despite rescue efforts, the yacht never made it back to shore.

Orcas sink another boat in Strait of Gibraltarwww.washingtonpost.com Since 2020, orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar have been bumping and biting boats in dozens of incidents that have frightened mariners and confounded scientists.

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Semafor says satellite companies are throttling Gaza imagery www.semafor.com/article/11/0...

Satellite companies are restricting Gaza imageswww.semafor.com Key providers of satellite photographs to news organizations are reducing their access.

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Social media researchers have canceled, suspended or changed more than 100 studies about Twitter/X www.reuters.com/technology/e...

Elon Musk's X restructuring curtails disinformation research, spurs legal fears | Reuterswww.reuters.com Social media researchers have canceled, suspended or changed more than 100 studies about X, formerly Twitter, as a result of actions taken by Elon Musk that limit access to the social media platform, ...

So far really enjoying this platform over Twitter. Feels like a lot of folks I previously engaged with had moved here. And I guess I didn’t realize it

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Breaking News: The CEO of the National Association of Realtors resigned two days after a federal jury ruled that the powerful organization conspired to inflate home commissions.

Chief Executive of National Association of Realtors Resignswww.nytimes.com The resignation of Bob Goldberg comes days after a $1.8 billion verdict against N.A.R. and two months after The New York Times exposed complaints of sexual harassment in the group.

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A look at Fusus, which links town and city security cameras into one central hub and analyzes the feeds using AI, as its systems are deployed across the US (Joseph Cox/404 Media) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Interesting recent story by my colleagues looking at the proliferation of Israeli government digital advertisements focused on the current war effort against Hamas. The Ad ecosystem is a strange place. www.reuters.com/world/graphi...

Graphic pro-Israel ads make their way into children’s video games | Reuterswww.reuters.com "WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO HARM US PAY A HEAVY PRICE": This was the message from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was in an ad discovered by a 6-year-old boy playing a video game.

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The US says 40 countries plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechanism (Zeba Siddiqui/Reuters) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Okay... I think I am going to start using this platform more