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jsrailton

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Chasing online badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab. Views mine.

Also, I like tracking stuck boats.

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jsrailton, (edited ) to environment
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Reading this🧵? Your blood probably contains some amount of toxic made by

Enough to spike your risk of cancers & illnesses?

Without a blood test, you have no idea.

Why is their toxin running in your veins?

Well, 3M & kept the harms secret even as their toxins were incorporated into...everything.

From french fry bags to chairs.

They gaslit their own scientists.

& regularly dumped, creating toxic zones. 1/

https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story

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4/We're all living in a nonconsensual lab experiment on the effect of chemicals on health.

Short of a rocket to mars, we're stuck in the cage. There is no control group.

American? Look at the map. See light blue near you? That is not good news.

Search for your home address in this map to if your drinking water might be above EPA limits.

Keep in mind this is JUST tap water, there are other routes to exposure.

MAP: https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/map/

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3/ If the "we are all at risk of cancer" from framing for some reason doesn't bug you, consider the taxpayer costs.

Numbers are staggering.

$64 billion in estimated increased disease burden in a single year.

Meanwhile makes $1.5 billion a year from making the stuff.

And 16,000 of 3M's products still contain the chemical.

While company pledges to wind down manufacture. They haven't stopped.

To date, 3m has not admitted wrongdoing and faced no criminal liability

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2/ Risks from include Diabetes, obesity, testicular , developmental delays...

Some researchers think that anyone exposed to these chemicals will have an elevated cancer risk.

At ANY concentration.

Since scientists estimate that we ALL have at least one of these forever chemicals in our blood...

That would be all of us.

jsrailton, (edited ) to Health
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Even for cancer and transplant patients.

We are speeding into idiocracy.

jsrailton, to infosec
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FINALLY: a 🇺🇸US official speaks the truth security researchers keep warning about...

Americans' movements being tracked with well-known weaknesses that US telcos aren't fixing.

It's remarkable how bad the problem with & is.

Must-read story by @josephcox
https://www.404media.co/cyber-official-speaks-out-reveals-mobile-network-attacks-in-u-s/

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I can confidently diagnose as sociopaths.

Promised therapy customers privacy...then gave their mental health info to advertisers.

Victims get less than ten bucks each.

Company made billion+ in revenue last year alone.

In a just society with good privacy laws, they'd face existential civil & criminal consequences.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/betterhelp-therapy-class-action-settlement-refund/507-b4ef5e0f-c722-4562-95e9-c3cdd7738d1a

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@eccentric_econ Interesting, thanks for sharing your perspective.

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All shipping traffic stopped on the Strait.

Channel connects Black Sea & Mediterranean is busiest in the world.

Why? Bulk carrier is grounded across northbound shipping lane.

Headed to from .

Turkish maritime authorities say on Twitter that they suspect mechanical failure.

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UPDATE: Movement!

Watching ship tracking live it appears the hardworking #Turkish tugs freed bulk carrier #Alexis & the party is now heading South as some of the Tugs break off.

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jsrailton, to Toronto
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My colleague Mitchell & partner just escorted a family of lost geese to the lake.

Safely navigating 2km of downtown took 2 hours.

At one point, police stepped in to block traffic.

Strangers jumped in to help too.

He jokes: at @citizenlab we don't just help humans!

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jsrailton, (edited ) to infosec
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Big companies are churning out bullshit "security advice" on an industrial scale.

It's a marketing funnel that targets those seeking help.

And then misinforms them.

I wish it stopped there

The nonsense makes its way to victims of spyware, where misinformation can have life, death and liberty impacting consequences.

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@gunther Each article is bad in different ways :)

But one area where it's easy to see issues is in the advice they give.

The consensus correct advice to someone targeted with Pegasus et. al. would be : seek out expert support, and here are the resources XYZ that can provide it to you.

If you don't make that your main piece of top advice, you are doing it wrong.

Which none of these articles does...

jsrailton, (edited ) to hacking
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BREAKING: private investigator arrested for cyberespionage on behalf of American PR firm.

Caught by UK under from 🇺🇸US while boarding a flight.

BIG TWIST in a wild case that began w/our @citizenlab investigation into indian hack-for-hire group

Sound familiar?

Because Amit Forlit is the second PI from arrested in similar way for this case.

First = convicted.

https://www.reuters.com/world/israeli-private-eye-arrested-uk-over-alleged-hacking-us-pr-firm-2024-05-02/

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There's a disgraceful ecosystem of public relations & lobbying firms using hackers for hire.

Sometimes they are used to silence critics & advocacy groups.

Like US nonprofits doing climate advocacy.

Our investigation into a group we christened #DarkBasin uncovered a sprawling #India-based hack-for-hire operation.

They enabled US corporations to outsource lawbreaking.

https://citizenlab.ca/2020/06/dark-basin-uncovering-a-massive-hack-for-hire-operation/
#infosec #cybersecurity #malware #hacking #climatechange #climatecrisis #exxon #phishing

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I'd bet my bottom dollar that this "unnamed...PR and lobbying firm" knows exactly who they are...

...and are no doubt experiencing an afternoon of the purest panic.

Using the offshore hack-for-hire ecosystem has been largely consequence-free for the middlemen & the ultimate beneficiaries of stolen information.

The tide may be turning & this latest arrest suggests that more consequences may be inbound.

jsrailton, (edited ) to ai
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AI-drafted police reports will absolutely result in mistakes enshrined as facts.

This will permanently impact peoples' lives & freedom.

Story: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2024/04/23/axon-ai-police-reports-/?sh=7bdefd5b476b

#AI #artificialintelligence #law #policing #police #taser #courts

jsrailton, to infosec
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BREAKING: US imposes visa restrictions on 13 mercenary spyware proliferators / immediate family.

First known application of policy rolled out in Feb.

A lot of shady players are surely having a little panic.

...wondering if their name is or will be on a list.

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NEW: "shocking and depressing"

"...even in this room I am speaking to people who were victims of this system"

's prosecutor general testifies to 🇵🇱 parliament about hacking of 100s with spyware.

Story: https://apnews.com/article/poland-spyware-pegasus-nso-group-israel-413bb3cb27daac011d52b524c6d16160

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jsrailton, (edited ) to Finland
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    @klefstadmyr Hi yes there is, here's the list:

    🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇨🇷 🇩🇰 🇫🇮🇫🇷 🇩🇪🇮🇪🇯🇵🇳🇿 🇳🇴 🇵🇱🇰🇷🇸🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

    jsrailton, (edited ) to poland
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    BREAKING: spyware abused in 🇵🇱 under previous PiS-party government, confirms the new PM Donald Tusk

    "Very, very long" victim list.

    Vindication.

    When we @citizenlab first confirmed the hacking in 2021 both we & victims were targeted w/extensive harassment & disinformation.

    REPORT: https://apnews.com/article/poland-government-pegasus-spyware-tusk-duda-78420fc7099401926d28b5be98669192

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    Hello new followers! Tell me something about you!

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    NEW: heard about #Triangulation #spyware? Something about #Kaspersky?

    Or the #FSB waxing paranoid about #Apple?

    What does it all mean?

    Well, my @citizenlab colleague Bill Marczak has an deliciously spicy take on the unfolding saga.

    Plus some tips for defenders.

    #cybersecurity #hacking #APT

    https://medium.com/@billmarczak/triangulation-did-the-nsa-fail-to-learn-the-lessons-of-nso-5f36d251d02e

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    NEW: I found 1000s of shady PDFs hosted on .gov websites of states, universities, defense contractors, etc.

    It was a clever SEO spam operation, but the access could have been exploited for more nefarious things. 1/

    @lorenzofb has the writeup

    https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/02/scammers-publish-ads-for-hacking-services-on-government-websites/

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    3/ The PDF spam is still all over. Including many gov sites.

    Want to help?

    1️⃣ Google search:

    "site:[pick a top-level domain e.g. .gov.au .gov.uk etc.] instagram hack followers filetype:pdf"

    2️⃣mix in terms e.g. "Tiktok" & "fans."

    3️⃣ Cry

    4️⃣Gently notify administrators

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