Alex Iftimie

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Alex Iftimie

Alex Iftimie

@aiftimie

OpenAI legal; fmr @DOJ #natsec, @MoFoLLP partner; tweets on #cyber & national #security; views are my own

San Francisco, CA Beigetreten Haziran 2009
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Alex Iftimie
Alex Iftimie@aiftimie·
Attorneys should not be turned into witnesses against their own clients. That is the takeaway of our amicus brief, along with 82 other law firms, in support of Covington's opposition to releasing the names of clients targeted by a cyberattack to the SEC. assets.law360news.com/1578000/157856…
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Alex Iftimie
Alex Iftimie@aiftimie·
Barrack is alleged to have used high-level connections within the Trump Administration to act as a back channel for the UAE to influence U.S. policy. It's a relatively novel use of Section 951, and it has broad implications for how we thing about diplomacy.
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Alex Iftimie@aiftimie·
DOJ sought to expose some of these disinformation activities directed at the Women's March and other U.S. social movements in charges it brought in 2018. justice.gov/opa/pr/russian… 2/2
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Alex Iftimie
Alex Iftimie@aiftimie·
Pleased to contribute to this important reporting by @EllenBarryNYT tracing the impact of Russian disinformation campaigns on the Women's March--part of a focused and well-funded Russian effort to exploit divisions within our society. 1/2
Ellen Barry@EllenBarryNYT

After the 2017 Women's March, Russian trolls began testing out narratives critical of the movement. They posed as Black women alienated from white feminism. As conservative women. As jeering men. Then they found a far more effective line of attack. nytimes.com/2022/09/18/us/…

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Alex Iftimie@aiftimie·
... the search warrant gave DOJ the means to recover the documents before they could fall into the wrong hands. Beyond searching for evidence a crime, search warrants are used to seize items that are illegally possessed. 2/2
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Alex Iftimie@aiftimie·
Too much of the discussion about the search warrant has focused on potential criminal charges against the former President. A search warrant is not just a precursor to charges. If the DOJ was concerned about highly sensitive document being stored improperly at Mar-a-Lago ... 1/2
Maggie Haberman@maggieNYT

Some Trump advisers have insisted they were trying all along to work with the feds. But others familiar w federal officials’ efforts have said that Mr. Trump resisted returning property that belonged to the government, despite being told that he needed to. nytimes.com/2022/08/11/us/…

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Brandon Van Grack
Brandon Van Grack@BVanGrack·
Classified info pertaining to nuclear weapons has its own classification designation under the Atomic Energy Act called Restricted Data. Violations involving Restricted Data, like other classified info, are investigated by the DOJ Counterintelligence & Export Control Section.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1

BREAKING WAPO: Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of Trump's Florida residence, according to people familiar with the investigation. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

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Alex Iftimie@aiftimie·
The facts also matter--and we don't know them all. For example, the victims may not have known they were paying a ransom to a NK group at the time, a factor Treasury is likely to take into account notwithstanding the strict liability of civil sanctions violations. 5/
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Alex Iftimie@aiftimie·
The USG underscored prior Treasury guidance that when parties fully cooperate with law enforcement and take steps to improve their cybersecurity, Treasury is more likely to resolve apparent sanctions violations involving ransomware with a non-public enforcement response. 4/
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Alex Iftimie@aiftimie·
A thread re: the Justice Department's announced seizure of ransoms paid to North Korean ransomware actors, including by two health care providers in Kansas and Colorado--and the sanctions enforcement implications. 1/
Eric Tucker@etuckerAP

At ⁦@FordhamLawNYC⁩ this morning for cybersecurity event with top officials at FBI, DOJ and other federal agencies. Deputy AG Lisa Monaco says the US recently disrupted a North Korea hacking group whose ransomware targeted American hospitals across the country last year.

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