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@sentdefender Wow… that head of the “Board of Peace” certainly has a way with words.

In a post this morning on TruthSocial, President Donald J. Trump stated Iran has “apologized and surrendered to its Middle East neighbors, and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore.” Trump further stated that, “It is the first time that Iran has ever lost, in thousands of years, to surrounding Middle Eastern Countries. They have said, ‘Thank you President Trump.’ I have said, ‘You're welcome!’ Iran is no longer the ‘Bully of the Middle East,’ they are, instead, ‘THE LOSER OF THE MIDDLE EAST,’ and will be for many decades until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse! Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran's bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time.”

@Osinttechnical I posit that the B-1 is still one of the most beautiful airframes ever built.

USAF B-1B Lancer heavy bomber landing in Britain, following a mission that saw it take off from the U.S. and strike Iran.

“Reading is fundamental” - that’s something that was taught years and decades ago… Why is it so hard for people to read anymore?

Powerful video showing the Ukrainian athletes depicted on Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet who were killed by russia.

@TheIntelFrog When do we expect CBP to publish a job description asking for “Jedi-level lightsaber skills”? Asking for a… friend with two droids. #jedi

So CBP got a shiny new toy and used it without coordinating the safety aspect of the operation forcing the FAA to shut down the airspace for safety of flight. Absolutely the right call by the FAA.

@CISAgov Laser-focused may have been a rather bad choice of words…

Laser-focused on securing America’s critical infrastructure. CISA partners across sectors to protect the digital and physical systems our nation relies on. 🎥CISA Acting Dir. Gottumukkala’s testimony.

@vxunderground There is absolutely, positively NO substitute for good OpSec… none.

Yeah, so pretty much, like, there is this really sketchy company in Israel named "Paragon". Paragon sells a "product" called GRAPHITE. Let me explain the background and why this is very silly. GRAPHITE spyware which allows "customers" to remotely access peoples cell phones and monitor their instant messaging applications such as WhatsApp It is spyware. It is sometimes called Mercenary Spyware because it is primarily used by governments to spy on political enemies, journalists, and activists. Very little is known about Paragon, GRAPHITE, and their "customers". However, it was publicly noted by the Trump administration in January, 2025, to be purchased by the United States government and to be used to aid ICE. Furthermore, in September 2025 the Trump administration noted the usage of Graphite to aid the United States against "domestic terrorist organizations" such as "ANTIFA". ICE acting director Todd Lyons noted using GRAPHITE to monitor anti-ICE protestors to track "ringleaders and professional agitators". Citizen Lab and other civil rights organizations have documented the usage of GRAPHITE against individuals in Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, Singapore and (unsurprisingly) the United States. It is believed the Canadian government actively uses GRAPHITE in Ontario. Okay, so why does all of this matter? Yeah, it's super fucked up. But today representatives from Paragon accidentally leaked GRAPHITE screenshots ... ON LINKEDIN. Dawg, that image in the background IS GOVERNMENT FUCKING SPYWARE It shows phone numbers in Czechia, apps, accounts, media on the phone, "interception status", and phone numbers extracted. THEY LEAKED IT BY ACCIDENT ON LINKEDIN WHILE TAKING SELFIES

@Osinttechnical “Scratch one… Mylar”

CBS on the El Paso airspace incident- Earlier this week, tech was used to shoot down what appeared to be foreign drones. The flying material turned out to be a party balloon, sources said. One balloon was shot down.

@vxunderground At least they’re not sharing via XModem…

@TheIntelFrog Something that I learned working in the public sector is that if a project’s delivery timeline extends past the next election cycle, odds are pretty good that the project will get scrapped or significantly modified prior to completion.

He is not wrong here by any stretch of the imagination. The Pentagon procurement process has been a disaster for decades. It's too slow and cumbersome and reactionary. Part of that is due to continually shifting priorities in Congress.

@vxunderground Woah… a SmallTalk reference…

@vxunderground Diversification?

I'm really confused. There is someone claiming to be "VX UNDERGROUND" in London and they're sponsoring some UK rap thing. They link directly to the telegram channel I own. ????????????

@Osinttechnical Someone’s cleaning up loose ends.

Russia's former deputy Minister of Justice, Sergei Tropin, was found mysteriously drowned in the bathtub of his Moscow apartment this morning.

@vxunderground @uwu_underground … and when was the last time there was a supply-chain attack against Edlin?

EmEditor was hit by a supply-chain attack. Notepad++ was hit by a supply-chain attack. Guess who wasn't?

Epstein was Putin’s wealth Manager…and Donald Trump’s best friend. justice.gov/epstein/files/…

@vxunderground Even the highest power USB-C cables can apparently carry 240W... although what I'm seeing commercially available are 5V/20A, which works out to 100W.

@achornback Ok 2 usb c ?

Startup idea: electric vehicles that charge over USB C

@sentdefender Did that come from Pete’s Signal? Asking for a friend…

President Donald J. Trump has received briefings on multiple different attack options against Iran in recent days, developed in tandem by the White House and Pentagon, U.S. officials tell the Wall Street Journal. Among the options is the “big” plan which would see the United States launch strikes against government facilities and those operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in a large-scale bombing campaign, likely involving assets from both the U.S. Air Force and Navy. Less-involved options include strikes on symbolic regime targets, allowing space for the bombings to ramp up if Iran doesn’t agree to end its nuclear work, and/or options such as cyberattacks on Iranian banks or tougher sanctions against the Iranian Government.

@satyanadella Could you have some developers work on #Copilot so that it doesn’t #mislead users as to its own capabilities? I’d appreciate that, and I’m sure there are other users that would as well.

Just reported our quarterly results. We are still in the beginning phases of AI diffusion and its broad GDP impact, and already we’ve built an AI business that is larger than some of our biggest franchises that took decades to build. Our quarterly cloud revenue crossed $50 billion for the first time. What’s striking is it was less than 10 years ago that our annual cloud revenue was $10 billion! (That is what expanding TAM + good execution looks like) A few other highlights from across the stack:

@TheIntelFrog Since we’re guessing… maybe Alfred E. Neuman?

Looks like #ADFDF9 is complete while #ADFDF8 appears to be drawing Lincoln...