2026-04-15T02:55:11Z https://yabu.me Matt Burgess https://yabu.me/npub1dzaastdfcy23gs4lk44kwn4h5d977nkz9u2kx6eqzuwn4wjzew2srylf5d https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/accounts/avatars/109/291/897/474/632/883/original/0cfb4116f09a66d8.jpeg https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/accounts/avatars/109/291/897/474/632/883/original/0cfb4116f09a66d8.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9f6j6x6sx3xdmsrfsn4awjwpfcaz843juld07jhvgnxldx8uh6agzyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2rhsd4q “No-one is asking for this...&#34;<br/><br/>Just like millions of others, scammers on cybercrime forums are fed up with AI posts and the increased rollout of AI<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/cybercriminals-are-complaining-about-ai-slop-flooding-their-forums/">https://www.wired.com/story/cybercriminals-are-complaining-about-ai-slop-flooding-their-forums/</a> <br/><br/>#cybersecurity #cybercrime #aislop #ai 2026-05-06T16:19:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrhrvda56vpcn4tgvh74jykdqdn3v7ds7mjpacxapxqy68ums8c9czyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e28mkay8 Updated! We are now up to 20 entries in my European digital sovereignty tracker. New examples of orgs ditching US tech include media entities, the Dutch National Bank, and open source sewing software.<br/><br/>Thanks to everyone who has sent me examples, please do keep them coming if there are others I am missing!<br/><br/>There&#39;s a handful that I am still reviewing and I&#39;m also considering in the next update including new categories (political declarations, funding, projects such as Euro-Office, etc)<br/><br/><a href="https://drive.proton.me/urls/EG60KWHEDG#7P2AL5m6PPzT">https://drive.proton.me/urls/EG60KWHEDG#7P2AL5m6PPzT</a><br/><br/>#digitalsovereignty #europe #tech #opensource 2026-05-01T07:54:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgms68v5jl7fjkm35hr2hm6v5ew4qjrx0uk6sul6lspv3xlg2yp4szyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e247rw4f London...<br/> <img src="https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/476/915/303/486/331/original/b30b8862ecc8705a.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-27T13:32:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9q0aps8h4aq5h8p063u9erqdzw27m8vuffn2yffnyknydm58xddgzyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e26cfutn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0272v8htaka9t6kdypzxeuxft7zsarhdmlsfvkfvsz5cqex9u0gjz8u6t'>nevent1q…8u6t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wow, you read my mind! I literally just finished writing an email to their team 2026-04-17T15:11:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx5rp8vsrw36cwnvstpkh3qn8x8gmhx9z28z9glyxazqchw9ztlgczyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2dc2j3j Mastodon, I need your help! As more European countries and orgs look to ditch US technology and move to sovereign or open source alternatives, I&#39;m trying to track these efforts. <br/><br/>So far, I&#39;ve found more than half a dozen government agencies, cities, orgs, that are embracing digital sovereignty but want to hear about other examples that I&#39;ve missed. Who else should I be adding to this? <br/><br/>Here&#39;s a list of what I have so far: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yF0yznwPWuEqI2rJi54KFTIWu0yYYVkhVDRtmuy3D2w/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yF0yznwPWuEqI2rJi54KFTIWu0yYYVkhVDRtmuy3D2w/edit?usp=sharing</a><br/><br/>#digitalsovereignty #opensource #europe #tech 2026-04-16T12:48:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdf4aljlzdp3euqh95ttah6y8gthv7h4nj62ds5vdrjs0y7jw8s8qzyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e23de8h6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxj45pqyjan8x94grlhrq3c74yqw9e8q4q5kkp57hfk72l07eapdsdatz4m'>nevent1q…tz4m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/092/528/315/075/009/original/e7f80bc5e5bec1ee.png"> <br/> 2026-02-18T16:16:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxj45pqyjan8x94grlhrq3c74yqw9e8q4q5kkp57hfk72l07eapdszyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2t8swzw &#34;I&#39;m going to say something I should never say, but I will anyway: you can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/jailbreak_an_f35/">https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/jailbreak_an_f35/</a> 2026-02-18T13:17:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrzy02aayj9arfhajvhz3pcu8d3dt6kxq0clzu2guzrshmsur44zszyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e26sqq37 Absolutely wild that a UK police chief has now—after previously denying it—confirmed that a fictitious football match that led to a ban of Israeli fans... was generated by AI. <br/><br/>&#34;I became aware that the erroneous result concerning the West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv match arose as result of a use of Microsoft Co Pilot,&#34; Craig Guildford, the chief constable of West Midlands Police wrote in a letter to MPs investigating the issue<br/><br/>The letter is here: <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/51041/documents/282958/default/">https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/51041/documents/282958/default/</a> 2026-01-14T10:24:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdmvdgl635jywjrzg70mcym9ejqnw9slcctldgtarqup3sumduc8szyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e237fxaq Reintroduction post! <br/><br/>Since Bluesky picked up millions of users last year, I have neglected Mastodon somewhat. This year, I&#39;m going to make an effort to post and interact more on here too<br/><br/>I&#39;m Matt, a security reporter based in Europe at WIRED. I&#39;m often covering cybercrime, privacy, surveillance internet freedom, and more. <br/><br/>I&#39;m always interested in hearing what we should be covering and keen to focus more this year on security issues in Europe (and the uncoupling of the continent and the US). <br/><br/>I&#39;m also contactable on Signal using: mattburgess.20 and on email on matt_burgess@wired.com 2026-01-13T10:49:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxmxz55qwaz07wpxdrpjalq6pqxlddv5sj5efcgar4q2kyp0d95rszyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2wjy0dw New from me: <br/><br/>ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok have all been founding citing Russian sources—including Russian media sanctioned by the EU—in response to queries about the war in Ukraine<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/chatbots-are-pushing-sanctioned-russian-propaganda/">https://www.wired.com/story/chatbots-are-pushing-sanctioned-russian-propaganda/</a> 2025-10-27T12:35:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqnt203xyyngdqm9k2jushpz6v98g3xyyz8p7yyzcavvxwmmkkjdgzyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2redg8t NEW: This &#34;privacy&#34; browser promises to “keep you away from danger.” But in reality, it routes web through China and covertly installs programs that run in the background<br/><br/>What&#39;s more, it has links one of Asia&#39;s biggest gambling tech firms and connections to the region&#39;s booming cybercrime industry<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/universe-browser-malware-gambling-networks/">https://www.wired.com/story/universe-browser-malware-gambling-networks/</a> 2025-10-23T13:19:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy3k2wczwt34e5l083w5ksa57d954y08z5tjtn9nsmkxxnc07t9dczyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2pyr94q NEW: US and UK officials have just damaged the operations of one of the world&#39;s largest alleged scam empires. <br/><br/>Today, the countries jointly announced financial sanctions against the Prince Holding Group, a Cambodia-based company, its chairman and CEO Chen Zhi, and his associates and business partners.<br/><br/>Officials have seized $15 billion linked to the operations and say the Prince Group has secretly operated at least 10 scam compounds in Cambodia linked to scamming, human trafficking, money laundering and more<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/feds-seize-record-breaking-15-billion-in-bitcoin-from-alleged-scam-empire/">https://www.wired.com/story/feds-seize-record-breaking-15-billion-in-bitcoin-from-alleged-scam-empire/</a> 2025-10-14T18:37:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqt4jgsjezmjpvm8pfcezm8dvy56rmnudu8pn3899l84khxltvh8qzyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2qnpv0d New from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13vaws3s3ldlvdyvgmteneunsm25x97t0ys8rwe0h7rdkad7uvugs5jaerq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Andy Greenberg</span> (<span class="italic">npub13va…aerq</span>)</a></span> and me: For three years, security researchers pointed a satellite at the sky and collected all the traffic they could find— they were shocked to find highly sensitive data unencrypted.<br/><br/>They found: calls and text messages on T-Mobile’s cellular network; military and law enforcement info from the US and Mexico; in-flight Wi-Fi browsing; communications to and from critical infrastructure such as electric utilities and offshore oil and gas platform; and a whole host more<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/satellites-are-leaking-the-worlds-secrets-calls-texts-military-and-corporate-data/">https://www.wired.com/story/satellites-are-leaking-the-worlds-secrets-calls-texts-military-and-corporate-data/</a> 2025-10-14T10:02:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmxqud8gghghgdzqmu5tpc46k7clnygkjve54rgkxz9hwsdshyugzyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e24ucqj8 NEW: In a likely first, security researchers have shown how generative AI agents can be hijacked to cause physical consequences.<br/><br/>They tricked Google&#39;s Gemini AI into turning off smart home lights, opening windows, and turning on a boiler. <br/><br/>They hid instructions to the AI in a *calendar invitation*<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/google-gemini-calendar-invite-hijack-smart-home/">https://www.wired.com/story/google-gemini-calendar-invite-hijack-smart-home/</a> 2025-08-06T20:04:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfrsmcjn9yfya626fvtt4me39a2pn970vtq5g60cq04xalx7jx5pqzyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2fv5t4c New from me: Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud services amid fears of rising security risks from the US. But cutting ties won’t be easy<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/trump-us-cloud-services-europe/">https://www.wired.com/story/trump-us-cloud-services-europe/</a><br/><br/>#cloud #privacy #data 2025-03-24T13:11:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf0q3wh2mx6ep4tqs4hcrddzpncufv7kjm4ta759kzwa0gzdwfhhgzyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2mu0h9w “Wired is going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act”<br/><br/><a href="https://freedom.press/issues/wired-is-dropping-paywalls-for-foia-based-reporting-others-should-follow/">https://freedom.press/issues/wired-is-dropping-paywalls-for-foia-based-reporting-others-should-follow/</a> 2025-03-18T14:22:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqs0ehlgpfjngufppgzpke557th998gshw3jja9ajhdpv5y7qysvszyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e24nqrfc Mastodon friends, I&#39;ve heard a few suggestions of companies moving from US cloud providers to those based in the EU, due to risks with the Trump administration/Cloud Act, etc. <br/><br/>Has anyone come across any businesses that have made the leap recently? Feel free to DM or message on Signal, mattburgess.20<br/><br/>#infosec #privacy #cloud #security 2025-03-17T11:21:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd8lul00p8tf63nt2gcx60z7d83tckqa0exr8s6ldau90eexmdsmgzyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2u5h0g5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx4nryuh2g4lz26wpacdfwmk4ckefuapvdxjt0kvdyw5as5nuc3sskqespa'>nevent1q…espa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Tiny 🎻 for deepfake bot creator who lost their &#39;audience.&#39; But also shows how these harmful communities will bounce back continually, unless there is greater deterrence<br/> <img src="https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/113/311/277/563/541/158/original/4135143c7bcc53a5.png"> <br/> 2024-10-15T11:52:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx4nryuh2g4lz26wpacdfwmk4ckefuapvdxjt0kvdyw5as5nuc3sszyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2zlaqd8 NEW: More than 4 million people have been using explicit deepfake bots on Telegram, a WIRED review has found. <br/><br/>We identified more than 50 Telegram bots built to create nude images and video. After sending questions to Telegram about their harm, the company removed the bots<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/ai-deepfake-nudify-bots-telegram/">https://www.wired.com/story/ai-deepfake-nudify-bots-telegram/</a> #tech #privacy #news #telegram #artificialintelligence 2024-10-15T11:14:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszae3nwlqgz4dhfgspgnhjk4wfr0kupzv2a09sl3gfz98texzfu6qzyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2urty4y “It&#39;s impossible to think about this as limiting Hezbollah&#39;s communications and capabilities without realizing it&#39;s also going to have a terrorizing effect on the adjacent population”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/hezbollah-israel-exploding-pagers-paranoia/">https://www.wired.com/story/hezbollah-israel-exploding-pagers-paranoia/</a> 2024-09-20T11:19:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyz9n7npnkg9j3qr7t7rx7feg8rf7u0szwlzcyg04p30axes3j6hczyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2enwrvr Mark Zuckerberg for years: we want to be regulated <br/><br/>Also Meta: no, not like that <br/><br/><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-to-european-union-your-tech-rules-threaten-to-squelch-ai-boom-35297c03">https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-to-european-union-your-tech-rules-threaten-to-squelch-ai-boom-35297c03</a> 2024-09-19T08:16:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfww9tlkhmu6a09c4q9sw2d0s8ww7waygcrz7aamyhehxjvhchvkgzyp5thkpd48q329zzh76kke6wk735hm6wcgh32cmtyqt36w46gt9e2522dvr NEW: Details of people&#39;s therapy sessions—including reports, video and audio recordings—have been exposed by a healthcare company. <br/><br/>These included people mentioning sexual abuse and highly sensitive subjects. The exposed database has now been closed down<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/confidant-health-therapy-records-database-exposure/">https://www.wired.com/story/confidant-health-therapy-records-database-exposure/</a> #cybersecurity #privacy #news #technology 2024-09-06T12:50:56Z