No evidence global ransomware hack was by state entity, Italy says
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Ciaran Martin
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Professor of Practice . Former/founding head of . Covers cyber security, constitutional crises, crisps. Omagh exile
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We’ve stumbled across a good phrase on Times Radio for a lengthy essay that blames everyone but yourself. The opposite of a mea culpa: it’s a theya culpa.
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Cyber insurer sees remote access, cloud databases under fire. It's a reminder for prioritizing patching that real-world attacks often focus on small subset of known vulnerabilities.
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At least 7 districts with 205 schools between them have been impacted by ransomware already this year. Stats for 2022 in the link. 2/
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This confirms my own conversations in recent weeks with U.K. security experts, who may have lots to criticise about Germany, but also argue that 'the U.K. needs a Zeitenwende of its own’. By which they mean: more funding, new ammunition, better equipment and training.
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EXCLUSIVE: The @hmtreasury has signalled there is no new money for the UK armed forces despite recognising the urgent need to rearm in the wake of Russia's war in Ukraine, defence sources have said.
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EXCLUSIVE: The has signalled there is no new money for the UK armed forces despite recognising the urgent need to rearm in the wake of Russia's war in Ukraine, defence sources have said.
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1/9 It's out - entirely open access! Cyberspace and Instability, edited by and myself. Very proud to have such an incredible group of scholars contribute to the volume - big thanks to them all. Download for free from
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It suits some Tory politicians to maintain the possibility/threat of leaving the ECHR, because it appeals to the “sovereignty”/anti-Europe wing, and provides someone to blame for problems eg on immigration/1
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW…
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In the era of strategic tech decoupling, historically unprecedented level of espionage, military buildups, fight for allies, bases and global influence, and talk of likely war, I would love to hear reasonable counterpoints for how we are *not* already in a Cold War II with China
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Penny Wong King’s College speech: less of an attack on the British empire and more about diplomacy - by far the most astute take on this week’s event. She showed that regardless of one’s politics, geopolitics are central to read international affairs.
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Deserves a much higher profile within the crisp community 😋
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„An employee belonging to the company reportedly used the GIS data during a test and left a database online without securing it. Investigators said the hacker found the data through a search engine 'that wasn't Google'.“
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I’ve mentioned in the past that a deal which would please the DUP, TUV etc (removal of protocol) would, almost certainly, lead to SF and nationalism generally giving up on the assembly. The conundrum: how do you keep enough protocol for one side and lose enough for the other?
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Not sure this has been reported before … SF would not serve in an Executive if protocol overridden @ConorBurnsUK in interview with @AndrewMarr9 on @LBC … if true makes SF criticism of DUP sound completely hypocritical…
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New: Lockbit tells that a ransom has been paid in the case of stricken financial data firm ION — ION itself has declined to comment.
Story on wire.
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A propos of nothing, I absolutely love the caption to this pew-pew picture which goes to great lengths to say nothing of substance at all
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Sino-American tensions are full of hot air. I’ve been waiting to say this for a long time.
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Times investigation latest:
Debt collectors working for British Gas have admitted to completely disconnecting families’ heating or electricity when they have been unable to fit a prepayment meter
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If an organisation can be taken down by one phishing email, it’s the fault of the organisation, not of the person who innocently clicked on the phishing in good faith.
This is always and everywhere true.
It’s as close as we get to a law in cybersecurity.
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Blame the phished employee? Utter bollocks. Security should be planned around the fact that humans make mistakes. If anybody is to be blamed, it's DCAD for failing to implement MFA (which could have prevented the incident.) 2/
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BBC News - Why would China use a spy balloon when it has satellites?
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This is an excellent, and extremely disturbing, overview of the impact of the #ransomware attack on Ireland's public health system. The impact of attacks on health outcomes is an issue that receives too little attention. Kudos to 1/
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#CYBERUK23 brings together some of the brightest minds from across the digital landscape.
And this year is no different 👇
Today we’ve confirmed and as speakers, with many more great names still to be announced!
Find out more 👇
ncsc.gov.uk/news/political
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"A hundred meters up in the sky,
A Chinese spy balloon sails by.
It's gathering secrets in its flight,
Unknown to those beneath its sight."
(With a little help from ChatGPT)
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Like others, loving spy balloon twitter
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This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The President is on the line
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Every so often one reads a book that changes your view of the world … so try ‘The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village’ by Eamon Duffy. I have just finished it. Interesting and in a subtle way profoundly moving.
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I need to make a declaration re: this latest piece of government silliness.
Circa 1995 and I was approached by a law researcher at UC Berkeley who wanted to discuss "liability regarding hacking tools"
As author of a password cracker, this interested me...
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Oops, make that:
"new offences to criminalise the making, modification, supply, offer to supply and possession of … sophisticated and bespoke encrypted communication devices"
No, no new crypto development at all in the UK.
@ciaranmartinoxf ? @kennyog ? @rossjanderson ?
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✨Super psyched for this April in Belfast! Looking forward to joining our teammates & other partners to talk all things cybersecurity. #CYBERUK23
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#CYBERUK23 brings together some of the brightest minds from across the digital landscape.
And this year is no different 
Today we’ve confirmed @RidT and @CISAJen as speakers, with many more great names still to be announced!
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Today we’ve confirmed @RidT and @CISAJen as speakers, with many more great names still to be announced!
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Our finalists hard at work this morning! Coached by , the team of MPP students is off to the final of the UK Cyber 9/12 UK Strategy Challenge later this month. They’ll be acting as government advisors responding to a simulated cybersecurity crisis🖥️📈
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Truly an honour to be named Cybercrime Magazine's 2022 Cybersecurity Person Of The Year.
Thank you for presenting me the award in recognition of the work we’re doing to make Australia the most cyber-secure country by 2030.
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The UK has a special for top tech talent, but the body that adminsters the visa has been defunded. And the body that's replacing it has said it won't adminster the visa. Good work everyone.
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From the combined results of our Twitter and LinkedIn polls the QF7 winner is CyBears 
Keep tabs on this thread for the next round of teams...
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Shocking investigation by
How British Gas debt agents break into homes of vulnerable > BG routinely sends debt collectors to break into customers’ homes & force-fit pay-as-you-go meters, even when ppl are known to have extreme vulnerabilities
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