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Feb 26

Blog post after a long break: Updated index to declassified articles from CIA's 'Studies in Intelligence', 1840+ entries. In the post, I explain the background of the list, and what clean-up and additions I've done from a few different archive sources. open-int.blog/2023/02/26/stu

Took over a year of patching, but BF2042 is actually fun now and feels like a Battlefield game. Re-introduction of classes was a good move.

May 4

Good day at #t2infosec, gave a talk about OSINT with an offensive spin. Operational and personal security both need to be taken into account when developing an org’s security culture.

USSOCOM

@USSOCOM

May 4

On this #StarWarsDay, let us all not forget a #SOF led operation utilized 3 of the #SpecialOperations core activities: Direct Action, Special Reconnaissance and Unconventional Warfare, resulting in the Empire’s defeat at the Battle of Endor. #MayThe4thBeWithYou

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Nordic News

@Nordic_News

May 3

BREAKING — President Niinistö welcomes Ukraine President Zelensky to Helsinki Photo via ⁦

@yleuutiset

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MFA Finland

@Ulkoministerio

May 3

#Finland 🇫🇮 warmly welcomes president

@ZelenskyyUa

to Helsinki! We strongly condemn Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against #Ukraine and demand Russia to end its war immediately. We stand firmly with Ukrainians and will support 🇺🇦 as long as needed. #StandWithUkraine

After February 2022, Finland has supported Ukraine with humanitarian assistance, development cooperation, defense and other materiel support with a total EUR 1,5 billion. A map of Europe on a blue background, white arrow from Finland to Ukraine.

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Opinion | How a tech executive uses the ‘Silicon Valley playbook’ to equip Ukraine

Mick Ryan, AM

@WarintheFuture

May 2

“Ukraine…is relying on men and women such as Liscovich, who feel a passionate devotion to their homeland and who are willing to abandon their old lives to help defend it. That is a critical advantage that no amount of Russian firepower can overcome.”

washingtonpost.com

When the invasion began, Andrey Liscovich rushed from San Francisco to his homeland. The military said he'd be more help scrounging supplies than fighting.

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Jennifer Jacobs

@JenniferJJacobs

May 1

Based on intelligence info, Russia has suffered more than 100,000 casualties in Bakhmut in last few months--80,000 wounded and 20,000 killed since December, NSC spokesman John Kirby says. Prigozhin's claim Wagner Group's had only 94 killed in action "is just a ludicrous claim."

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Merivoimat - Finska Marinen - The Finnish Navy

@Navyfi

May 1

#Valmius säätelyyn liittyvä uutisointi on synnyttänyt laineita viikonloppuna. Seuraamme turvallisuusympäristöämme jatkuvasti ja säätelemme valmiuttamme joustavasti. Käsitys erityisestä (valmiuslain mukaisesta) valmiuden kohottamisesta on virheellinen. #Merivoimat

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Finnish Security & Intelligence Service has previously assessed that the threat of intel collection and influence operations targeting Finland’s critical infrastructure has increased. Still, operations to paralyze elements of infrastructure are unlikely in the near future.

Suojelupoliisi on aiemmin todennut, että Suomen kriittiseen infrastruktuuriin kohdistuva tiedustelun ja vaikuttamisen uhka on kohonnut. Aiempi arvio kuitenkin pitää: infrastruktuurin toiminnan lamauttava vaikuttaminen ei ole lähitulevaisuudessa todennäköistä.

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CAT-UXO

@CAT_UXO

Apr 30

Today we provide our first CAT-UXO Ukraine Munitions Recognition Handout for Submunitions for your download. Please drop us a line if you observe any typos, incorrect technical data or additions you believe should be added. Together our knowledge saves lives. Follow this link to… Show more

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NATO ACT

@NATO_ACT

Apr 29

#NATO’s newest Ally is on a roll!

@FinnishAirForce

🇫🇮 together with

@RoyalAirForce

🇬🇧 & @Team_Luftwaffewere 🇩🇪 were training in a combat mission exercise in Finnish airspace. #WeAreNATO

@NATO_AIRCOM

@FinlandatNATO

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CAT-UXO

@CAT_UXO

Apr 29

At CAT-UXO we are continually asked to produce hard-copy handout data for munitions in Ukraine. We are initially hesitant to do this because we consider that as soon as a munitions recognition handbook is published, it quickly becomes outdated. Especially in Ukraine where the… Show more

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Siviilikohteisiin iskeminen yöaikaan meni hieman ihon alle viime viikolla, ja kyllä tässä nyt vedetään jo röyhkeydessä uusia pohjalukemia kun Venäjän media esittää tekemänsä iskut nyt Ukrainan tekeminä.

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Francis Scarr

@francis_scarr

Apr 29

Absolutely shameless - Russian state TV used images of this week’s missile strike on a block of flats in Ukraine’s Uman which killed 23 civilians to illustrate the "shelling of Donbas by Ukrainian militants" twitter.com/CurrentTimeTv/…

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Apr 28

“We’re looking at an SA-20. I know it’s an SA-20. Intel says there’s an SA-20 there, but now my jet doesn’t ID it as such, because that SA-20 is operating, potentially, in a war reserve mode that we haven’t seen before."

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@alexrblackwell

Apr 28

“U.S. Air Force F-35A Joint Strike Fighter pilots flying patrols along NATO's eastern flank have been detecting air defense systems – likely Russian, or possibly Belarusian – operating in unexpected ways…” thedrive.com/the-war-zone/f

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Ronan Browne

@RonanBrownen

Apr 27

Today is Veterans’ Day in Finland I think every city, town and village I’ve ever visited in this country has some silent monument to the sacrifices so many people made in the nation’s three conflicts between 1939 and 1945 Finland never forgets

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Puolustusvoimat

@Puolustusvoimat

Apr 27

On 27 April the National Veterans’ Day is celebrated. 🇫🇮Finnish soldiers raise the Finnish flag at the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden, and Finland on April 27, 1945, ending the Lapland War, and the Second World War in Finland.

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Puolustusvoimat

@Puolustusvoimat

Apr 27

Suomalaissotilaat nostavat lipun kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykille sodan päätyttyä. Lapin sota ja samalla Suomen osuus toisessa maailmansodassa päättyi 27.4.1945. Kansallista veteraanipäivää vietetään vuosittain 27.4. sotaveteraanien kunniaksi ja muistoksi rauhan alkamisesta.

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Apr 23

Worst thing about the Twitter verification debacle is that probably thousands of public safety related accounts are now without checkmarks, which makes malicious exploitation of the situation possible.

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Apr 23

Well, I'm proud that at soon 45 I can still get a 2:1 K/D in BF2042 TDM round. 😅

Apr 22

Getting weird vibes off this site at the moment. So, in case we’re approaching final core meltdown, just wanted to say it used to be a great platform for connecting people, and certainly shaped my life. Thank you all. 🫡

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Estonia's Foreign Ministry to summon Chinese ambassador due to doubts about post-Soviet countries'...

Amanda Rivkin

@amandarivkin

Apr 22

Estonia's Foreign Ministry to summon Chinese ambassador due to doubts about post-Soviet countries' sovereignty

news.yahoo.com

The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will summon the Chinese ambassador to seek clarification on comments made by a Chinese diplomat in France about the sovereignty of Estonia and other countries...

Twitter removes labels from state-controlled media, helping propaganda

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

Apr 22

Twitter has removed labels designating global media accounts as government-controlled or funded, allowing propaganda from China, Russia and other countries to be more widely seen and believed.

washingtonpost.com

The move came the same week that Russia and China were revealed to have been operating armies of fake social media profiles to sway U.S. debate.

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Traficomin Kyberturvallisuuskeskus

@CERTFI

"Venäjän Suomeen kohdistamaa kybertoimintaa on havaittu aiempaa enemmän. Myös yritykset ovat Venäjän kybertiedustelun kohteena", kertoo Suojelupoliisin päällikkö Antti Pelttari.

Traficomin Kyberturvallisuuskeskus

@CERTFI

kyberturvallisuuskeskus.fi

Kyberturvallisuuden uhkataso pysyy kohonneena. Suomalaisiin organisaatioihin kohdistuu kasvavaa kiinnostusta, ja samalla kyberhyökkäysten luonne on muuttunut. Erityisesti kohdistettujen kyberhyökkäysten määrä on kasvanut. #kyberturvallisuus

Kyberturvallisuuden uhkataso pysynyt kohonneena - kohdistettujen hyökkäysten määrä noussut |...

Suomalaisiin organisaatioihin kohdistuu nyt jatkuvasti kasvavaa kiinnostusta. Kyberhyökkäysten luonne on muuttunut. Erityisesti kohdistettujen kyberhyökkäysten määrä, joissa kohdeorganisaatio on...

Had the pleasure to present at a conference for investigative journalists today. Verification methodologies and knowing common cognitive pitfalls are equally relevant for both journalists and intelligence analysis. Also lots of discussion today on generative AI.

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Elina Lappalainen

@ElinaLappalaine

Sanomatalon auditorio täynnä #tutki2023 seminaarissa kuulemassa Supon erikoistutkija @vpkivimaki terveiset nettitiedon todentamisesta. Erittäin tarpeellisia vinkkejä ja työkaluja ja muistutus mm omista ajatusharhoista joita kannattaa varoa #tutkivajournalismi

IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media

@globalfreemedia

#Russia: IPI condemns arrest warrant issued for investigative journalist

@christogrozev

@bellingcat_ru

by a court in #Moscow today. Our global network stands in solidarity with Grozev, who will now be tried in absentia in a clear act of intimidation. themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/21/rus

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Elina Lappalainen

@ElinaLappalaine

”Tekoälyn tekemät kuvat ovat kohta niin aitoja, että mä en kohta erota onko ne aitoja”, pohtii

#tutki223 Riski esim väärennetyt kuvat protesteista, jos halutaan lietsoa mielikuvaa viranomaisväkivallasta tms. Tai median uutisdeskiin ”lukijankuvat” katastrofista

Suojelupoliisi

@Suojelupoliisi

Traficom ja Suojelupoliisi järjestävät kello 12 ajankohtaiskatsauksen kyberturvallisuudesta. Puhujina tilaisuudessa ovat mm.

@KirsiKarla

@pelttariantti

. Tilaisuutta voi seurata suorana ainakin Ylen ja Ilta-Sanomien sivuilta. #kyberturvallisuus #kyber #tiedustelu

Supo somessa | Suojelupoliisi

Apr 20

Vanhan mallin verifioinnit näyttävät Twitteristä kadonneen. Viralliset

@Suojelupoliisi

-twiittajat voit edelleen todentaa Supon nettisivuilla olevasta listasta:

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Ilmavoimat

@FinnishAirForce

Apr 20

Finnish Air Force will deploy F/A-18 Hornets and Hawk jet trainers to the #Aurora23 exercise on 2‒10 May 2023. The F/A-18s will be based at Såtenäs Air Base and operate as a part of the Swedish air defence. 🇫🇮🇸🇪 Read more: ilmavoimat.info/Aurora23_en #together #ilmavoimat

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NCSC warns of emerging threat to critical national infrastructure

NCSC UK

@NCSC

Apr 19

Today at #CYBERUK23 we've released a warning about the emerging threat to Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) from state-aligned groups that have the intent to launch “destructive and disruptive attacks”.

ncsc.gov.uk

Alert issued warns of the emerging threat from state-aligned groups and the different forms of activity.

FBI Investigating Ex-Navy Noncommissioned Officer Linked to Pro-Russia Social-Media Account

Yaroslav Trofimov

@yarotrof

Apr 18

The FBI is investigating the activities of Sarah Bils, a former U.S. Navy noncommissioned officer who turned out to be the Donbass Devushka pro-Kremlin social media star.

wsj.com

Sarah Bils is an administrator of the Donbass Devushka account, which disseminated leaked classified documents and sells pro-Russian merchandise.

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Johan Frisell

@friselljohan

Apr 18

Exercise Aurora 23 is now in motion, the largest military exercise in Sweden in more than 25 years, engaging 26000 service personnel, foreign partners and civil defence to counter a simulated armed attack on Sweden.

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Apr 16

The vehicle loss tracking by

@oryxspioenkop

@Rebel44CZ

is a herculean effort, and widely cited, including by governments as we see here. Shows the huge value of systematic and rigorous efforts by volunteer war trackers.

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Ministry of Defence

@DefenceHQ

Russia has lost 10,000+ military vehicles since its illegal invasion of Ukraine began, according to tracker Oryx. It has also fired most of its modern cruise missiles- for little strategic gain. Russia is now scrambling to mobilise its defence industry

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Sudan:

suosittelee edelleen suojautumaan paikalla ja pysyttelemään sisätiloissa. Poistuminen Khartumista ei ole toistaiseksi mahdollista. Lentokentät ja ilmatila eivät ole käytettävissä.

Olkiluoto 3 starts full regular electricity production a day early – but 14 years late

Yle News

@ylenews

Apr 16

#Olkiluoto 3 finally starts regular electricity production after 18-year construction saga #nuclear #finland

yle.fi

While there had been hopes that the unit would help Finland get through a challenging winter, it finally becomes a permanent cornerstone of the electricity grid just as the season ends.

Arms Control Wonk Podcast

@ACWPodcast

It is finally here: the North Korean Solid Propellant ICBM.

@DaveSchmerler

@ArmsControlWonk

and

@wslafoy

convene for an in-person podcast to talk about everyone's new favorite ICBM, and try to figure out where the heck the DPRK was building it. patreon.com/posts/81565582

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Scott LaFoy

@wslafoy

Apr 14

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Karita Mattila

@MattilaKarita

Recommended for listening. I just did. Interesting conversation about Russia’s war against Ukraine. Great the podcast is in English, easy to share to anyone interested. Kuuntelusuositus. Itse kuuntelin äsken. Mielenkiintoinen keskustelu Venäjän hyökkäyssodasta Ukrainaan.

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Puolustusvoimat

@Puolustusvoimat

Apr 12

Miksi Venäjä ei noudattanut omia doktriinejaan hyökätessään Ukrainaan? Kysymykseen haetaan vastausta @mpkkfi tuoreessa Sotataidon ytimessä -podcast-jaksossa. Vieraana Venäjä-tutkija Michael Kofman. Kuuntele jakso Spotifystä: (in English): open.spotify.com/episode/1qZtxA