Internet
.Mil mails going to .Ml – Mali
Several articles lately that apparently some folks are misspelling .mil on some unclassified mails and by omitting the i. sending to .ml. .Ml is a Mali domain name, and Mali is not one of our bosom buddies. “Since 2015, the Department of Defense has been aware that typographical errors could result in the misdirection of […]
Artificial Intelligence Propaganda
There is an interesting piece of research out garnering a lot of attention about generative language models like Chat GPT. You can read the entire research article, Generative Language Models and Automated Influence Operations: Emerging Threats and Potential Mitigations (you will need to download the .pdf), or click here for a summary take by Open […]
Twitter + Pentagon = Information Ops
On the surface, this seemed implausible. However, the more I thought about it, it made sense. Maybe a better term than ‘made sense’ would be that it was ‘plausible’ if not ‘understandable.’ Twitter colluded with Pentagon to run network of fake accounts around the world – including AI-created deep fakes – despite publicly claiming to […]
Elon Musk takes the helm at Twitter, fires top executives
Elon Musk began his ownership of Twitter with actions that included firing Twitter’s CEO, CFO, and policy chief. He recently walked into Twitter’s headquarters, holding a porcelain sink, symbolizing that his pending purchase and pending actions should sink in with those following this event. He wants to do away with permanent bans on users. However, […]
Spambot Attack
We’re under a spambot attack, as I’m sure y’all have noticed. Fucker slid in a comment for approval, and then jumped in with several usernames. I can only react this type of attack, which does suck, but the IPs and not-so-clever name typos are going into the Ban Locker as fast as I can ID […]
Update on off-ramp scam artists
You probably remember the heartstring-jerking story from 2017: Girl named McClure’s car breaks down on exit ramp, homeless vet gives her his last $20 in gas, in gratitude she and her boyfriend set up wildly successful GoFundMe for vet which rakes in over $400,000 – until he sues the pair saying he didn’t get his […]
Neither snow nor rain, Comrade.
A leaked memo disclosed the existence of the so-called Internet Covert Operations Program, in which the U.S. Postal Service’s law enforcement arm— “monitored significant activity regarding planned protests occurring internationally and domestically on March 20, 2021.” The memo states “online inflammatory material has been identified, which suggests potential violence may occur; however there is currently […]
Russian identity thieves steal Medal of Honor recipients’ names to fleece AAFES
This is an older case, but the information has just come to light. It seems that back in 2014 the US Secret Service got word that 22 Medal of Honor recipients’ identities were used to buy more than $50k worth of good. These goods were shipped to US addresses where unwitting participants (doing fairly common […]
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