@Skembear

Lest we forget:

“The #Guardian had gone in six short years from being the natural outlet to place stories exposing wrongdoing by the security state to a platform trusted by the security state to amplify its information operations. A once relatively independent media platform has been largely neutralised by #UK security services fearful of being exposed further”

- Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis in The Daily Maverick (2019)

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-09-11-how-the-uk-security-services-neutralised-the-countrys-leading-liberal-newspaper/

#Press #SecurityState #Neutralised

How the UK Security Services neutralised the country's leading liberal newspaper

The Guardian, Britain’s leading liberal newspaper with a global reputation for independent and critical journalism, has been successfully targeted by security agencies to neutralise its adversarial reporting of the ‘security state’, according to newly released documents and evidence from former and current Guardian journalists.

Daily Maverick
French authorities arrested a Latvian crew member of the Italian ferry #Fantastic, suspecting him of installing #malware to enable #remotecontrol of the vessel. The malware, discovered by the ferry’s owner #GNV, was #neutralised without consequences. The investigation, involving suspected foreign interference, is ongoing. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/france-arrests-latvian-for-installing-malware-on-italian-ferry/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
France arrests Latvian for installing malware on Italian ferry

French authorities arrested two crew members of an Italian passenger ferry suspected of infecting the ship with malware that could have enabled them to remotely control the vessel.

BleepingComputer

@patricksudlow

Lest we forget: “The Guardian had gone in six short years from being the natural outlet to place stories exposing wrongdoing by the security state to a platform trusted by the security state to amplify its information operations”

in “How the UK Security Services neutralised the country’s leading liberal newspaper”

By Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis in The Daily Maverick (2019)

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-09-11-how-the-uk-security-services-neutralised-the-countrys-leading-liberal-newspaper/

#Press #UK #Guardian #SecurityServices #Neutralised #Snowden #DSMA #DNotice

How the UK Security Services neutralised the country's leading liberal newspaper

The Guardian, Britain’s leading liberal newspaper with a global reputation for independent and critical journalism, has been successfully targeted by security agencies to neutralise its adversarial reporting of the ‘security state’, according to newly released documents and evidence from former and current Guardian journalists.

Daily Maverick