THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Apr. 14th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Researcher rebukes #Microsoft disclosure process and drops unpatched #0day online

- The wild process of encrypting and decrypting biological material

- 30 #WordPress plugins were bought for six figures and then backdoored

- #Iran ’s hackers poke at US water/energy targets

- #France disavows US #BigTech data control and moves from Microsoft to #Linux

- #IBM to pay Trump admin $17M in punishment over its diversity initiatives

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Apr. 7th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- "CEO Said A Thing!" journalism

- The Medici grand ducal treasure is under cyberattack

- No one told #Netflix you can’t cheat at chess with a hacked buttplug

- #Hegseth reduces yearly #USArmy mandatory cybersecurity training to once every five years

- Trump to cut #CISA funding again

- More info on the #Axios supply chain breach

- Circumventing #Russia ’s #Telegram comms ban with a WiFi cat feeder

- Reconstructing how Audre Lorde’s "The Master's Tools" relates to #Enshittification

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Mar. 31st, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- New #WhiteHouse app breaks international laws and violates app store policies

- Wild details on the #ISS ’s medical scare

- #Iran 's internet blackout enters day 32 today

- #OKCupid / #Match gets zero penalties for selling users’ biometric data to a facial recognition broker

- FBI’s Patel email hacked (twice in 2 years now)

- People are giving #AI control over their #sextoys

- Violet has a big announcement 📣

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Mar. 24th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- US regulator bans imports of new foreign-made routers

- Tracking #Iran 's extended communication blackout

- #Google Search is using AI to replace headlines

- Cyberattack on a car breathalyzer firm leaves drivers stuck

- The DJI Romo robovac had security so bad one man remotely accessed thousands of them

- Praise for the 49MB web page

- Updates on #Russia ’s expanding (intentional) internet blackout

- #DOGE plans to change US radiation dose rules

...and much more.

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