JosephMenn

@JosephMenn@infosec.exchange
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Washington Post cyber reporter. Author of Cult of the Dead Cow and Fatal System Error. Joseph.Menn@washpost.com. Joemenn.01 on Signal.
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JosephMennApr 10
Matt BlazeApr 10

Unfortunately, I have to say this again:

US election infrastructure isn't perfect and there's still work to do to make it more secure. But there is simply no credible evidence that the 2020 election outcome was altered through technical attacks, despite exhaustive scrutiny.

Shortly after the 2020 election, when these discredited claims were first raised, 58 of my colleagues and I issued this statement:

https://www.mattblaze.org/papers/election2020.pdf .

Nothing we've learned since then alters my assessment.

JosephMennApr 9
MetacurityApr 9
The Center for Internet Security will continue funding the MS-ISAC after DHS cut funding.
https://statescoop.com/ms-isac-funding-cuts-services-continue-2025/
Nonprofit to provide gap funding for MS-ISAC cuts

Carlos Kizzee, an executive at the Center for Internet Security, said the group will continue funding services to state and local governments after recent cuts by the Department of Homeland Security.

StateScoop
JosephMennApr 4
Yikes. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/cyber-forensic-expert-in-2000-cases-faces-fbi-probe/
Cyber Forensic Expert in 2,000+ Cases Faces FBI Probe – Krebs on Security

Show threadJosephMennMar 27
@wendynather @sawaba @zackwhittaker @lorenzofb @briankrebs @bittner @kimzetter Imagine how many reporters were in the Houthi PC Large Group.
JosephMennMar 19
"Graphite" software from Paragon, which has sold its high-end phone spyware to the U.S. government and holds itself out as more ethical than peers, has been found in the devices of Italian migrant rescuers close to the Pope, according to Citizen Lab and WhatsApp. Gift link: https://wapo.st/3Y2t8KK
Report details spyware use against Italian activists and journalist

Paragon software was found to have infected WhatsApp accounts of figures critical of the Italian government’s policies toward migrants, a nonprofit said.

The Washington Post
JosephMennMar 17
Show threadMatt BlazeMar 17
Actually, the first autopen-type device was used by Thomas Jefferson in 1803, while the Sharpie wasn't invented until 1964. So there's a much better originalist argument for the autopen.
JosephMennMar 14
Matthias SchulzeMar 14
China’s Volt Typhoon Hackers Dwelled in US Electric Grid for 300 Days https://www.securityweek.com/chinas-volt-typhoon-hackers-dwelled-in-us-electric-grid-for-300-days/ #cybersecurity #infosec
JosephMennMar 14
Scoop from me at the Post: one of hackerdom’s biggest fallen heroes, Morgan Marquis-Boire, secretly co-founded a celebrated company recovering cryptocurrency. Gift: http://wapo.st/4kSoSaw
U.S. intel vets helped crypto firm soar, unaware of infamous hacker behind it

Employees said they weren’t told that the co-founder of Unciphered was Morgan Marquis-Boire, a once-celebrated spyware foe who was accused of sexual assault.

The Washington Post
Show threadJosephMennMar 11
@evacide @mattblaze Sorry to hear this!
JosephMennMar 7
TechmemeMar 7

Europe is in talks with SES, Viasat, and others as it rushes to provide Ukraine with alternatives to Starlink, whose service became patchy near the frontline (Peggy Hollinger/Financial Times)

https://www.ft.com/content/80197b97-c9a0-4dd2-ba26-2a43116e9228
http://www.techmeme.com/250307/p13#a250307p13

Europe rushes to provide Ukraine with alternatives to Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband

Four satellite operators in talks with Brussels and other capitals on providing back-up connectivity for Kyiv

Financial Times