NEW: A few weeks ago, @PogoWasRight and I ran a survey asking security researchers and journalists about the legal and criminal threats they have received for doing their jobs.

Over 100 people responded, and we now have our results.

One of our key findings is that while legal threats and criminal threats are common, most researchers & journalists stood their ground and did not give in to threats.

More: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/new-survey-reveals-how-security-researchers-and-journalists-experience-legal-and-criminal-threats/

Results: https://databreaches.net/2026/02/02/under-pressure-exploring-the-effect-of-legal-and-criminal-threats-on-security-researchers-and-journalists/

PDF: https://databreaches.net/wp-content/uploads/security-researcher-journalist-threats-survey-2026.pdf

New: We have just sued ICE to demand it turns over a secretive spyware contract that it refuses to release:

https://www.404media.co/were-suing-ice-for-its-2-million-spyware-contract/

Good read from @hrbrmstr on the Trump administration's retaliation against Chris Krebs, given that the RSA conference is rapidly approaching.

"Silence is not safety. Silence is capitulation. If the cybersecurity community cannot defend its own when the truth is under attack, then what exactly are we protecting?"

https://rud.is/b/2025/04/17/trumps-retaliation-against-chris-krebs-and-the-cybersecurity-industrys-deafening-silence/

President Trump has ordered an investigation into former CISA director Chris Krebs and revoked his security clearance, some six years after firing Krebs as head of CISA for publicly debunking Trump's false election claims.

When reached for comment, SentinelOne said the company "will actively cooperate" with the review of staff security clearances.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/trump-orders-federal-investigation-into-former-cisa-director-chris-krebs/?mrfhud=true

The most powerful people and companies in the world have successfully orchestrated one of the most damaging and stupid self owns imaginable:

https://www.404media.co/big-tech-backed-trump-for-acceleration-they-got-a-decel-president-instead/

Got an email from Dark Horse Comics (publisher of Hellboy, Witcher, Cyberpunk and Avatar comics) announcing that they are killing the digital comic book libraries their readers accumulated over the years.

Their FAQ makes it painfully clear you DO NOT own the DRM-ridden digital products the stores claim to be "selling" to you.

@pluralistic

Deleting NSA web pages about "privilege escalation" because of the word "privilege" is blatant bigotry and obvious stupidity.

https://popular.info/p/the-nsas-big-delete