Andrew ๐ŸŒป Brandt ๐Ÿ‡

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Research and analysis about malware, network forensics, and the intersection of crime with anything that electrons or photons flow through.

Board member of World Cyber Health, the parent organization behind Malware Village and the NO-HAVOC project.

Docent of obsolete technology at @mediaarchaeologylab

Executive director, Elect More Hackers: electmorehackers.com

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๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Colorado's "wrong to repair" bill #SB26090 advances the state senate, on a vote of 22-13.

#COpolitics #RightToRepair #Infosec

๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Colorado's "wrong to repair" bill #SB26090 advances the state senate, on a vote of 22-13.

#COpolitics #RightToRepair #Infosec

Happy Electronic Warfare Remembrance Day to all the Russian APTs who celebrate

https://vpk.name/en/851572_electronic-warfare-specialists-day-in-russia.html

Electronic Warfare Specialist's Day in Russia

Electronic Warfare Specialist (EW) Day is celebrated in Russia annually on April 15. The commemorative date was established on the basis of the decree of the President of Russia dated May 31, 2006 "On the establishment of professional holidays and memorable days in the Armed Forces of the Russian Fe...

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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@threatresearch/116387050505018174

Current update on SB26-090 (Colorado's misguided "wrong to repair" bill):

After spending a bunch of the senate session on Tuesday in debate over a bunch of amendments, the bill is tentatively on the calendar for tomorrow, again, to have its third reading in the senate.

Please keep up the pressure - Coloradans and the rest of the country rely on being able to fix broken things in order to protect them from cyberattack. The repair is not the problem here.

https://leg.colorado.gov/agenda/floor/202604162

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb26-090

#COpolitics #Boulder #legislation #RightToRepair #SB26090 #Colorado #CriticalInfrastructure #activism #engagement #TechPollicy #policy #ElectMoreHackers #InfoSec #malware #cybersecurity

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altmanโ€™s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto

SAN FRANCISCOโ€”Following reports that a 20-year-old man had been arrested for throwing a Moltov cocktail at Sam Altmanโ€™s home, the suspect stated Monday that he only initiated the attack because he was following a ChatGPT recipe for risotto. โ€œIโ€™ve been using ChatGPT to help with cooking for a while now, so I didnโ€™t think too much [โ€ฆ]

The Onion

๐Ÿšจ Current update on the Colorado bill (SB26-090) that would rescind "right to repair" for "critical infrastructure" ๐Ÿšจ

Please share widely.

The bill is currently scheduled for "third reading (final passage)" in the Colorado senate for Monday, April 13, first thing in the morning. If you have delayed until now doing something, this is your moment to act. You do not need to be a Colorado, or even a US resident, to speak up!

https://leg.colorado.gov/agenda/floor/202604132

Paul Roberts (secure-resilient.org) is putting together a list of people willing to be signatories to a letter opposing this bill. Please reach out to him if you want to sign on to that letter.

Wayne Seltzer, who runs the Boulder U-fix-it Clinic, shared a link to this petition/letter to legislators: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-your-right-to-repair-in-colorado

Danny Katz of CO PIRG is running a petition drive to send messages to the legislature. Petition link: https://pirg.org/colorado/take-action/tell-your-senator-protect-colorados-right-to-repair-law/

Finally, and this is important, rep. Brianna Titone (the author of the original 2024 right to repair bill) informed me that some of the advocates for right to repair who have been writing to legislators have been threatening or offensive in their language they used in their messages. This is unhelpful and will not persuade lawmakers to change their minds, so please try to encourage others to remember that these legislators -- who are on the fence -- can be persuaded, and are not (necessarily) inherently evil or corrupt, and just lack understanding.Talk/write to them with that frame of mind.

Thank you!

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-090

#COpolitics #Boulder #legislation #RightToRepair #SB26090 #Colorado #CriticalInfrastructure #activism #engagement #TechPollicy #policy #ElectMoreHackers #InfoSec #malware #cybersecurity

Mon Apr 13th, 2026 Senate Calendar | Colorado General Assembly

Just received FBI #FOIA docs on Operation Flyhook from back in 2000, an #FBI operation to lure two Russian #hackers, with agreement from the Russian government, to the U.S. for attempting to extort American companies in a sort of proto #ransomware scheme. Vasily Gorshkov and Alexey Ivanov didnโ€™t suspect a thing.
The NSF has been compromised.

๐Ÿšจ Current update on the Colorado bill (SB26-090) that would rescind "right to repair" for "critical infrastructure" ๐Ÿšจ

Please share widely.

The bill is currently scheduled for "third reading (final passage)" in the Colorado senate for Monday, April 13, first thing in the morning. If you have delayed until now doing something, this is your moment to act. You do not need to be a Colorado, or even a US resident, to speak up!

https://leg.colorado.gov/agenda/floor/202604132

Paul Roberts (secure-resilient.org) is putting together a list of people willing to be signatories to a letter opposing this bill. Please reach out to him if you want to sign on to that letter.

Wayne Seltzer, who runs the Boulder U-fix-it Clinic, shared a link to this petition/letter to legislators: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-your-right-to-repair-in-colorado

Danny Katz of CO PIRG is running a petition drive to send messages to the legislature. Petition link: https://pirg.org/colorado/take-action/tell-your-senator-protect-colorados-right-to-repair-law/

Finally, and this is important, rep. Brianna Titone (the author of the original 2024 right to repair bill) informed me that some of the advocates for right to repair who have been writing to legislators have been threatening or offensive in their language they used in their messages. This is unhelpful and will not persuade lawmakers to change their minds, so please try to encourage others to remember that these legislators -- who are on the fence -- can be persuaded, and are not (necessarily) inherently evil or corrupt, and just lack understanding.Talk/write to them with that frame of mind.

Thank you!

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-090

#COpolitics #Boulder #legislation #RightToRepair #SB26090 #Colorado #CriticalInfrastructure #activism #engagement #TechPollicy #policy #ElectMoreHackers #InfoSec #malware #cybersecurity

Mon Apr 13th, 2026 Senate Calendar | Colorado General Assembly

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