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journalist covering cyber @cyberscoopnews /// infrastructure + policy + h4x0rz /// he|him /// signal: chrismvasq.42

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Christian Vasquez
9 days
hi! im back from vacay. send me important infrastructure cyber stuff to write about: signal: chrismvasq.42 email: christian.vasquez @cyberscoop .com proton: chrismvasq @protonmail .com hushline:
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Oh look it’s a ~personal news tweet~
@CyberScoopNews
CyberScoop
2 years
🚨 We are incredibly excited to welcome @chrismvasq to the CyberScoop team where he'll be digging into #grid security, covering @ENERGY and all things #industrial #infosec . He'll also head up a revamped newsletter coming to your inboxes soon. Welcome aboard Christian!
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@broderick They said fav straw drawer which implies multiple straw drawers.
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1 year
plz take em so i can leave this site thnx
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1 year
hi i'm going to #Defcon and #blackhat . lmk if you want to chat or meet up. contact info in bio, dms open ✌️
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10 months
ugh this is so lame. @timstarks and @ddimolfetta did a fantastic job and the 202 was a staple for anyone that wanted to follow the cybers. 🫡
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1 year
A Department of Energy spokesperson confirmed that "records from two DOE entities were compromised" by the #Cl0p #MOVEit exploit
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1 year
Really important story from @TonyaJoRiley
@TonyaJoRiley
Tonya Riley
1 year
NEW: I spoke to more than a dozen cybersecurity professionals about mental health. I heard stories of burnout, stress, anxiety and depression in an industry under extreme pressure. But I also found individuals working to make those conditions better.
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2023 is 80% complete.
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@timstarks
Tim Starks
7 months
🚨 PERSONAL NEWS 🚨: Today I started anew at @CyberScoopNews , where I was senior editor back before I joined then left The Washington Post. This time around I'll be senior reporter.
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Eric is one of the best cyber policy journalist out there. Someone hire him already so he can get back to work!
@ericgeller
Eric Geller
9 months
The Messenger is shutting down, which means I’m looking for a new job. I've reported on cybersecurity since 2014, and I'm excited to continue covering it as it becomes even more important to our daily lives. If you think your newsroom needs a cyber reporter, please reach out.
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i'm not going to RSA leave me alone
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1 year
so for 100% success rate at getting lost
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1 year
👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
@CyberScoopNews
CyberScoop
1 year
🎙️COMING SOON: Our new podcast Safe Mode. Upcoming guests include #crypto prosecutor Erin West, @WhiteHouse #natsec adviser Anne Neuberger, @FBI cyber official Cynthia Kaiser, @VZhora , @schneierblog , @troyhunt , @SeanVitka and many more! Subscribe today!
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1 year
"Now Google says it is tightening its BIMI verification process and is blaming an unnamed “third-party” for allowing its services to be used in ways that bypassed its security controls and delivered spoofed messages to inboxes." via @AJVicens
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1 year
So popular 😏
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1 year
tired: information age wired: vibes age
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k done go away
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👀👀👀👀👀👀 LISTEN
@cspanradio
C-SPAN Radio
1 year
5p ET #WashingtonToday ⭕ POTUS' speeds aid to Hawaii dealing with Maui wildfires ☎️ @Jordanfabian of Bloomberg News ( @business ) on $40B request for Ukraine, disaster aid, border ☎️ @TonyaJoRiley of @CyberScoopNews on FISA Sect 702 reauthorization 📲
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1 year
the for you tab on xitter is so annoying bc it has endless scroll both ways and i can’t decide which way to go
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1 year
really interesting group 👀 "The ransomware group wrote that it won’t target companies based in Africa, Latin America 'and other colonized countries, with the exception of a few big ones of foreign investors or shitty industries.'" via @AJVicens
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“That 5,000-6,000 people that come from the services, they’re not being trained consistently, their readiness over the last half a decade has been flat despite increased attention...” Montgomery said. via @MarkAPomerleau
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1 year
The winner of the first CTF in space is...mHACKeroni! Major congrats to the team that won a pretty historic event. mHACKeroni is a team of 60 from Italy that beat out five teams for the final CTF. (Again in actual space.) #DEFCON31 #defcon
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Christian Vasquez
11 months
fantastic story
@snlyngaas
Sean Lyngaas
11 months
NEW —> How Ukraine’s electric grid operator —-with the help of the US Air Force — quietly imported equipment custom-built to resist Russian electronic warfare to keep the lights on this winter.
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9 months
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v interesting 👀 via @EliasGroll
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Christian Vasquez
1 year
the light show at shoreline ballroom is really pretty lol #BlackHatUSA
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Christian Vasquez
1 year
"The new study found that in the week after the dam was destroyed, Russian diplomatic and media accounts tweeted “Kakhovka” or “dam” more than 1,300 times, earning nearly 200,000 retweets and more than 480,000 likes." via @SuzanneMSmalley
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1 year
"Microsoft concludes that a group it is calling “Cadet Blizzard” is behind a wave of attacks since February 2023 targeting not only Ukraine, but also NATO member states providing military assistance to Ukraine." via @AJVicens
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Christian Vasquez
9 months
I’ll be at #ETS2024 . Come say hi, catch up, or just let me know what’s going on in your neck of the woods. Dms open, email is bio, etc. 🤙🏼
@DOE_CESER
DOE CESER
9 months
We can’t wait to see everyone next week at #ETS2024 ! In 3 days, we’ll convene with industry experts to discuss #GridModernization + clean energy #cybersecurity . Have you seen the agenda? A full list of sessions and speakers is now available:
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1 year
nice!
@InsiderUnion
Insider Union ✊
1 year
🚨WE WON! 🥳‼️ We have a tentative agreement on a contract that will give our members more money and job protections and resolve our ULP. Our strike is over - we’re going back to work tomorrow!🎉
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“"I've never seen anything even remotely close to 50 percent, not to mention 76 percent," CHEQ founder and CEO Guy Tytunovich told Mashable regarding X's fake traffic data.” l o l
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Christian Vasquez
1 year
@yashar Tf like legit is my entire personality just adhd
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Christian Vasquez
1 year
"Authentication options for toilets in the study were fingerprint and anal print. For anal print [15], it is not clear that it can function as a responsible biometric." 🧐
@shipulin_anton
Anton Shipulin 🌐
1 year
What a serious topic for academic paper “What’s going on at the back-end? Risks and benefits of smart toilets”.
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"The system we intend to build on the moon, dubbed LunaGrid, will consist of a network of solar-power generating stations, or nodes, connected by transmission cables."
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Christian Vasquez
11 months
At #cyberwarcon come say hi! im the guy with the man bun AND yellow plaid
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1 year
pretty fucked imo
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1 year
Advisory: People's Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actor Living off the Land to Evade Detection
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Christian Vasquez
8 months
#s4x24 ✌🏼
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Christian Vasquez
1 year
this is pretty cool
@BizOutsiderPub
Business Outsider
1 year
🔔ANNOUNCING BUSINESS OUTSIDER🔔Come get the latest news on Insider Union's ULP strike:
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7 months
One must imagine Sisyphus happy. Sisyphus: FUCK
@manliestdev
ManliestDev 🇵🇸 - PUSHING IT! WITH SISYPHUS
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My boulder rolling Sisyphus rage game so far, what do you think?
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astronaut rn
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vx-underground
1 year
@Gi7w0rm Note: Per the insights from a space nerd, @SWGlassPit , this is publicly available telemetry originally released for a now defunct project known as ISS live. tl;dr ISS lets you monitor pee-pee and poo-poo? We had no idea =D Real-time monitoring is here:
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1 year
Good read! “While many entities have a stake in the cybersecurity of DER technologies (NERC, NIST, IEC, DOE, CISA, etc.), there are no current cybersecurity requirements for vendors or asset owners,” from @CyberSnark
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Jabs
1 year
Shouts to @Turbo81 for reviewing yet piece of writing for me!
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Christian Vasquez
1 year
Brian Mazanec, dir of office of preparedness at HHS, points to an interesting study indicating that cyberattacks against hospitals impact more than just the targeted facility but has a "blast radius" sort of impact on the surrounding area much like conventional physical disasters
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Christian Vasquez
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happy thursday
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@jgreigj Congrats man!!
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1 year
southwest cyber men love to run for prez i guess
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@lilyhnewman omg congrats!!
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Christian Vasquez
1 year
lmao sales reps will be the end of us all
@maxwelltani
Max Tani
1 year
The Messenger says it is partnering with AI company Seekr because humans are bringing too much personal bias into journalism
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contractor was just like 🤪 😝 "records for Biden and Harris were accessed by “a Department support contractor” although the president and vice president are exempt from counterintelligence evaluations under DOE’s review program." via @KevinBogardus @EENewsUpdates
@KevinBogardus
Kevin Bogardus
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Tasked with doing counterintel reviews on Biden and Harris, an @ENERGY contractor accessed their personnel records — putting the president and vice president's private info at risk of being compromised I got the report under #FOIA #FOIA4eva
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@Knibbs
Kate Knibbs 🏄🏻‍♀️
10 months
Axel Springer and OpenAI's deal came as a surprise to the newsrooms whose work is at the center of it:
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@shakirov2036 the real cyber pearl harbor 😫
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😩
@TacoTrail
José R. Ralat 🌶️
1 year
El Paso is the most exciting Mexican food city in the U.S. It's pilgrimage worthy.
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👀 "Yes, we have officially added an iOS version of Thunderbird to our future development roadmap"
@mozthunderbird
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
1 year
Hello Thunderbird Family! After nearly 20 years, we are thrilled to share a completely redesigned Thunderbird logo that honors our history and vital connection to @mozilla , while carrying us forward into the next 20 years.
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“Using leads found in the leaked data, reporters produced dozens of stories revealing the myriad ways in which organized crime groups are evolving, expanding, and experimenting in the modern world — while leaving new victims along the way.” Looking forward to reading
@IDashboard
Paul Radu
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#NarcoFiles This is a new beginning for global investigative reporting collaborations. Organized crime is the public enemy and journalists are focusing their investigative power on it.
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me in the morn
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* so at least 75 new notifications since early May
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"According to the police department’s preliminary investigation, an unknown individual gained access to the facility and manipulated a control panel for the electrical system. PG&E’s security personnel notified the FBI after the incident."
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Christian Vasquez
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@NWS_BaltWash
NWS Baltimore-Washington
1 year
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Washington DC, Arlington VA and Alexandria VA until 3:00 PM EDT
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@WBNG32035
Washington-Baltimore News Guild
11 months
Workers @washingtonpost are walking off the job for 24 hours on Dec. 7th. ✊Show solidarity by signing the letter to the Publisher: ✊Respect the picket line by avoiding Post journalism during the walkout
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Christian Vasquez
1 year
surveillance disguised as convenience. why grandmama what big eyes you have!
@jason_koebler
Jason Koebler
1 year
SCOOP: Footage from a food delivery robot in Los Angeles was given to the LAPD as evidence and used to secure a criminal conviction, according to internal emails I got using a public records request cc @FilmThePoliceLA
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is it gov shutdown season already? where does the time go smh 😔
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@TonyaJoRiley
Tonya Riley
1 year
Some ✨personal news ✨: After nearly 2.5 years, today is my last day at @CyberScoopNews . I'm incredibly excited to be starting next week as a senior privacy reporter at @BLaw !
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Christian Vasquez
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in this tutorial you'll learn how to make your first blender animation
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am once again offering codes for the other blue app. dms open for mutuals/cool folk
@RachelTobac
Rachel Tobac
1 year
🚨Turn off new default Twitter audio and video calling feature to prevent unwanted interactions🚨 Just went to my direct message settings here and found audio and video calling enabled by default (new feature, rolling out over time). Highly recommend disabling this to prevent
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omg immediate buy. so pretty!
@PatrickCMiller
Patrick C Miller
1 year
Beepberry is a Blackberry keyboard tinker toy from the founder of Pebble
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Christian Vasquez
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@security_j8 My inquiry.
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Christian Vasquez
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woot woot welcome aboard! 🎉🪩💻
@DerekDoesTech
Derek B. Johnson
9 months
Personal News: New year, new gig! Thrilled to announce I’ll be joining @CyberScoopNews starting this week, where I’ll be covering election security, disinformation and other cyber news. Sources: reach me at Derek.Johnson @cyberscoop .com. Email/DM for Signal. I’d love to connect!
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@MiaRSato
mia sato 佐藤みあ
1 year
New: CNET employees are unionizing, citing the need for editorial independence and having a say in how AI technology is used at the outlet.
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Christian Vasquez
1 year
v curious how this is applied in certain situations. if a domestic abuse victim is searching for help, are the results something that profits google most? medical advice? mental health issues? it's such a fundamental part of everyday life
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Christian Vasquez
1 year
we all know ppl only read the headlines and if u cant see the headline u cant just read it problem solved🤔🧐
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Christian Vasquez
1 year
@jimmy_guinn nope but assuming they want the rights to name my first born lol
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Christian Vasquez
9 months
back from vacay. what's going on? what did i miss? new # who dis? lmk: christian.vasquez @cyberscoop .com
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Christian Vasquez
1 year
"it appears that Amtrak’s cybersecurity team has yet to make a complete and centralized inventory of its operational technology, and does not have “immediate access” to the separate spreadsheets where they are currently tracked." reports @rebheilweil
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Christian Vasquez
1 year
@taylorgiorno_ @thehill @OpenSecretsDC Ah congrats! Very well deserved!
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Christian Vasquez
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Eric Goldstein said that the pre-ransomware notification pilot has been used over 300 times so far at a Homeland Security & Defense Forum event. Dir. Easterly said at the beginning of May that it was 225. So 75 new notifications since early May.
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