Iran's cyberwar has begun

Jessica Lyons / theregister - 'Expect elevated activity for the foreseeable future' Iranian hackers have launched spying expeditions, digital probes, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the wake of the US and Israel launching missile strikes over the weekend, and secur…

#cybersecurity #infosec #government #uk #DHS #internet #cybercrime #apps #cisa #satellite

AI and phishing threats — weaponized agents, rising scams, deepfakes (8)
Iran-linked cyber operations — espionage, DDoS, app propaganda (4)
Maritime and infrastructure disruptions — GPS, AWS outages, internet cuts (4)
OTHER — warnings, VPN workarounds, industry hires, communications advice (4)
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AI and phishing threats — weaponized agents, rising scams, deepfakes

AI-driven warfare is here, and the Iran strikes show how fast it's advancing

3 days / techspot

Phish of the day: Microsoft OAuth scams abuse redirects for malware delivery

4 days / theregister / Jessica Lyons

CyberStrikeAI tool adopted by hackers for AI-powered attacks

4 days / bleepingcomputer / Lawrence Abrams

OpenClaw Patch Prevents Malicious Websites From Hijacking AI Agents

4 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Welcome to the age of combat via chatbot

4 days / fastcompany / Rebecca Heilweil

Fake Google Security site uses PWA app to steal credentials, MFA codes

4 days / bleepingcomputer / Ionut Ilascu

AI Fakes Flood the Iran War

4 days / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

Study Finds Phishing Scams Are on the Rise, Accelerated by AI

4 days / cnet / Macy Meyer

US Military Accidentally Shoots Down Border Protection Drone With Laser

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a "seemingly threatening" drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, law…

#defensetech #government #aviation #aerospace #DHS #us #immigration #law #drone

US military uses a laser to blast a drone out of the sky on the US-Mexico border — the target belonged to Customs and Border Protection in the friendly fire incident

6 days / tomshardware

US Military Accidentally Shoots Down Border Protection Drone With Laser

7 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Whoops: US military laser strike takes down CBP drone near Mexican border

7 days / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

The US military reportedly shot down a CBP drone with a laser

7 days / theverge / Emma Roth

CISA is getting a new acting director after less than a year

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, is getting a new acting director, as reported by ABC, less than a year after Madhu Gottumukkala took charge of the agency as deputy direc…

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #infosec #government #governance #DHS #us #cisa #patching #updates

Area Man Accidentally Hacks 6,700 Camera-Enabled Robot Vacuums

6 days / wired / Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, Maddy Varner

Nicholas Andersen Takes on Acting CISA Director Role

7 days / hstoday / Homeland Security Today

CISA Replaces Bumbling Acting Director After a Year

7 days / slashdot / BeauHD

CISA replaces acting director after a bumbling year on the job

7 days / reddit / /u/jeetah

CISA is getting a new acting director after less than a year

7 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

CISA replaces acting director after a bumbling year on the job

7 days / techcrunch / Zack Whittaker

Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day Under Active Exploitation Grants Attackers Root-Level Control

AnuPriya / cyberpress - Cisco has disclosed a critical zero-day vulnerability in its Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (formerly vSmart) and Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage), actively exploited by sophisticated threat actors since at least 2023 to bypass authentication and se…

#cybersecurity #networking #enterprise #infosec #cloudsec #government #DHS #cisco #cisa #patching

Critical Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability exploited since 2023

8 days / techzine / Erik van Klinken

Five Eyes warn: Patch your Cisco SD-WAN or risk root takeover

8 days / theregister / Connor Jones

CISA Issues Emergency Directive to Secure Cisco SD-WAN Systems

9 days / hstoday / Homeland Security Today

Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day Under Active Exploitation Grants Attackers Root-Level Control

9 days / cyberpress / AnuPriya

Cisco Catalyst Center Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Escalate Privileges

3 months / gbhackers / Mayura Kathir

Multiple Cisco Unified CCX Vulnerabilities Enable Arbitrary Command Execution by Attackers

3 months / gbhackers / Mayura Kathir

Homeland Security has reportedly sent out hundreds of subpoenas to identify ICE critics online

Mariella Moon / engadget - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reportedly been asking tech companies for information on accounts posting anti-ICE sentiments. According to The New York Times, DHS has sent hundreds of administrative subpoenas to Google, Reddit, Discord and …

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #government #DHS #internet #immigration #law #censorship #contentmoderation #digitalprivacy

Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State

19 days / ycombinator

Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says

19 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

The Department of Homeland Security has been increasing pressure on tech companies to identify the owners of accounts that criticize ICE.

20 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Homeland Security reportedly sent hundreds of subpoenas seeking to unmask anti-ICE accounts

20 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Ring Ends Deal to Link Neighborhood Cameras After Backlash to Super Bowl Ad

20 days / nytimes / Mark Walker

Homeland security pushes social media giants to dox anonymous accounts critical of ICE

20 days / mashable

DHS Subpoenas Google, Meta to Unmask ICE Critics on Social Media

20 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say

20 days / ycombinator

Homeland Security has sent out subpoenas to identify ICE critics

20 days / ycombinator

Homeland Security has reportedly sent out hundreds of subpoenas to identify ICE critics online

20 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

Laser weapon that shut down El Paso's skies was LOCUST system

Colin Demarest / axios - The counter-drone weapon that caused a shutdown of El Paso's airspace on Wednesday was AeroVironment's LOCUST, a 20-kilowatt laser system, Axios has confirmed.Why it matters: The Army sees the cutting-edge weapon as a way to combat drones without firing e…

#techpolicy #defensetech #government #aviation #aerospace #DHS #immigration #drone #faa #regulation

Startup in spotlight: How INLEAP’s lasers protect critical infrastructure from drones

22 days / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

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22 days / bsky / @tambria.bsky.social / tambria.bsky.social

Laser weapon that shut down El Paso's skies was LOCUST system

22 days / axios / Colin Demarest

Oracle suits up for Air Force Cloud One program with $88M contract

22 days / theregister / Dan Robinson

El Paso airspace closure was reportedly triggered by the CBP’s use of an anti-drone laser

22 days / theverge / Emma Roth

El Paso flights grounded 10 days for ‘special security reasons’

Dominic Preston / theverge - The Federal Aviation Administration has closed the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas, grounding all flights in and out of the airport for the next 10 days. No explanation for the closure has been given, beyond a vague reference to "Sp…

#government #aviation #aerospace #DHS #us #travel #police #law #emergencyservices #faa

FAA Closure & Reopening (5)
Military & Drone Assertions (3)
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FAA Closure & Reopening

FAA reopens El Paso airspace after its abrupt closure

23 days / axios / Avery Lotz

Feds halt flights to major Texas airport for 10 days without explanation

23 days / arstechnica / Eric Berger

El Paso flights grounded 10 days for ‘special security reasons’

23 days / theverge / Dominic Preston

Unusual FAA restriction closes El Paso airspace for 10 days

23 days / axios / Alex Fitzpatrick

FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights

23 days / ycombinator

Military & Drone Assertions

One Mexican Cartel ‘Drone’ Near El Paso Airspace Was Actually Party Balloon: Report

23 days / gizmodo / Matt Novak

US takes military action against drone incursion in Texas

23 days / ft

El Paso airspace shutdown sparked by "military activity" near border

23 days / axios / Marc Caputo

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BREAKING: FAA reopens El Paso airspace after abrupt closure

23 days / bsky / @axios.com / axios.com

"The order was reversed around eight hours later without an explanation for what caused it. Early indications point to a communications breakdown between the FAA and the Pentagon." Translation: Pete Hegseth is drunk again.

23 days / bsky / @paul.bsky.social / paul.bsky.social

El Paso airspace shutdown sparked by "military activity" near border www.axios.com/2026/02/11/e...

23 days / bsky / @knittingknots.bsky.social / knittingknots.bsky.social

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23 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

is the USA INVADING MEXICO? arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

23 days / bsky / @chronosschiron.bsky.social / chronosschiron.bsky.social

Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users

ycombinator - Comments

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #government #DHS #internet #security #reddit #privacy #law #digitalprivacy

Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users

26 days / reddit / /u/CantStopPoppin

Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users

27 days / ycombinator

Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users

27 days / reddit / /u/space_cheese1

Google Staff Demand Company Sever ICE Contracts

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google employees have signed an open letter demanding the company cut ties with immigration enforcement agencies, citing moral objections to their work.The post Google Staff Demand Company Sever ICE Contracts appeared first on WinBuzzer.

#techpolicy #google #politics #government #DHS #jobs #unions #culture #immigration

Google Staff Demand Company Sever ICE Contracts

27 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Nearly a thousand Google workers sign letter urging company to divest from ICE, CBP

27 days / cnbc

Capgemini sells controversial US government unit

Mels Dees / techzine - Capgemini has begun the process of selling its US subsidiary, Capgemini Government Solutions. Capgemini came under pressure after it emerged that the subsidiary had signed a contract with ICE. This is according to a press release issued by the company on …

#politics #government #privateequity #business #DHS #us #immigration #acquisitions #regulation

Capgemini sells controversial US government unit

4 wks / techzine / Mels Dees

Capgemini to sell the biz that works for US government amid criticism of ICE contract

4 wks / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Apple CEO Tim Cook Responds After ICE Shootings in Minneapolis

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded to events in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after two people were shot and killed by U.S. federal immigration agents this month.In an internal memo to Apple employees, obtained by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Cook said he is "heartbr…

#apple #government #business #DHS #us #comments #community #law #media #timcook

Apple CEO Tim Cook says it's 'time for de-escalation' in Minneapolis

5 wks / qz / Ben Kesslen

Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls for “Deescalation” After ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

5 wks / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

Apple CEO Tim Cook Responds After ICE Shootings in Minneapolis

5 wks / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

I thought Tim Cook was a total creep for going to Trump’s movie party after Alex Pretti was murdered by his death squads but Cook has now released a statement to let me know that no no, he is very nice and Trump is very nice and we all need to be nice.

5 wks / bsky / @scottdagostino.ca / scottdagostino.ca

How does that boot taste, bitch?

5 wks / bsky / @orso-xl.bsky.social / orso-xl.bsky.social

After increased criticism of his silence, an internal memo from Apple CEO Tim Cook sent to employees says he spoke with the President about the shooting of Alex Pretti and hopes for "deescalation."

5 wks / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Tim Cook Wants ‘Deescalation’ in Minneapolis

5 wks / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Apple CEO Tim Cook Responds After ICE Shootings in Minneapolis

5 wks / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Apple CEO Tim Cook 'heartbroken' after repeated ICE killings in Minneapolis

5 wks / appleinsider

Tim Cook Says He Is ‘Heartbroken by the Events in Minnesota,’ Calls for De-Escalation

5 wks / wsj / Tim Higgins

Target, UnitedHealth, 3M, General Mills CEOs finally spoke up about ICE after weeks of silence. Here’s what they said

Grace Snelling / fastcompany - For weeks, the leaders of Minnesota’s most prominent businesses have remained tight-lipped as thousands of ICE agents have flooded the Twin Cities, where those agents have raided residential neighborhoods, detained employees from local businesses, and tak…

#techpolicy #government #business #judiciary #DHS #jobs #immigration #law #technology

Corporate Leaders Weigh In on ICE Crisis (7)
Government and Legal Oversight in Motion (2)
Online and Social Media Outcry Amplifies Discontent (3)
Tech Workers Rally for CEO Action (4)
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Corporate Leaders Weigh In on ICE Crisis

'ICE is going too far': Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and more CEOs on Minnesota

5 wks / qz / Ben Kesslen

Shameful: Tech leaders react to ICE killing of Alex Pretti

5 wks / mashable

Minnesota CEOs’ call for ‘de-escalation’ isn’t enough. Here’s why.

5 wks / fastcompany / Sarah Bregel

Tech's top CEOs mum after ICE killings, while leaders like Reid Hoffman, Yann LeCun speak out

5 wks / cnbc

Vancouver-based Hootsuite standing by ICE contract

5 wks / mobilesyrup / Jonathan Lamont

Target, UnitedHealth, 3M, General Mills CEOs finally spoke up about ICE after weeks of silence. Here’s what they said

5 wks / fastcompany / Grace Snelling

CEOs at Target, Best Buy, and more urge 'immediate deescalation of tensions' in Minnesota

5 wks / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig

Government and Legal Oversight in Motion

Judge Blocks DHS From Destroying Evidence From Alex Pretti’s Execution By Federal Officers

5 wks / techdirt / Tim Cushing

DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online

5 wks / ycombinator

Online and Social Media Outcry Amplifies Discontent

TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners

5 wks / wired / Zeyi Yang, Vittoria Elliott

Redditors Are Mounting a Resistance Against ICE

5 wks / wired / Kat Tenbarge

Even the big dick subreddit is mad about ICE

5 wks / theverge / Mia Sato

Tech Workers Rally for CEO Action

Tech Workers Demand CEOs Use Their ‘Leverage’ to End ICE Violence

5 wks / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

Tech employees demand their leaders take a stand against ICE

5 wks / theregister / Jessica Lyons

Tech workers call for CEOs to speak up against ICE after the killing of Alex Pretti

5 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Tech workers urge CEOs to condemn ICE

5 wks / reddit / /u/Calvinball_24

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The technical failure coincided with TikTok’s ownership transition, leading users to question whether videos criticizing ICE raids in Minnesota were being intentionally censored. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

5 wks / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

"TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners. The technical failure coincided with TikTok’s ownership transition, leading users to question whether videos criticizing ICE raids in Minnesota were being intentionally censored.&quo

5 wks / bsky / @socialmedialab.ca / socialmedialab.ca

That evening, Apple CEO Tim Cook was at the White House for a screening of the first lady’s new documentary, according to multiple media outlets. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/a...

5 wks / bsky / @pigeonson.bsky.social / pigeonson.bsky.social

Tech leaders are beginning to speak out after the killing of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. But CEOs at some of the biggest tech companies have remained silent... by Jennifer Elias & Lola Murti @cnbc.com www.cnbc

5 wks / bsky / @lorak.bsky.social / lorak.bsky.social

“Fuck ICE first, second, third, and fourth. Then worry about fucking me,” a Reddit post reads.

5 wks / bsky / @theverge.com / theverge.com

Literally the first piece of news I read today was about r/massivecock and I’m like “is this real or should I go back inpatient”

5 wks / bsky / @lukesteuber.com / lukesteuber.com

ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations

Caroline Haskins / wired - A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.

#bigdata #analytics #dataprivacy #techpolicy #government #DHS #immigration #law #digitalprivacy #advertising

ICE being able to remain masked and anonymous is one of those system-level bugs with American democracy the Trump administration seems intent on exploiting www.theverge.com/policy/86720...

5 wks / bsky / @reckless.bsky.social / reckless.bsky.social

Only 31 percent of Americans think ICE agents should be allowed to wear masks. After a Reagan-appointed federal judge heard out the reasoning for the masks, he called it “disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable.” www.theverge.com/policy/86720...

5 wks / bsky / @theverge.com / theverge.com

FAA creates drone no-fly zone for ICE operations

5 wks / reddit / /u/ya-reddit-acct

Report: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid Data | Electronic Frontier Foundation

5 wks / reddit / /u/ya-reddit-acct

ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds on Medicaid Data

5 wks / ycombinator

Furor erupts after second fatal ICE shooting in Minnesota

5 wks / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Why won’t anyone stop ICE from masking?

5 wks / theverge / Sarah Jeong

Palantir has no place in UK public services: From ICE to Gaza, Palantir is complicit in violent US hegemony. Why do we keep giving it contracts?

5 wks / reddit / /u/RewardEquivalent553

NEW: ICE is asking companies to provide information about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that could “directly support investigations activities,” reports @carolinehaskins.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/ice-as...

5 wks / bsky / @lmatsakis.bsky.social / lmatsakis.bsky.social

New: Amid the escalating situation in Minneapolis, ICE posted in the Federal Register asking companies to provide info about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that would “directly support investigations activities” www.wired.com/story/ice-as...

5 wks / bsky / @carolinehaskins.bsky.social / carolinehaskins.bsky.social

NEW: ICE is conducting research into further use of ADINT/"Big Data" to support "investigations activities" by @carolinehaskins.bsky.social

5 wks / bsky / @dell.bsky.social / dell.bsky.social

ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations [GIFT LINK]

5 wks / reddit / /u/wiredmagazine

ICE Releases RFI for User Tracking Tools

5 wks / ycombinator

ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations

5 wks / wired / Caroline Haskins

ICE Is Scanning Civilians’ Faces, Telling Them They’re Being Entered Into a Terrorism Database

5 wks / reddit / /u/Wagamaga

Sandworm hackers linked to failed wiper attack on Poland’s energy systems

Lawrence Abrams / bleepingcomputer - A cyberattack targeting Poland's power grid in late December 2025 has been linked to the Russian state-sponsored hacking group Sandworm, which attempted to deploy a new destructive data-wiping malware dubbed DynoWiper during the attack.. [...]

#cybersecurity #infosec #energy #government #DHS #cybercrime #europe #russia #hack #cisa

Moscow likely behind wiper attack on Poland’s power grid, experts say

5 wks / theregister / Connor Jones

Massive Russian Cyberattack on Poland’s Energy Grid Fails

5 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Sandworm hackers linked to failed wiper attack on Poland’s energy systems

5 wks / bsky / @infosec.skyfleet.blue / infosec.skyfleet.blue

Sandworm hackers linked to failed wiper attack on Poland’s energy systems

5 wks / bleepingcomputer / Lawrence Abrams

Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware

5 wks / ycombinator

Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware

5 wks / arstechnica / Dan Goodin

Researchers say Russian government hackers were behind attempted Poland power outage

5 wks / reddit / /u/DJMagicHandz

US plans to start checking all tourists' social media

/u/nimicdoareu / reddit - submitted by /u/nimicdoareu [link] [comments]

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #government #DHS #security #travel #privacy #immigration #law #digitalprivacy

US to demand five years of social media history from foreign travelers under new proposal

2 months / techspot

US could demand five-year social media history from tourists before allowing entry

2 months / engadget / Steve Dent

US May Demand 5 Years of Social Media History From Incoming Tourists

2 months / cnet / Gael Cooper

U.S. will require some tourists to hand over 5 years of social media

2 months / fastcompany / Anna-Louise Jackson

US plans to start checking all tourists' social media

2 months / reddit / /u/nimicdoareu

Welcome to America - now show us your last five years of social media posts

2 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

DOGE Is Officially Dead

Ece Yildirim / gizmodo - The project no longer exists, despite eight months left on its mandate.

#cybersecurity #innovation #techpolicy #defensetech #doge #aiethics #government #doj #DHS #darpa

DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal dismantlement https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/doge-doesnt-exist-anymore-but-expert-says-its-still-not-dead/ > Government brain drain will haunt US after DOGE abruptly terminated

3 months / bsky / @nek.blue-ocean.social / nek.blue-ocean.social

DoGE "cut muscle, not fat"; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts

3 months / arstechnica

DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts

3 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

DOGE is dead — and it barely took a bite out of federal spending

3 months / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig

DOGE is dead, but the damage is still with us. Here’s a look back at some of its most egregious moves

3 months / fastcompany / Grace Snelling

DOGE Is Officially Dead https://gizmodo.com/doge-is-officially-dead-2000690664

3 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

DOGE days are over as Trump disbands Elon Musk’s team of federal cost-cutters

3 months / techcrunch / Zack Whittaker

DOGE Is Officially Dead

3 months / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

DOGE Quietly Dissolves 8 Months Early: Personnel and Tech Absorbed by Federal Agencies

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

U.S. Immigration Enforcement Apparently Provides Facial Scanning Tech to Local Cops

Lucas Ropek / gizmodo - It's part of a program that essentially deputizes police into the federal mass deportation effort.

#dataprivacy #aiethics #DHS #apps #privacy #immigration #police #law

Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not

4 months / theregister

Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not

4 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

U.S. Immigration Enforcement Apparently Provides Facial Scanning Tech to Local Cops

4 months / gizmodo / Lucas Ropek

US gives local police a face-scanning app similar to one used by ICE agents

4 months / arstechnica

US gives local police a face-scanning app similar to one used by ICE agents

4 months / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

ICE’s forced face scans to verify citizens is unconstitutional, lawmakers say

Ashley Belanger / arstechnica - Videos show ICE conducting random face scans on US streets.

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #government #DHS #security #privacy #immigration #law

This one is only 20 minutes old and has no definitive answers. Reinforces my sense that people should not comply with ICE requests to scan their faces. 5/ arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

4 months / bsky / @ddelgadovive.bsky.social / ddelgadovive.bsky.social

“We should have banned government use of face recognition when we had the chance because it is dangerous, invasive, and an inherent threat to civil liberties,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @404Media.co. www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp...

4 months / bsky / @eff.org / eff.org

ICE is using faulty and biased face surveillance technology to go after people they suspect of being undocumented. This is a direct threat to the fundamental rights of every individual and has no place in our cities.

4 months / bsky / @aclu.org / aclu.org

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep

4 months / bsky / @5-2blue.bsky.social / 5-2blue.bsky.social

ICE’s forced face scans to verify citizens is unconstitutional, lawmakers say

4 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Faces on the Street to Verify Citizenship

4 months / 404media

Smile! Uncle Sam wants to scan your face on the way in – and out

4 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

4 months / 404media / Joseph Cox

CISA orders feds to patch Windows Server WSUS flaw used in attacks

Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered U.S. government agencies to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) vulnerability after adding it to its catalog of security flaws exploited in attacks. [...]

#cybersecurity #infosec #windows #microsoft #DHS #security #cisa #patching #updates

WSUS attacks hit 'multiple' orgs as Google and other infosec sleuths ring Redmond’s alarm bell

4 months / theregister / Jessica Lyons

CISA orders feds to patch Windows Server WSUS flaw used in attacks

4 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

CISA releases warning about Windows Server Update Service bug, orders agencies to patch

4 months / therecord

DHS explores AI-powered mobile surveillance trucks for enhanced border monitoring

The US Department of Homeland Security is testing a novel concept: converting standard 4x4 trucks into AI-driven mobile watchtowers. With integrated radar, cameras, and autonomous features, this initiative seeks to bolster border security, though some may wonder if AI on wheels is the most innovative way to keep an eye on things.

#ai #automation #mobiletech #ml #defensetech #aiethics #government #DHS #security

DHS Wants a Fleet of AI-Powered Surveillance Trucks

4 months / wired / Dell Cameron

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