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Bill Robinson @billrobinson.bsky.social · 8h

In which I explain how I ended up with a shelf-load of Japanese dictionaries once owned by one of Canada's early codebreakers. luxexumbra.blogspot.com/2026/09/in-s...

The words "Examination Unit, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ont." stamped in red ink on the title page of a Japanese dictionary from 1942. Only the stamped part of the page is shown.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 13h

There's a reason I keep putting in one step closer references in a lot of my articles.

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Xan López @xanlopez.net · 18h

Well, that’s not the opening paragraph I expected.

1. Introduction

In the 1988 sci -fi roleplaying game Cyberpunk , the European Currency Unit serves as the global currency (colloquially referred to as “euro dollar”, “ed" or “eddie”) . In the story, the dismantling of US
democracy, a sovereign debt crisis and geopolitical mistakes
trigger the collap se of the United States . The European Economic
Community steps in and uses its well -regulated banking system and
single currency to displace the dollar’s hegemonic role.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 30/09/2026

So not only did I recently learn that Agalloch reunited, but they're now playing in Toronto next year.

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Robert Borden Stan Account @bordenstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Courtesy, as almost always with Canadian cyber and digital sovereignty news, of @cyberincontext.ca and his excellent Cyber News Rewire:

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Canadian Cyber News Rewire - #38

Wiring you into the cyber news relevant to Canada the week ending September 26 2026

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David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In a lengthy email sent to me, ShinyHunters now claims it never intended to publish the FBI data it says it stole, calling the episode a “marketing campaign.” The group previously gave the FBI one week to change or remove an advisory about it. I’ve asked FBI for comment.

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026

This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.

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Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.

Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 25/09/2026

Canadian Policy Options published an article by someone who they couldn't verify who they were and now pulled the article because of the person's refusal to cooperate. policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/09/dani...

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Why Policy Options removed an article published under the name Daniel Robson

Policy Options removed an article after concerns about the contributor’s identity could not be resolved. Here is what happened and why.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 24/09/2026

A glimpse of the malware infecting the tankers Reportedly called the "Da Vinci virus"

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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 24/09/2026

Hackers breached a third cargo ship, one that loaded in New Orleans and was traveling to Italy It's now docked in Spain after hackers breached systems involving tank pressure, safety valves and boil-off gas management neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/2026/09...

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Louisiana-loaded LNG tanker under cyberattack alters course | New Orleans CityBusiness

Federal agencies are monitoring nearly 20 vessels after a cyberattack disrupted an LNG tanker loaded at a Louisiana export terminal.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 23/09/2026

Last year, I wrote about Canada's complex cybersecurity standardization regime for procurement. I found a couple great charts to show this: These are two proposed models for integrating CPCSC (Canadian CMMC) into public-private partnerships.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 23/09/2026

I'll actually be attending SecTor for the first time this year as media. Really looking forward to this keynote in particular.

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DPRK CERT @dprkcert.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Nine talks on DPRK cyber ops: malware RE, crypto laundering, IT-worker threats & attribution. All free: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0l1… #BSPY25

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 21/09/2026

The new Cyber News Rewire is out! Top stories this week include: - Privacy Commissioner seeking info on the driver's licence hack - Proton shows 100% of fedgov rely on US providers. - Nipigon hospital ransomware - Cohere and Aleph Alpha reach terms for merger www.cyberincontext.ca/p/canadian-c...

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Canadian Cyber News Rewire - #37

Wiring you into the cyber news relevant to Canada the week ending September 19 2026

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Srdjan Vucetic @srdj.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Letting my co-author extraordinaire @hager.bsky.social know that our book has now made it to Ottawa!🎉 For a preview: srdjanvucetic.wordpress.com/five/

A new book about how Five Eyes cooperation came about, with what effects on national and international politics, and where it may go next.

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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

~ Personal news ~ I left TechCrunch. I will now focus on finishing my book about Hacking Team and the history of government spyware. After that, and in the meantime as well, I will be freelancing. Contact me: Lorenzofb.writes@gmail.com or Signal @LorenzoFB.1337 (+1 917 257 1382)

A masked puppet comes out of a keyboard.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 17/09/2026

New research from Proton finds 87% of top Canadian companies depend on US tech companies. For governments, it’s even worse: 100% of federal, provincial, and territorial governments rely on US companies for email. As Canada turns away from the US, major institutions need to cut that reliance.

100% of Canadian governments and 87% of major Canadian companies depend on US companies for email services.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 17/09/2026

"Technology platforms increasingly seek to act as sovereign powers. They want to dictate the rules of regulation – and even circumvent them. They want to control our data, spread misinformation, and steal our children’s childhoods." www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...

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Prime Minister Carney delivers an address to the European Parliament

Thank you for granting me the honour of addressing you all at the beginning of this decisive session.

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Bill Robinson @billrobinson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New post at the Lux Ex Umbra blog: Scott Jones to be next CSE Chief luxexumbra.blogspot.com/2026/09/scot...

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Lux Ex Umbra: Scott Jones to be next CSE Chief

Monitoring Canadian signals intelligence (SIGINT) activities past and present.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 15/09/2026

Finally a response from Canadian law enforcement.

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Bill Robinson @billrobinson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Scott Jones became a Senior Advisor at CSE on 9 September and will become the new Chief of CSE on 22 October. Links inside Alex Rudolph's invaluable newsletter. www.cyberincontext.ca/p/canadian-c...

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Canadian Cyber News Rewire - #36 (12/09/26)

Wiring you into the cyber news relevant to Canada the week ending September 12 2026

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 09/09/2026

The reviews are rolling in and one of the book chapters I've written recently might be the best thing I've written.

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Fire Writing

ALT: Fire Writing

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 09/09/2026

This is not a big surprise at all, but will unfortunately harm small and medium businesses the most. They more than any benefit the most from community programs and PPP cross sectoral engagement because they're often the most severely impacted by attacks.

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blair @blairaf.com · 02/06/2026

I'm looking for a new PhD student to come join me at UAlberta & Amii to study trans perspectives on AI policy & the future of AI as part of my new lab. The position is fully funded and offers access to a range of supports - more details in the poster below!

Flyer with qualifications and details for the PhD position.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 08/09/2026

DHS trying to create "pre crime" from the popular "don't make pre crime" movie

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 08/09/2026

The new Cyber News Rewire is available. Some major stories from this past week include: Millions of Canadian licenses on the dark web; New CSE Chief announced; Digital Transformation Canada announced in gov IT shakeup; Canada releases data centre framework www.cyberincontext.ca/p/canadian-c...

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Canadian Cyber News Rewire - #35 (05/09/26)

Wiring you into the cyber news relevant to Canada the week ending September 05 2026

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hey, cyberpeople. Help a PhD student out. Did you recently write or supervise a vendor's research report or release research on a blog? Maybe you dropped a vuln at a conference? In general, did you do something that, if we were in any other industry, would be an academic paper? Let me know.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 06/09/2026

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security issues a "shields up"-esque warning, but they have also compiled advisories/guidances on addressing common attacks and threats. www.cyber.gc.ca/en/news-even...

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The Cyber Centre urges heightened vigilance amid global tensions and high-profile events - Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

The Cyber Centre urges heightened vigilance amid global tensions and high-profile events

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In technical terms, this is referred to as a "pinky swear." And it's just as binding and effective. "The responsible development principles do not include any compliance mechanism or penalties for broken pledges." This is not serious governance.

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AI giants sign federal pledge that Canadian data centres will bring benefits - The Logic

Anthropic, Bell, Cohere, Google and Meta are among the 23 signatories of Ottawa’s accord that promises their compute facilities won’t raise power prices or waste water

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 03/09/2026

I am a big critic of Solomon, but I like this in principle. These types of frameworks have been on the rise, but it remains to be seen whether anything will come of them if they lack enforcement. How will they ensure this will happen beyond pinky promises? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Want to build a data centre in Canada? These are the federal government's new expectations | CBC News

The federal government has announced a new framework outlining key expectations for responsible data centre development, as politicians and companies grapple with public pushback to the infrastructure...

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 03/09/2026

The ATF in the US is investigating a hack of its lawful access program. This should give Canada pause in how it is developing its own lawful access program. The RCMP are not digitally modernized according to its own audits.

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David TS Fraser @privacylawyer.ca · 03/09/2026

Anybody interested in the Canadian government's proposed social media ban for young people (which should be everybody) should pay attention to this.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 02/09/2026

This also affects Canada I have been seeing that both American and Canadian licenses are showing up in this.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 31/08/2026

The latest Canadian Cyber News Rewire. Top stories include: Multiple Windsor-area hospitals and aid organizations hit with cyber attacks; Digital sovereignty as risk in trade negotiations with the US; New investments by the Government into cyber and quantum. www.cyberincontext.ca/p/canadian-c...

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Canadian Cyber News Rewire - #34 (29/08/26)

Wiring you into the cyber news relevant to Canada the week ending August 29 2026

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 29/08/2026

For your weekend reading: How much are Canadian intelligence and the military aware of Microsoft's new way of tracking? I ask simple questions that Microsoft won't answer, raising new concerns about Canada's digital sovereignty. www.cyberincontext.ca/p/new-how-mu...

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New: How Much can Microsoft’s GDID Track the Canadian Armed Forces?

Microsoft’s GDID internal identifier brings new risks to Canada

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

tired: this wargame could have been an email wired: this wargame could have been a 28.2 inspired: this wargame could have been [through JADC2, all things are possible], so write that down

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I keep thinking about this line from Minister Joly about the effort to poach (mainly) U.S. scholars: “At the same time, we were in competition also with other countries that have launched similar initiatives including France, including also the EU." 1/n www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Canada recruited 64 professors with new research fund. Three-quarters are from U.S. schools | CBC News

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly announced on Thursday that the federal government is providing $541 million in research funding to a tranche of new professors recruited into Canadian institutions from ...

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If you have a noun and don't know how to make it do a verb, that isn't an urgent question. I don't urgently need to know how to make corn navigate ocean liners.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 27/08/2026

I am delving once again into crown prerogative and the authorization of Canadian cyber operations. Constantly reading about the "Crown" makes the inner non-monarchist in me grumble.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 26/08/2026

My new article with Vanguard Defence: How much can Microsoft track the Canadian military? A US criminal complaint revealed Microsoft's GDID can be used to track despite network-level protections. This introduces new risks for governments and militaries www.vanguarddefence.ca/p/how-much-c...

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How much can Microsoft track the Canadian military with GDID?

Reverse engineering confirms that when a Windows device logs in with a Microsoft Account, a server assigns a permanent GDID that is stored locally, used by various Windows background services, and inc...

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Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

oh boy chinese operators sure do love using remote code execution to turn networking and IoT devices into hop points that are then leveraged at scale during the compromise of lots of targets

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vanguarddefence.ca

How much can Microsoft track the Canadian military with GDID?

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 25/08/2026

This is going to be a major negotiating tool for Ukraine in the future. All NATO countries are itching to get access to this data for themselves and for their defence industry.

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 25/08/2026

I'm tired, boss.

Tired smoking man: everything is computer

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