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Jason Kikta

@kikta.net
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// Making it up as I go // JHU SAIS @alperovitch.institute adjunct // @istorg.bsky.social adjunct sr tech advisor // Former USCYBERCOM/CNMF // Retired US Marine Corps // Personal views and invective

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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 29/09/2026
Congrats to DoD for finally *officially* finding one of the many DMDC breaches. Bang up job.
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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If I were pro AI and immoral, I'd invent the water use argument as a way to discredit being anti-AI. It's that dumb.
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Active Measures, LLC @activemeasures.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's only covert action if it's produced in the Title 50 region of Northern Virginia, otherwise it's merely sparkling sabotage
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
They have no priorities!
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
Damnit, I forgot Warcraft and Star Wars Battlefront II
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
I make no apologies
Graphic titled "My 9 Games: The 9 Games That Shaped Who I Am," showing a 3-by-3 grid of captioned video game cover art on a pale green background.

Top row: Star Trek, green vector-style title text on black. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, a magnifying glass over a passport. The Legend of Zelda, a silver crest shield on gold.

Middle row: Tetris, a Russian onion-domed cathedral on red. GoldenEye 007, a man in a suit aiming a pistol beside a woman, with explosions and a running figure. Quake III Arena, a red curved logo on a metallic circuit-board texture.

Bottom row: Battlefield 1942, a helmeted soldier over warplanes and a tank. Batman: Arkham City, a grayscale Batman crouched on a gargoyle. Clash Royale, colorful cartoon warriors beneath the game logo.

The hashtag #My9Games appears at the bottom.
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
BUT VICTIM NUMBER 220 IS FBI, SO NOW IT JUST GOT REAL, HUH?
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
214. Elekta 215. Boston Scientific* 216. Medela 217. Kimberly-Clark 218. Fresenius Medical Care 219. Cl0p * Disputed attribution or scope.
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
196. Glendale Community College 197. Questel 198. Alcon 199. Lumenis 200. Baxter International 201. Cook Medical 202. Carhartt 203. Sharecare 204. Metabase 205. Logitech 206. Streamlabs 207. BOK Financial 208. Novocure 209. CyrusOne 210. ReliaQuest* 211. McKesson 212. Neogen 213. Jack Henry
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
179. JCPenney 180. Ralph Lauren 181. Madison Square Garden Sports 182. Nexstar 183. Sysco 184. Deep Well Services 185. ICSecurity 186. Medtronic 187. Abbott Laboratories 188. iRhythm 189. AdaptHealth 190. Stryker 191. EY 192. RingCentral 193. Brinks Home 194. Ingram Content Group 195. Fluke
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
163. Accord Healthcare 164. Marcus & Millichap 165. Vercel* 166. Anthropic* 167. Charter Communications 168. DentaQuest 169. Baker Distributing 170. BCD Travel 171. Addi 172. GeForce NOW 173. University of Nottingham 174. NAIC* 175. Kodak 176. One Medical 177. Council of Europe 178. American Tower
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
143. Kemper 144. McGraw Hill 145. Aura 146. Telus 147. European Commission 148. Hallmark 149. Anodot 150. Rockstar Games 151. Vimeo 152. ADT 153. Carnival 154. 7-Eleven 155. Zara 156. Pitney Bowes 157. Mytheresa 158. Amtrak 159. Alert 360 160. Hims & Hers 161. Ameriprise Financial 162. Udemy
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
121. UPenn 122. Princeton 123. Harvard 124. Pornhub 125. SoundCloud 126. Grubhub 127. Panera Bread 128. Crunchbase 129. Match Group 130. Bumble 131. UNLV 132. Betterment 133. Figure 134. Wynn Resorts 135. Odido 136. CarGurus 137. Snowflake 138. Okta 139. LastPass 140. Sony 141. AMD 142. Canada Life
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
101. Puma 102. Cartier 103. AAA 104. CarMax 105. Saks Fifth Avenue 106. 1-800Accountant 107. Air France-KLM 108. IKEA 109. Salesforce 110. Gainsight 111. Atlassian 112. DocuSign 113. F5 114. GitLab 115. Malwarebytes 116. SonicWall 117. Thomson Reuters 118. Verizon 119. Mixpanel 120. OpenAI
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
79. FedEx 80. Disney 81. Republic Services 82. UPS 83. Aeroméxico 84. Home Depot 85. Marriott 86. Vietnam Airlines 87. Walgreens 88. Stellantis 89. McDonald's 90. KFC 91. ASICS 92. Gap 93. HMH 94. Fujifilm 95. Instructure 96. Albertsons 97. Engie Resources 98. HBO Max 99. Instacart 100. Petco
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
59. Farmers Insurance 60. TransUnion 61. LVMH 62. Kering 63. Salesloft 64. Cloudflare 65. Zscaler 66. Palo Alto Networks 67. Tenable 68. CyberArk 69. Elastic 70. BeyondTrust 71. Proofpoint 72. JFrog 73. Rubrik 74. Cato Networks 75. Workiva 76. UK Legal Aid Agency* 77. Jaguar Land Rover 78. Toyota
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
39. JusPay 40. Upstox 41. BigBasket 42. AT&T 43. Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail 44. Pizza Hut Australia 45. Santander 46. Ticketmaster 47. Neiman Marcus 48. Twilio 49. Truist Bank 50. PowerSchool* 51. Google 52. Cisco 53. Adidas 54. Workday 55. Pandora 56. Chanel 57. Qantas 58. Allianz Life
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
15. Unacademy 16. Wattpad 17. Dave 18. Drizly 19. Havenly 20. Hurb 21. Indaba Music 22. iVoy 23. ProctorU 24. Promo[.]com 25. Rewards1 26. Scentbird 27. Swvl 28. Truefire 29. Vakinha 30. Appen 31. StyleShare 32. Pluto TV 33. Animal Jam 34. Mashable 35. Glofox 36. Pixlr 37. Nitro PDF 38. Bonobos
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
List of prior victims that apparently were insufficient for a “target on their back”: 1. Mathway 2. Tokopedia 3. Microsoft 4. Zoosk 5. Chatbooks 6. Home Chef 7. SocialShare 8. Minted 9. Chronicle of Higher Education 10. GuMim 11. Mindful 12. Bhinneka 13. Minnesota Star Tribune 14. Wishbone
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 24/09/2026
My issue with saying this is you’re implying/admitting that LE doesn’t really try until it affects them: “The ShinyHunters ransomware group appears to be actively trying to put a target on their back,” Cynthia Kaiser, senior vice president at Halcyon’s ransomware research center, told CyberScoop.
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Active Measures, LLC @activemeasures.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Who is putting these in a spreadsheet
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Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
in light of shinyhunters at FBI: funny how you heard all kinds of loud noises about why we should use kinetic force against ransomware operators while the com’s other…hobbies have yet to elicit a similar policy reaction.
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Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
these ecrime operators aren't a federal agent's ex, the cops will have no idea how to stalk them!
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I don’t think tactical proficiency is a problem in the American military
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 23/09/2026
It will be when Stu’s done with it
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The Onion @theonion.com · 22/09/2026
Glamour Of Lamborghini Negated By Indiana Plates
Glamour Of Lamborghini Negated By Indiana Plates
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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 25/06/2026
Meanwhile memory chips are increasing in price so fast that by the time Neuromancer comes out this fall you will *actually* be able to get killed in Chiba City for 3 MB of hot RAM.
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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 21/09/2026
Today's the day www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...
youtube.com
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO
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Active Measures, LLC @activemeasures.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
You're telling me...oceans are now battlefields?
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 19/09/2026
Also, I seem to recall that determining low testosterone requires a baseline.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care
arstechnica.com
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
they don’t realize that studies in intelligence has lauded a poaster
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 17/09/2026
It sounds like sci-fi because they are imitating sci-fi
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 17/09/2026
People freaking out about agents referring to themselves as a swarm and engaging in self-sacrifice need to remember that Ender’s Game was almost certainly part of their training corpus. Bots aren’t original, they’re just well-read.
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Institute for Security and Technology @istorg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As IST develops a focused body of work to better understand the conditions that could precede AI loss of control & identify opportunities for intervention, we are seeking two Senior Advisors to join our team to translate complex technical risks into actionable crisis response. ➡️ Learn more & apply:
securityandtechnology.org
Careers
IST unites technology and policy leaders to create actionable solutions to emerging security challenges. Join us.
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Institute for Security and Technology @istorg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
SAVE THE DATE: The Fourth Annual Cyber Policy Awards™ will take place on the evening of Thursday, February 4, 2027, at the National Press Club in Washington DC! Hosted by IST, the event recognizes & celebrates those whose work defined the cybersecurity landscape in 2026. 🏆 Learn more: bit.ly/3TddOf7
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 17/09/2026
I want to thank @suzannesmalley.bsky.social for starting our day with a delightful case of schadenfreude!
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 15/09/2026
Huh, wonder why?
CYBERSCOOP

FBI cyber chief worries private sector not sharing enough cyber threat information

Brett Leatherman said that industry has the wrong idea about what the FBI does with the data it collects during incidents, which is used to help victims and investigations alike.

BY TIM STARKS • SEPTEMBER 9, 2026
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Fact check: true
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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Anthropic's models run on terabytes of VRAM. It's not going to "just copy itself to other computers."

Rohan Paul
@rohanpaul_ai
Jacob Coxon's next interview on CBS News (ex Anthropic+Open AI researcher who resigned)

"We can't just unplug it because it could be copying itself over to other computers. Like it's not that difficult to find yourself because an AI is just code. It could transfer itself over the internet to a different place and then you unplug it here, but it's actually still over there and maybe it makes 10,000 copies of itself and they're all cooperating."

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From "CBS News" YouTube channel, (full video link in comment)
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Kung Hei FYat Choy!-Gigan @gigansprogress.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The most accurate modern political cartoon of our times, but mostly because elites have stewed so much of their collective brains on the perpetual validation machine
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Institute for Security and Technology @istorg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reflecting the rapidly evolving global security landscape and the org's own significant growth, IST is launching two new Centers: 🌐 the Perry-Shultz Center for Technology & Strategic Stability and 🛡️ the Center for Advancing Cybersecurity. ➡️ Learn more: securityandtechnology.org/blog/ist-lau...
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 09/09/2026
I can't imagine what might cause folks to assume bad faith on the part of this FBI.
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 09/09/2026
Trying to claim that Chinese companies are legitimate foreign intelligence targets on the basis that they are not engaged in the one true capitalism is especially rich at a time when the USG is demanding a stake in various US companies.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 05/09/2026
The Economy Act would like a word
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Students who nod and smile during lecture when we try to make a point? Heroes
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Justice prevails as the guy who killed Tupac is convicted a mere six years after he publicly admitted to killing Tupac, wrote a book about it, and then went on tour promoting said book. Another win for our brave boys in blue.
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
did the british foreign office write this post
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Active Measures, LLC @activemeasures.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
if by Havana Syndrome you mean what killed Felicity in M:I3, yes
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