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Mark Karayan

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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Steal 45GB of data from MSG and nobody panics...But you steal one trashcan from MSG, well then everyone loses their minds!
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Heath Ledger's Joker: Intense Performance
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
"Somehow, despite never submitting any of the paperwork they sent me -not the background check or identification info, not the domestic violence affidavit, none of it- ICE had apparently offered me a job." slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Someone needs to write a more in-depth story about how Kim Jong Un is the OG diamond hands crypto bro. They were stealing Bitcoin when it was worth less than $1,000 and doubt they spent all of it at once. The amount they likely have in reserve that's gone up in value must be astronomical
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Germany links 2024 cyberattack on German air traffic control to Russia's APT28. therecord.media/germany-summ... "APT28 has a long history of intrusions into logistics and transportation. In many cases it appears to be tied to a requirement to surveil military movements." - @hultquist.bsky.social
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Germany summons Russian ambassador over cyberattack, election disinformation
Germany said it had "clear evidence" that a 2024 cyberattack on its air traffic control authority was the work of the Russian hacking operation known as APT28 or Fancy Bear.
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Might be one of the funniest lines written in sports journalism: "Off-ice officials realized that Mikkola couldn't have had an assist on the play -- since he had been ejected earlier in the period." www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/...
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Lightning, Panthers net 312 PIM in preseason tilt
In a wild end to the NHL preseason schedule for a pair of bitter rivals, the Panthers defeated the Lightning 7-0 in a memorable matchup in which 65 penalties were called, totaling 312 minutes on the f...
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Is it time to rename the "Streisand effect" to the "Kimmel effect"?
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Breweries in every state need to collaborate to sell 12-packs, each containing their respective seasonal pumpkin beer, and brand it as a “pumpkin patch”.
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squid.jpg @apendley.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I want a girl with a short skirt and a
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Derek B. Johnson @derekbjohnson.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
This is also what junior Mandiant analysts say when they're being briefed on graduated threat groups.
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Jon Tayler (Jon Tayler’s Version) @jontayler.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
We going to get an explanation on why half of Section 8 and all of Section 9 in Article 1 was removed from the online version of the U.S. Constitution on the Congress.gov site? Would love to see @politico.com or someone look into this web.archive.org/web/diff/202...
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Wayback Machine
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
When the DnD party consisting of knights and Paladins rolls through town
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
VPN providers today
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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Consider, your Honor, that my client was being extremely productive at the time of the crash.
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Can't wait to watch this @mikko.bsky.social! press.wbd.com/us/media-rel...
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Max Original Documentary Series MOST WANTED: TEEN HACKER Debuts September 5 On HBO Max | Pressroom
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David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🔴SharePoint vulnerability update: "We assess that at least one of the actors responsible for this early exploitation is a China-nexus threat actor," Mandiant/Google Cloud CTO Charles Carmakal says in a statement sent to me just now. My earlier reporting: www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Coinbase went full Les Grossman www.coinbase.com/blog/protect... "Instead of paying the $20 million ransom, we’re establishing a $20 million reward fund for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the attackers"
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Tired: White smoke to announce a new Pope Wired: Catholic Priest DJing EDM to announce a new Pope www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuoJ...
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Padre Guilherme - Cristo Redentor - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - DJ Set (16.01.2025)
YouTube video by Padre Guilherme
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Missed opportunity from CNN on picking the right photo for this story www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/w...
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
“So you’re saying less American actors and actresses will travel to France? How very sad for them.” -The French
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WIRED @wired.com · 01/05/2025
From his résumé, Thomas from Tennessee looked perfect. A programmer for eight years—and he’d breezed through a coding test. In reality, Thomas is a North Korean IT worker, one of many deployed to work remotely for US companies in a global cybercrime op to bankroll the North Korean government.
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Your Favorite New Coworker Is an AI-Enhanced Operative From North Korea
For years, North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious—and effective—than ever.
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aptwhatnow.bsky.social @aptwhatnow.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Kim Chaek Uni of Tech. DPRK IT Workers supplying money to sanctioned Ryonbong. Client countries: US,UK, JP, UA, CN, BR. Cha Gang Song JangMyongSong KimMunSong Li Song Ryong Mun Ri Yong Kim Su Jin Choe Song Guk Paek Myong Ho Paek Choe Hyon Pyo Se Il Cha Gang Song home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
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Treasury Sanctions North Korean Overseas Representatives, Shipping Companies, and Chinese Entities Supporting the Kim Regime
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today sanctioned nine entities, 16 individuals, and six vessels in response to North Korea's ongoing developm...
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
My favorite Pope history is that of Celestine V, who was unwillingly elected as Pope after he sent a letter to the Cardinals essentially telling them to hurry it the fuck up with selecting a new Pope (they had reached an impasse for 2 years). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Ce...
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Pope Celestine V - Wikipedia
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The first two episodes of season 2 of The Last of Us is already better than the entire last season of Game of Thrones.
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I feel like a North Korean IT Worker being employed by the FAA for a few months should be making bigger headlines. Yes, THAT FAA. All thanks to a Facilitator in Maryland. CC @dustinvolz.bsky.social
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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 09/04/2025
So I stuck up for Sean Plankey as future CISA, now time to stick up for Chris Krebs, past CISA - this shit is bonkers and should give pause to anyone even considering federal employment if this kind of shit is what you get for doing your job: www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Risks from Chris Krebs and Government Censorship
RESTORING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum revoking any active security clearance held by Chris
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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off. We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Me, when a cybersecurity company does an April Fools stunt
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
What - and I can’t stress this enough - THE EVERLIVING FUCK sfstandard.com/2025/03/27/c...
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Crypto bro is buying storied Lower Haight beer bar. Will launch ‘ToronadoCash’ coin
A legendary Lower Haight beer bar is being bought by a crypto investor whose plans include launching something that sounds a lot like a meme coin.
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Canadian customs: What do you have planned during your visit? Me: apologizing for America and watching the Leafs annihilate the Flyers.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 21/03/2025
🧵NEW: A CDC clone website is filled with false and misleading vaccine claims against a backdrop of false balance. The NGO (Children's Health Defense) led by the current HHS Secretary until December 2024 is hosting content for the CDC clone. infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
North Korean threat groups right now
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Heading into the weekend with a positive attitude
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Live-look at the administration's response to whether tariffs are in place or not
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/t...
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
"The administration claims this will save money by reducing maintenance costs and moving federal workers into leased office spaces." Imagine if a financial advisor told you to sell your paid-off property and to instead lease in a HCOL city to "save money". finance.yahoo.com/news/payback...
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'It's All About Payback'—Trump Moves To Shut Down And Sell San Francisco's 'Nancy Pelosi Federal Building'
Two major federal buildings in San Francisco, including the one named after Nancy Pelosi, may soon be sold off as part of President Donald Trump's effort to shrink the federal government's real estate...
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
www.inversecos.com/2025/02/an-i... "In total, 54 jump servers and 5 proxy servers were used to perform the attack coming from 17 different countries..."
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"This activity is yet another example of the lengths threat actors will go through to find novel methods to compromise sensitive, encrypted communications." - @danwblack.bsky.social Update your Signal app folks cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
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Signals of Trouble: Multiple Russia-Aligned Threat Actors Actively Targeting Signal Messenger | Google Cloud Blog
Russia state-aligned threat actors target Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russia's intelligence services.
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
"The employees were fired “without cause nor based on performance or conduct,” Spero said, and the emails were “from an ‘exec order’ Microsoft email address” — not a government email address." apnews.com/article/doge...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access. It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Lollll
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Mahomes is going to be qualified start a landscaping business after the game if he keeps spending this much time face down in the grass
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
God damn it…she’s right y’all. Half-way through eating one I was regretting my choices, but then something magical happens
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Mark Karayan @markkarayan.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
"The North Koreans also wrote him real-time answers through the Virtual Machine’s Notepad feature, Aidan said." Someday a North Korean IT Worker is going to defect and make a killing working as a FAANG career coach... sashaingber.substack.com/p/the-23-yea...
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The 23-year-old who infiltrated a North Korean laptop farm
Aidan Raney documented an operation to exploit U.S. businesses, one of the ways North Korea funds its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.
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🎸Paul🎹 @paul.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Watch DPRK hackers steal every last one of these tokens.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 09/01/2025
I missed it earlier, but the @houstonchronicle.com published an editorial this week on my investigation with @chrisbing.bsky.social into how some of America’s most prominent climate change activists were targeted by mercenary hackers between 2015-2018 www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...
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Tomlinson: Investigation links Exxon to Israeli PI accused of hiring hackers
FBI seeks to extradite an Israeli private investigator on charges of hacking climate activists for a U.S. oil and gas firm.
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