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Federal US domain bot @fed-us-domain-bot.bsky.social · 2h
❌ NOTICE Federal US website newly deleted. girlshealth.gov Action taken by the nan (Department of Health and Human Services) at or around 2026-09-30 12:09:17.
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Federal US website delisted. URL is not valid.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 2h
So who left the Easter egg? I don’t know, but I’d note that Trump said the lead engineer on the project was Edward Coristine, better known as “Big Balls.” fedscoop.com/trump-launch...
According to Trump, the project started "almost on day one" of his administration. He thanked Gebbia, Chief Brand Architect of the U.S. Peter Arnell, and Edward Coristine, the DOGE member known by the name "Big Balls," for their work on the project. Per Trump, Coristine is the lead engineer for America.gov.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 3h
Funny hidden messages in government websites aren’t new, though in fairness they’re not typically this weird. www.reuters.com/business/med...
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In hidden message on White House website, Biden calls for coders
The recently updated website for President Joe Biden's White House carried an invitation for tech specialists savvy enough to find it.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 3h
I will forgive a website populated almost entirely by 41-year-olds for not catching the joke here, but you need more zoomers in your lives. techcrunch.com/2026/09/29/a...
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America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it's not a glitch | TechCrunch
For the sake of national security, it's a relief to learn that America.gov is not hallucinating to the point that it's penning lengthy poetry.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 3h
So the America.gov “Play Minecraft” prompt is creepy and fun but it’s not ‘going insane’ or glitching. Those are the Minecraft end credits that someone has repurposed into a hard coded Easter egg.
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America.gov
Find answers from official government sources and clear next steps for the services you need with America.gov.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ah yes the circle of life
• Dispatched
Sep 25 23:03 pm
In Transit
Sep 26 09:52 am
Delayed
Sep 26 10:57 am
Held By Carrier
Sep 26 15:07 pm
Destroyed
Sep 26 15:08 pm
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was wrong. It’s happening
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 29/09/2026
Meanwhile, the story just gets crazier every day: bsky.app/profile/raph...
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 29/09/2026
FBI official to ShinyHunters: Call us. www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
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FBI official tells hackers to get in touch, says 'we know how to find you'
A senior FBI official has made an unusually public ‌request to the hacking group ShinyHunters, telling the cybercriminals on Tuesday they should get in touch following a wide-ranging breach of the bur...
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 29/09/2026
New: Dutch media say that the suspect arrested as part of the ShinyHunters investigation -- who we've identified as Pepijn van der Stap -- is also being investigated over two alleged murder plots. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 29/09/2026
So how unusual is it for a senior FBI official to ask a cybercriminal group to get in touch? x.com/FBICyberDiv/...
Screencap of Brett Leatherman in a video on X.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 29/09/2026
Strong Anthropic IPO coverage on @reuters.com right now: www.reuters.com
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 29/09/2026
Scoop from @reuters.com's Echo Wang: Anthropic plans to spent HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS in the coming years on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs
Anthropic is making a massive bet that AI will transform the global economy ​more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 28/09/2026
Also, together with @agoudsward.bsky.social we’ve confirmed that the FBI circulated a memo to staff saying the bureau was operating under the assumption that data on *all* its employees had been compromised. That was first reported over the weekend by @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 28/09/2026
Scoop: We've interviewed with Van der Stap's boss, Benjamin Korper, who says he's hired an outside firm to see if the supposedly reformed hacker targeted his firm or their clients. (So far no evidence of either, he tells me.) He says the arrest happened Sept. 15. www.reuters.com/world/amster...
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Dutch 'reformed hacker' arrested in ShinyHunters investigation, police and boss say
A Dutch man whose journey from cybercriminal to reformed security professional ​was widely covered in the international media has been arrested as part ‌of an investigation into the hacker group Shiny...
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 28/09/2026
This follows Brian Kreb's scoop this morning identifying the man as reformed hacker Pepijn van der Stap: krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/dutc... More from us to come soon:
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Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation – Krebs on Security
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 28/09/2026
From @reuters.com: DUTCH POLICE: 24-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM AMSTERDAM WAS ARRESTED IN AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE HACKER GROUP SHINYHUNTERS
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW: I came across a bookseller who was afraid that a mysterious company trying to buy some of his rarest books was going to use them to train AI models. I went down the rabbithole with him, and was confused and altogether existentially weirded out by what I found www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
A bookseller confronts a mysterious company hunting his rarest books
Was a Kentucky retailer targeted by a destructive AI "predator"?
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 26/09/2026
Darn right it was
Post successful.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 26/09/2026
In this piece @deepa.bsky.social & @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social & I look at how OpenAI is scrambling to get its hands around the AI agent escapes. Among the scoops: Its agents leaked more than 50 ChatGPT user-submitted or -generated pictures to the internet. www.reuters.com/world/openai...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI works to understand full scope of agent activity as user data leak emerges
Two months after OpenAI disclosed the accidental hacking of Hugging Face, the ChatGPT maker is still working to understand the full scope of its rogue agent activity, two people briefed ​on the matter...
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 26/09/2026
There was already consternation over the exposure of named employees' sensitive assignments within the FBI. This new development portends worse. One former FBI operative we spoke to said it had shades of the 2015 OPM breach. Our previous story: bsky.app/profile/raph...
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 26/09/2026
In the sample: - An electrocardiogram - Part of a psychiatric evaluation - Part of a pre-employment physical exam We've gone through and cross-referenced SSNs, dates of employment, and medical professionals' names. They line up. Source says one medical pro was examining FBI agents at the time.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 25/09/2026
Scoop: ShinyHunters say they have medical and psychiatric records of FBI staff. @ajvicens.bsky.social and I have gone through and partially authenticated the sample data they’ve circulated. www.reuters.com/world/shinyh...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: ShinyHunters hackers say they stole psychiatric and medical records of FBI staff
FBI personnel data recently stolen by the ShinyHunters hackers includes sensitive psychiatric and medical ​evaluation records, according to the hackers and documents reviewed by Reuters.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 25/09/2026
Yikes. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Special agents blood and urine test results stolen in FBI hack
Experts say the hack could leave agents vulnerable to scams, blackmail and targeted attacks.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 24/09/2026
"My second book is my pride and joy took me 3 whole days. Lol"
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 24/09/2026
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Published two books today using muse on kdp.amazon.com. My second book is my pride and joy took me 3 whole days. Lol
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 23/09/2026
Here’s our story: www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Australia PM Albanese says OpenAI agent breached government website in June
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday an AI agent developed by OpenAI infiltrated an Australian government website in ​June, accessing public and non-public files in the first k...
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 23/09/2026
New: Another OpenAI agent hacked the Australian government. PM says he expressed his disappointment "that it took [OpenAI] way too long to inform the government what had occurred, and the nature of the way that that notification occurred as well was unacceptable." www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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OpenAI agent breached Medicare, Albanese reveals
An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare this year, in a breach that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has labelled “unacceptable”.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 23/09/2026
Story by @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social & Alexander Cornwall.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 23/09/2026
Interesting tea leaves here: When US officials in Jerusalem and Washington prepared a draft statement condemning the UK, France & Canada for their plans to block imports from Israeli settlements, they were overruled by higher ups at State and the White House. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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EXCLUSIVE: US drafted a memo condemning UK over West Bank sanctions. It was never released
In early September, US officials in Jerusalem and Washington prepared a draft statement attributed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemning plans by the UK, France and Canada to block imports from...
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 23/09/2026
@ajvicens.bsky.social and I verified the authenticity of at least some of the data by running names, addresses, and social security numbers against credit bureau records and breach data.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 23/09/2026
The data, part of a sample of 5,000 lines released by the hackers, shows which employees are working on “data intercept” or “telecom intercept” technologies, or are in the ​FBI’s “clandestine technical operations” unit, or its “covert access section.”
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 23/09/2026
Scoop: Data allegedly stolen from the FBI provides sensitive assignment descriptions for named employees, exposing members of the "China criminal enterprise unit” & “Russia Operations Section" among others. One ex-employee described it as a foreign intel "goldmine." www.reuters.com/world/hacked...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: Hacked FBI data has sensitive information about employees’ intelligence roles
FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular detail about scores of bureau officials’ job assignments, including sensitive work ‌against Chinese spies, Russian intellig...
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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 23/09/2026
In English: irpimedia.irpi.eu/en-inside-th...
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Inside the secretive cyberweapons company that won over Israel’s intelligence elite
The system was being used without an adequate legal basis, in violation of privacy rules. Unpublished documents show that in May 2025, Italy’s Data Protection Authority asked the Interior Ministry to ...
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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 23/09/2026
🇮🇹New @irpimedia.eu investigation: Dataflow Security, founded by hacker Luca Todesco, develops exploits targeting computers and smartphones – and has generated nearly €63m in three years, mostly from outside the EU. irpimedia.irpi.eu/dataflow-cyb...
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 23/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/t...
nytimes.com
The A.I. Party House Where Networking Has a Dark Side
Group tech houses have proliferated across the San Francisco Bay Area in the artificial intelligence boom. One of the most prominent has also racked up an extensive police record.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 22/09/2026
Extraordinary story here by @williamturton.bsky.social et al:
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 22/09/2026
More than three hours since this broke publicly. Crickets from the bureau.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 22/09/2026
Developing story:
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 21/09/2026
Meanwhile, ShinyHunters’ extortion attempt has continued to escalate: “Every 24 hours you fail to engage with us the demands increase.”
Note to Cl0p-_-
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 21/09/2026
Infosec has been buzzing with this ever since cl0p’s website appeared to have been vandalised by ShinyHunters on Friday or Saturday. Shiny told @ajvicens.bsky.social that they acted after cl0p threatened to dox their crew.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 21/09/2026
New: ShinyHunters says it’s fighting with cl0p and the threat researchers that follow these actors are *very* eager to see what’s next. With @ajvicens.bsky.social: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
reuters.com
Cybercrime feud erupts on dark web as notorious group claims hijack of rival's website
One of the world's best-known cybercrime groups said on Sunday it had hijacked ‌one of its chief rivals' dark web site, bringing what it said was a long-simmering feud out into the open.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 20/09/2026
Chilling look at how the FSB is alleged to recruit Russian dissidents: In this case the spy agency threatened to kill this woman’s mother. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... (Story by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social)
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‘My fear was too great’: the Pussy Riot member recruited by Russian spies to inform on fellow activists
Exclusive: In her first media interview since fleeing Russia, Rita Flores describes her three years of being run by the FSB
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 19/09/2026
It’s like porch piracy but for stealth technology
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 18/09/2026
New from @reuters.com: Anthropic is setting up a biological laboratory www.reuters.com/world/anthro...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program
At a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab — or ​place for physical experiments — in the San Francisco Bay Area, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 18/09/2026
Bogus AI-generated intelligence nearly prompted the US to intercept a Chinese vessel in the Persian Gulf, @cnn.com reports. www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 18/09/2026
Evan Greer (@evangreer.bsky.social) on how the backlash against Flock is showing the wider movement against surveillance tech what's possible: "Take notes. These ordinary people from all walks of life are teaching us how to seize back control of our future." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | How Flock Cameras Became the Enemy
The campaign against Flock shows that fighting to protect personal privacy isn’t a lost cause.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 18/09/2026
Nice scoop from @audreydecker.bsky.social & @marksatter.bsky.social: F-35 parts appear to have been unexpectedly shipped to Hong Kong. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Hill investigates after F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong
The incident raises the possibility that top secret weapons technology may have been exposed to a foreign adversary — including China.
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 17/09/2026
NEW: We spent months investigating a little-known media startup called Brown Brothers Media, which buys legit news sites and turns them into AI-powered zombie content farms What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News futurism.com/artificial-i...
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How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
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