'Surprising move' for Indian megacorp but less so for French seller Altice
https://theregister.com/2024/08/12/indias_bharti_enterprises_now_largest/
India's Bharti Enterprises has swooped in to buy the 24.5 percent stake in BT Group from Patrick Drahi's Altice, at a stroke making it the biggest shareholder in the UK telecoms giant.
@DavidSalo indeed it does
Looking forward, we expect Iranian actors will employ cyber-attacks against institutions and candidates while simultaneously intensifying their efforts to amplify existing divisive issues within the US, like racial tensions, economic disparities, and gender-related issues.”
Read more on election interference: US, UK and India Among the Countries Most At Risk of Election Cyber Interference
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-uk-india-election-cyber/
Microsoft has claimed Iran is gearing up for a major effort to interfere in this year’s US presidential election. - a new report on Friday detailing four distinct operations.
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@MisterE howdy doodie 👋 good ta see ya around.... Been a minute or ten 😆
Have a good one buddy - hopefully catch ya around
But the Sudanese military’s refusal to let U.N. aid convoys through the crossing is thwarting the kind of all-out relief effort that aid groups say is needed to prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths — as many as 2.5 million, according to one estimate — by the end of this year.
As Starvation Spreads in Sudan, Military Blocks Aid Trucks at Border
A country torn apart by civil war could soon face one of the world’s worst famines in decades, experts said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/26/world/africa/sudan-starvation-military-border.html
Sidenote:
As Sudan hurtles toward famine, its military is blocking the United Nations from bringing enormous amounts of food into the country through a vital border crossing
Experts warn that Sudan, barely functioning after 15 months of fighting, could soon face one of the world’s worst famines in decades.
Mostly silence from international community
Discover the dire situation in Burkina Faso, where 60% of the nation is controlled by Islamist rebels. This underreported crisis is reshaping West Africa, with immense suffering and global implications.
Check out this Podcast: Burkina Faso: The World’s Most-Neglected War
Musk threatens to "out" Yousaf as a racisist with DM convos which would be in discovery if Yousaf did sue
Begs the question how does Musk know what's in they DM convos in first place - which is easily answered DMs aren't "invisible" on X - only verified user's/businesses can enable full DM encryption
Hitting back at Yousaf’s comments Friday, Musk claimed Yousaf, the Scottish-born son of first generation Pakistani immigrants, “loathes white people.”
“He is super, super racist,” Musk tweeted in reply to a speech Yousaf made in 2020 about structural racism in Scotland. “Scotland gave him everything and yet he loathes white people.”
¯\(°_o)/¯
Meanwhile:
Musk dares Humza Yousaf, former 1st minister of Scotland, to sue and calls him a 'super-racist scumbag' in public row - He’s previously clashed with the X-owning billionaire — and laid into him again in recent days after Musk pushed inaccurate claims about riots that have swept Britain - Speaking at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Thursday, Yousaf described the X owner as “one of the most dangerous men on the planet” because of his “amplification” of disinformation.
@Tattoomonkey29 kinda rings a bell
Although October 2021, the large German publishing and media firm Axel Springer SE announced that it had completed the acquisition of Politico for over $1 billion.
Ransomware attacks are on the rise across the world. How are U.S. companies being impacted and what can the government do about it? Bill Whitaker speaks with former NSA Director of Cybersecurity Rob Joyce and Las Vegas publisher Anthony Curtis
#Cybersecurity #CoSoSec #Podcasts
Check out this Podcast: 60 minutes:
Scattered Spider, Work to Own, Greta Gerwig
Yup
You'd like SAS rouge hero's if ya ain't seen it already its brilliant
Based on real SAS operations
@peeppeepcircus would be good of Guy Richie does more movies about them
There could well be a series of movies from their missions if he has all the facts of said missions that is
And, Yes. James Bond creator Ian Fleming was the assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence, Rear Admiral John Godfrey
More here:
https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare/
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare vs. the True Story of Operation Postmaster
Despite the movie making it seem like the SSRF only conducted one mission, Operation Postmaster, they actually conducted several missions, with Postmaster being their first - The movie is based on Damien Lewis' 2014 book Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperados of World War II
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