- Twitter removes nearly 6,000 accounts for being part of a state-backed information operation originating in Saudi Arabia https://www.reuters.com/article/twitter-saudi/twitter-removes-nearly-6000-saudi-backed-accounts-for-platform-manipulation-idusl4n28u3dy 630 comments technology
- Twitter removes nearly 6,000 accounts for being part of a state-backed information operation originating in Saudi Arabia https://www.reuters.com/article/twitter-saudi/twitter-removes-nearly-6000-saudi-backed-accounts-for-platform-manipulation-idusl4n28u3dy 37 comments worldnews
- Twitter suspends thousands of accounts for potential ties to 'foreign information operations' https://mashable.com/article/twitter-suspends-accounts-foreign-information-operations/ 7 comments technology
- Constraint Satisfaction Problem web game (with multiple co-operative agents and information secrecy) https://toomanycooksgame.com/ 10 comments compsci
- CIA/FBI informant Stefan Halper, who spied on the Trump Campaign, oversaw a CIA spying operation into Jimmy Carter in the 1980 US Presidential Election https://theintercept.com/2018/05/19/the-fbi-informant-who-monitored-the-trump-campaign-stefan-halper-oversaw-a-cia-spying-operation-in-the-1980-presidential-election/ 3 comments worldnews
- Russian operatives conducted 'information warfare' against the US. Here's how they did it - Donald Trump's America - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-17/russian-defendants-conduct-information-warfare-against-the-us/9457942 31 comments worldnews
- The future of of Squawka Ltd. is in peril after staff were told not to come in for work. Workers were informed Thursday that operations would cease and the company is in talks with administrators https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-03/soccer-news-site-squawka-s-future-in-doubt-as-staff-is-sent-home 43 comments soccer
- A Veteran Spy Has Given the FBI Information Alleging a Russian Operation to Cultivate Donald Trump http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/veteran-spy-gave-fbi-info-alleging-russian-operation-cultivate-donald-trump/ 3 comments politics
- The FA has asked betting operators for any information on bets received in relation to John Terry’s substitution v Sunderland https://twitter.com/richard_conway/status/866701318857031680 68 comments soccer
- Report: China cripples CIA operations, kills informants https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/report-china-cripples-cia-operations-kills-informants/2017/05/20/dbc3046a-3d99-11e7-a59b-26e0451a96fd_story.html 33 comments politics
- Consumer Watchdog asks California to take Uber’s self-driving trucks off the road - The DMV said Otto informed the agency that it was not operating its trucks autonomously in California. http://www.recode.net/2017/2/8/14551498/otto-uber-self-driving-trucks-dmv-consumer-watchdog 12 comments technology
- Report: Intel chiefs tell Trump that Russian operatives claim to have compromising information on him http://www.businessinsider.com/russians-say-they-have-compromising-information-on-trump-2017-1 36 comments politics
- Russian operatives allegedly have 'compromising personal and financial information' on President-elect Donald Trump. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/ 2 comments worldnews
- A veteran spy has given the FBI information alleging a Russian operation to cultivate Donald Trump http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/veteran-spy-gave-fbi-info-alleging-russian-operation-cultivate-donald-trump 242 comments politics
- A Veteran Spy Has Given the FBI Information Alleging a Russian Operation to Cultivate Donald Trump http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/veteran-spy-gave-fbi-info-alleging-russian-operation-cultivate-donald-trump 3430 comments politics
- Trump’s ties to an informant and FBI agent reveal his mode of operation https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/trumps-ties-to-an-informant-and-fbi-agent-reveal-his-modes-of-operation/2016/09/16/6e65522e-6f9f-11e6-9705-23e51a2f424d_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_trumpunderworld-1035am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory 3 comments politics
- "WikiLeaks staffers face a £12m penalty if they reveal any information about WikiLeaks' day-to-day operations, let alone any documents given to the whistleblowing organisation ... even revealing the existence of the gagging order is itself a breach." http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/12/wikileaks-confidentiality-agreement-julian-assange 3 comments politics
- We regret to inform you that we are forced to indefinitely suspend the FileFront site operations. http://farewell.filefront.com/index.html 11 comments technology
- Greek authorities began an operation at dawn Tuesday to gradually evacuate the country’s largest informal refugee camp of Idomeni on Macedonian border, blocking access to the area and sending in more than 400 riot police. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/greek-authorities-begin-evacuation-of-idomeni-refugee-camp/2016/05/23/16d8c4d2-2161-11e6-b944-52f7b1793dae_story.html 13 comments worldnews
- US and British intelligence services are able to secretly access information from German telecoms operators, according to a German newspaper report. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29196748 2 comments worldnews
- Electric cars are now three to six times cheaper to drive in the US as gas prices rise. The fact that electric vehicles are more efficient and less costly to operate is not new information, but it is becoming more apparent, and it is on more people’s minds with the recent gas price increases. https://electrek.co/2022/03/22/electric-cars-3-to-6-times-cheaper-to-drive-us-high-gas-prices/ 226 comments energy
- The US Department of Justice admits disseminating inaccurate information regarding Operation Fast and Furious. (When the DOJ sold guns to an illegal ring, and those guns later were used in a shootout that killed a customs agent) http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_8560/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=jssd30du 3 comments politics
- Feds finally figure out the central figure in a massive international credit card theft operation was sitting under their nose. Turns out it was their informant. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/technology/12theft.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all 2 comments technology
- It's A "Cold War Every Day" Inside This Group At Apple — A group inside Apple called Information Systems & Technology, or IS&T, builds much of the company’s internal technology tools and operates in a state of tumult. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/always-day-one-exclusive-excerpt-apple 16 comments apple
- Al-Qaeda computers seized in Bin Laden raid: "Treasure trove of information" seized from Bin Laden's hideout could offer clues about terror network's operations. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/05/201153152448987102.html 9 comments worldnews
- CIVIL DISTURBANCE OPERATIONS: It is obvious that our military has been planning for domestic civil disturbance operations for quite sometime. Military RDL Homepage Table of Contents Document Information Download Instructions http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/accp/mp1005/index.html 5 comments politics
- PIA plans to expand network in Afghanistan, increase air cargo operations | Top PIA official informs Afghan authorities the airline plans to start flights to/from Kandahar and Mazar Shareef https://www-geo-tv.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.geo.tv/amp/335374-pia-aims-at-widening-network-in-afghanistan?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=16135967257173&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geo.tv%2Flatest%2F335374-pia-aims-at-widening-network-in-afghanistan 10 comments pakistan
- Russia, Iran, Iraq & Syria setting up ‘joint information center’ to coordinate anti-ISIS operations http://www.rt.com/news/316592-russia-syria-islamic-state/ 51 comments worldnews
- Microsoft's Bing is cleansing search results in the US to remove negative news and information about China. And they are doing this in every market in which they operate in the world. http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=854fca58782082e0cbdf204a0&id=5ae86e73eb&e=1713137f3b 81 comments worldnews
- Nearly 1,000 of Japan’s prefectural and municipal governments will continue to use Microsoft’s Windows XP even after the U.S. information technology giant ends its support for the operating system in April, according to a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey. http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000703474 13 comments microsoft
- Westminster child abuse scandal: KGB and CIA kept secret dossiers on Britain's VIP paedophiles; Both Russian and US intelligence knew about a group of powerful paedophiles operating in Britain and the KGB hoped to blackmail them in exchange for information http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/westminster-child-abuse-scandal-kgb-5080120 2191 comments worldnews
- German Government Admits Hosting Key US Drone War Base: The German government had until now insisted it had no information about the operations, German Federal Parliament member Hunko said there is the possibility that lawyers, given the new information, will "put it to the court" http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950916001346 4 comments worldnews
- The United States has offered a reward of up to $3 million for information about a former Tajik special operations colonel whom it trained in counter-terrorism before he joined the Islamic State militant group. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-usa-tajikistan-iduskcn115281 5 comments worldnews
- In interview with South China Morning Post, whistleblower Ed Snowden shared classified US government data showing the dates and IP addresses of specific computers in China that the NSA penetrated over the last four years, the success rates for hacking and other operational information. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1260306/edward-snowden-classified-us-data-shows-hong-kong-hacking-targets 51 comments technology
- "Anonymous, has launched "Operation Want" by providing to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission detailed information on the corruption occuring within the NASDAQ OMX Group and their proposed changes to laws that specifically benefit Sweden's Elite Wallenberg Family." http://forums.whyweprotest.net/threads/anonymous-takes-on-nasdaq-omx-group-and-sweden-s-elite-wallenberg-family-corporations.78685/ 11 comments reddit.com
- [Evan Drellich] Diamond-MLB Friday hearing now pushed back indefinitely MLB lawyer: “We are digesting an enormous amount of information…until yesterday we were operating w/the assumption that we were mediating…and nearing conclusion” “All of this came as a surprise, we knew nothing about it” https://x.com/evandrellich/status/1747678098529640545?s=46 51 comments baseball
- The FBI has found no evidence to prove Clinton intended to violate the law. That sounds important, but it is not. The operative legal issue is not whether she intended to break the law, but whether she knowingly and intentionally stored classified information on her unauthorized server. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/05/07/gregg-jarrett-real-reason-fbi-interviewed-hillarys-closet-aide.html 762 comments politics
- New Snowden document reveals NSA’s international malware operation: The NSA has infected more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide with malicious software designed to steal sensitive and private information http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/11/28/nsa-n28.html 87 comments worldnews
- A Kurdish informant provided key intel in operation that killed ISIS leader. Informant proved to U.S. intelligence he had direct access to Baghdadi by turning over Baghdadi's used underwear and sample of his blood. DNA test by U.S. intelligence got positive DNA matches, kicking hunt into high gear. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/kurdish-source-provided-key-intel-operation-killed-isis-leader-abu-n1072921 116 comments worldnews
- Most Cubans have no internet access, but get a rich variety of media and information in "El Paquete" (the weekly package), a 1 Tb collection of info distributed on USB keys. Selling EP is the largest occupation in Cuba, and challenges notions of how networks operate & what they mean to citizens https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=3173574.3174213 1821 comments science