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Nonilex

The #FBI has shut down its #ForeignInfluence task force. #CISA has ended its efforts to expose #disinformation. And this week the #State Dept put employees who tracked global disinformation on leave, shutting down the effort that had publicized the spread of #Chinese & #Russian #propaganda.

Almost 3 months into #Trump’s 2nd term, the guardrails intended to prevent #NationalSecurity missteps have come down as the new team races to anticipate & amplify the wishes of an #unpredictable president.

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Nonilex

In the past, US #cybersecurity agencies would counter such campaigns by calling them out to raise public awareness. The #FBI would warn #socialmedia companies of inauthentic accounts so they could be removed. And, at times, #US #CyberCommand would try to take #Russia #TrollFarms that create #disinformation offline, at least temporarily.
But #Trump fired Gen Timothy D. Haugh, a 4-star general w/years of experience countering Russian online #propaganda, from his posts leading #CyberCom & the #NSA.

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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History April 18, 1977: Native American activist Leonard Peltier was found guilty of murdering two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation. However, he was actually framed by undercover FBI agents who were conducting counterintelligence on the reservation. During the trial, some of the government’s own witnesses testified that Peltier wasn’t even present at the scene of the killings. In 2017, President Obama denied Peltier's application for clemency. He was still in prison in 2025 and his health has deteriored. On June 7, 2022, The UN Human Rights Council's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that Peltier’s imprisonment violates the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Biden, as one of his final acts as president, commuted his sentence to indefinite house arrest. In February 2025, he was released and transferred to the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota.

Free Leonard Peltier sign, March 2009, with stenciled image of Peltier. By kenny - KARPOV THE WRECKED TRAINUploaded by SaltyBoatr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8540648
#workingclass#LaborHistory#leonardpeltier
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Nonilex

…last Sept #US authorities charged 2 #RT employees w/ allegedly funneling $10M to bankroll *unknowing* pro-#Trump #influencers to publish thousands of videos that pushed #Kremlin #propaganda. Dual Russian-American citizens Dimitri Simes & his wife, Anastasia, were charged w/ violating economic sanctions, in part for his paid work for another #Russia state television network.…

…AG #PamBondi shut down the #FBI task force investigating #ForeignInfluence….

#law#DC#USAttorney
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AnnaAnthro

Alarm on US campuses after #FBI raid on Chinese cybersecurity professor’s home in #Indiana - he was fired after raid

“On the same day of the home raids, Wang was fired from his longstanding post at Indiana University over email – a move that goes against the university’s own policy.

But Wang hasn’t been charged with any offence, and his lawyer says no criminal charges are pending.”
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · Alarm on campus after FBI raid on Chinese cybersecurity professor’s homeBy Stephen Starr
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Marcus Adams

The administration staying silent isn't doing them any favors.

Headline: A #Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an #FBI Search. His Family Is ‘Determined to Fight’

Subtitle: The abrupt firing of Xiaofeng Wang and his wife from Indiana University last month shocked the academic community and is stoking fears that Chinese-born scholars are being targeted.

Source: wired.com/story/professor-xiao

WIRED · A Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an FBI Search. His Family Is 'Determined to Fight'By Zeyi Yang
#China
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Nonilex

Russ Handorf, who served in the #FBI for a decade in various #cybersecurity roles, also reviewed Berulis' extensive technical forensic records & analysis….

"All of this is alarming," he said. "If this was a publicly traded company, I would have to report this [breach] to the Securities and Exchange Commission…."

#criminal#law#Trump
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Nonilex

For #cybersecurity professionals, a failure to log activity is a cardinal sin & contradicts best practices as recommended by the National Institute of Standards & Technology [#NIST] & the #DHS's #CISA, as well as the #FBI & the #NSA.

"That was a huge red flag," said Berulis. "That's something that you just don't do. It violates every core concept of security & best practice."

#criminal#law#Trump
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Nonilex

The #whistleblower believes that the suspicious activity warrants further investigation by agencies w/more resources, like #CISA or the #FBI.

#Labor #law experts…fear that if the data gets out, it could be abused, including by private companies w/cases before the agency that might get insights into damaging testimony, #union leadership, #legal strategies & internal data on competitors — #Musk's #SpaceX among them….

#criminal#Trump#InfoSec
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Stefan

Nach dem lesen dieses Artikel habe ich eher die Ansicht, das Geldwäsche nur ein vorgeschobener Grund war und in Wirklichkeit die Konkurrenz für die Behörden eliminiert werden sollte.

Mit dem Donald Trump als President der USA ist das nun sogar deutlicher als vorher...🙄

Strafverfolgung: FBI tarnt sich als Geldwäscher namens "Elon Musk" - Golem.de

golem.de/news/strafverfolgung-

www.golem.deStrafverfolgung: FBI tarnt sich als Geldwäscher namens "Elon Musk" - Golem.deNach der Festnahme eines Geldwäschers hat das FBI dessen Dienste monatelang fortgeführt. Auch ein Darknet-Forum namens White House Market war involviert.
#USA#FBI#Golem_DE
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Nonilex

The #Trump administration’s demand for loyalty, as well as its removal of prosecutors & #FBI officials deemed not supportive of the president’s agenda, goes against that tradition, outside analysts said. So too does #Trump’s directive that #PamBondi “seek sanctions” against attorneys & law firms that the administration believes are engaging in “frivolous, unreasonable & vexatious litigation against *the United States* [trump].” 

#law #ethics #felon47

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Nonilex

Law enforcement agents from the #FBI, the #DEA, the #ATF, & #DHS have been given a list of questions to ask the minors & their sponsors during the *welfare checks*….The form directs agents to question sponsors about who asked them to sponsor the child, if any payment was made during the sponsor process, what info they provided in their application, whether the sponsor has ever been arrested, where the sponsors do their banking & where the sponsor works.

#Trump#immigration#law
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Nonilex

#DHS has enlisted the #FBI & other #criminal law enforcement agencies in recent weeks to conduct *welfare checks* on #children & young people who came to the United States without their parents, alarming advocates who worry it’s an effort to target them for #deportation or scare them.

#Trump admin officials say they want to protect young migrants from trafficking & violence. Advocates worry they’re being targeted for #deportation.

#immigration #law #AbuseOfPower
washingtonpost.com/immigration

The Washington Post · FBI, other criminal investigators drafted for welfare checks on migrant childrenBy Marianne LeVine
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