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Cryptocurrency: CNBC: Mnuchin: US has 'very serious concerns' that Facebook's Libra could be misused by terrorists
by grarpamp 22 Jul '19

22 Jul '19

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BOO! "Why the Ghost Keys `Solution’ to Encryption is No Solution"
by Razer 22 Jul '19

22 Jul '19

From justsecurity.org A National Security wonkblog https://www.justsecurity.org/64968/why-the-ghost-keys-solution-to-encryptio… Also: Give Up the Ghost: A Backdoor by Another Name (Jan 2019) https://www.justsecurity.org/62114/give-ghost-backdoor/ Rr Sent from my Androgyne dee-vice with K-9 Mail

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Top Gun: Maverick
by grarpamp 22 Jul '19

22 Jul '19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIskWMtCFAw

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The cert of nap.bg and the recent bulgarian tax SNAFU
by Georgi Guninski 21 Jul '19

21 Jul '19

Since 2019-07-15 there is a major SNAFU in the BG tax authorities. World and dog tax information and ID leaked on the interwebz. I have sporadic SSL failures connecting to https://nap.bg with firefox, lynx and openssl s_client. e.g: $ openssl s_client -connect nap.bg:443 Verify return code: 21 (unable to verify the first certificate) On the other hand, ssllabs.com claims the Cert is OK, grade B. Is the cert of nap.bg OK?

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Russia's Secret Intelligence Agency Hacked: 'Largest Data Breach In Its History'
by jim bell 21 Jul '19

21 Jul '19

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/07/20/russian-intelligence-has… --- SmartNews http://bit.ly/smartnews-app

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'Eternally Blue' (At least for 9 years)
by Razer 21 Jul '19

21 Jul '19

I always figured this was the guy who either leaked or lost control of all those years-old NSA cyberwar tools ('Shadowbrokers') Packrat... Terrabytes of data stored EVERYWHERE. "...just days before Martin was arrested in 2016, a group known as the Shadow Brokers began leaking classified NSA hacking tools online. A Twitter account that was allegedly Martin’s messaged someone the words “shelf life, three weeks,” according to a prior ruling from the judge. Hours later, stolen government documents were posted online, according to prosecutors. No direct link between the Shadow Brokers and Martin’s case has been made." "Former NSA contractor Harold T. Martin was sentenced Friday to nine years in federal prison for his role in a massive theft of classified documents. Martin was responsible for one of the largest leaks of U.S government secrets, collecting up to 50 terabytes of classified government documents over the course of two decades. U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett’s sentence falls short of the maximum number of years Martin previously faced — 10 years for each of the 20 counts against him — for unauthorized and willful retention of national defense information. However, the sentence aligns with the plea agreement his public defenders reached with the U.S. government. The U.S. attorneys said his theft called for “significant” prison time, according to the government’s sentencing memorandum, which CyberScoop obtained. “The exceptionally grave nature and circumstances of the defendant’s criminal conduct call for a significant prison term,” they write. “For nearly twenty years he chose to violate the public’s trust and the nation’s laws by stealing and retaining national defense information. The defendant knew the entire time he was committing these crimes.” Martin’s public defenders wrote in their sentencing memorandum, obtained by CyberScoop, that in all the government’s efforts to investigate him, they did not find the NSA contractor committed treason. “The government never uncovered any evidence that he was a traitor or a danger to our nation,” the public defenders write. Martin will receive credit for time already served since 2016. Martin has also been sentenced to three years of supervised release. Between 1996 and August 2016, Martin smuggled out thousands of pages of documents on classified government programs, and stored them in his home, shed, and car. The documents detailed computer infrastructure, U.S. Cyber Command targets and weaknesses as well as details on NSA capabilities, targeting information, and foreign cyber intrusion techniques. Some documents also touched on CIA foreign intelligence sources and National Reconnaissance Organization secrets. These documents remain classified, according to the government’s sentencing memorandum. Even though Martin knows his fate, the broader mystery surrounding the massive leak remains unresolved — just days before Martin was arrested in 2016, a group known as the Shadow Brokers began leaking classified NSA hacking tools online. A Twitter account that was allegedly Martin’s messaged someone the words “shelf life, three weeks,” according to a prior ruling from the judge. Hours later, stolen government documents were posted online, according to prosecutors. No direct link between the Shadow Brokers and Martin’s case has been made. Bennett reminded U.S. attorneys of the tweet and the timeline on Friday in court. Assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary Myers said the U.S. government would not be commenting further than noting that the timeline is, indeed, in the facts of the case. Jim Wyda, Martin’s public defender, said Friday there was no indication Martin intended for any transaction to take place by that tweet. Attacks linked with the tools and clues about who may be behind the group, however, continue to surface. At least a year before the Shadow Brokers released the tools en masse in April 2017, a hacking group with ties to the Chinese government known as BuckEye was already using the tools, according to Symantec research issued this year. It is still unknown how the Shadow Brokers gained access to the tools, whether the group had access into an NSA server to steal the or obtained them from an insider at the agency. The group is at the center of a counterintelligence investigation, as CyberScoop previously reported. The FBI would neither confirm nor deny the existence of the probe. Hal Martin’s Mental Health Martin’s public defenders have long argued that Martin’s mental health contributed to his theft. The sentencing memorandum submitted last week argued the same. “As his mental health declined, Mr. Martin continued to obsessively immerse himself in work. He began taking documents and other materials home from work, initially justifying his behavior by convincing himself that it would allow him to do his job better,” his public defenders wrote. “Over time, Mr. Martin’s actions became a hoarding disorder.” Myers told the court Friday that the U.S. government believes the way the files were found does not indicate he had a hoarding problem. “This is not a case of hoarding, this is stealing,” Myers said Friday at a federal court house in Baltimore. The stolen information “was not in a disorganized manner,” he said, adding what the government found was “logical” and “repetitive.” Bennett noted Friday he had concerns about the case regarding whether Martin’s alleged hoarding problem, noting that for someone who is a hoarder, he seemed well organized. Martin began serving in the U.S. Navy on active duty in 1988, for which he maintained a secret clearance. In 1994 while serving in the U.S. Naval Reserve, his clearance was upgraded to top secret, after which he worked for several government contractors, including Booz Allen Hamilton. Between 2012 and 2015 he worked at the NSA. Martin spoke at length Friday, reading directly from his allocution, apologizing to friends and family. He noted his methods were “uncanny” and “unauthorized, warning “please do not copy this” and that “loose lips sink ships.” Many other NSA contractors have been caught for leaking classified information in recent years. Last year, Reality Winner, a contractor for Pluribus International Corp., was sentenced to more than five years in prison after leaking a classified report on Russian spearphishing in the 2016 election cycle. Former NSA employee Nghia H. Pho was also sentenced last year to five-and-a-half years in prison for stealing classified hacking tools." https://www.cyberscoop.com/hal-martin-sentence-nsa-shadow-brokers/ Rr Sent from my Androgyne dee-vice with K-9 Mail

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Social Engineering... Jeffery Epstein' Little Girls: Israeli Intelligence Blackmail Honeypot
by Razer 21 Jul '19

21 Jul '19

"THE HONEY TRAP ON E 71ST by Eric Margolis NEW YORK – I’ve had many strange experiences in my decades of covering intelligence affairs. These run from being invited to KGB HQ in Moscow, Chinese intelligence in Beijing, US intelligence in Virginia, Libyan intelligence in Tripoli, South African intelligence, and even Albanian intelligence in Tirana. But none was odder than the day I was invited to lunch in New York City with the by now notorious figure Jeffrey Epstein. The golden boy of Manhattan and Palm Beach society now sits in a grim jail cell accused of having sex with underage girls. He’s been doing this in plain view since the early 1990’s but, until recently, he seemed bullet-proof. Soon after I walked into the entrance of Epstein’s mansion on E 71st Street, said to be the city’s largest private home, a butler asked me, ‘would you like an intimate massage, sir, by a pretty young girl?’ This offer seemed so out of place and weird to me that I swiftly declined. More important than indelicacy, as an old observer of intelligence affairs, to me this offer reeked of ye old honey trap, a tactic to ensnare and blackmail people that was old when Babylon was young. A discreet room with massage table, lubricants and, no doubt, cameras stood ready off the main lobby. I had arrived with Canada’s leading lady journalist who was then close to Epstein’s sometime girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell and, it was said, procuress – something Maxwell denies. Bizarrely, Maxwell believed that I could get KGB Moscow Center to release satellite photos that showed the murder on his yacht of her father, the press baron Robert Maxwell, who was a well-known double agent for Israel and KGB, and a major criminal. Also present was the self-promoting lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, who had saved the accused murderer Claus von Bulow, as well as a titan of the New York real estate industry (not Trump) and assorted bigwigs of the city’s elite Jewish society. All sang the praises of Israel. Epstein reportedly had ties to Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Britain’s Prince Andrew and repeatedly flew them about in his private jet, aka ‘the Lolita Express.’ All guests deny any sexual activity. I turned down dinner with Prince Andrew. Epstein’s residence in Manhattan and Palm Beach, both of which I visited, were stocked with young female ‘masseuses.’ All were working class girls making big money in their spare time. I did not see any interactions between these girls and the guests. Epstein and Maxwell became too big for their britches. They flaunted their sexual adventures and laughed at New York society. Everyone wondered about the source of Epstein’s lavish income but no one knew its origins. He claimed to be an exclusive money manager for a group of secretive millionaires. But the only one identified was billionaire Leslie Wexner, the owner of L Brands and Victoria’s Secret. Wexner denied any knowledge of Epstein’s alleged crimes. Besides sexual frolics, Epstein and Maxwell were up to many odd things. The FBI found diamonds, cash and a fake passport when raiding his mansion and documents showing his net worth at $559,120,954.00. The IRS tax people will be eager to review the sources of this income. It seems likely that political influence was brought to bear on then US attorney Alexander Acosta (he just resigned under fire last week) to make a sweetheart deal with Epstein, who had been charged by Florida with child molestation. Epstein got off with a token, 13-month jail sentence that allowed him to work from his office much of the day. Were Trump or Clinton involved? How much did they ‘party’ with Epstein and revel in his fleshmart? There was talk of some sort of ‘intelligence’ angle to the affaire Epstein that spared him a harsh sentence. A respected former CIA official, Phil Giraldi has come right out and accused Epstein of being an Israeli agent of influence. Epstein was let off with a slap on the wrist on his first child abuse charge, says Giraldi, because of his powerful Israel connections. To Giraldi and this writer, the Epstein ‘massage’ operation was a classic intelligence operation designed to blackmail men of influence into doing Israel’s bidding. Clinton had reportedly already fallen into this trap years earlier while still president. Now watch this stinking pile of corruption be hurriedly covered up. Talk about draining the swamp." https://ericmargolis.com/2019/07/the-honey-trap-on-e-71st/ Rr Sent from my Androgyne dee-vice with K-9 Mail

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test to cypherpunks@cpunks.org
by grarpamp 21 Jul '19

21 Jul '19

test to cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org

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Re: It is insufficient that my life is ruined
by Razer 21 Jul '19

21 Jul '19

On July 8, 2019 7:00:15 PM PDT, Ryan Carboni <33389(a)protonmail.com> wrote: >The government has decided that it is insufficient that my life is >ruined, I must be harassed. > >I demand the government cease harassment against me or openly admit to >what they are doing. > >They will probably say no, because free association is an act of >control. They will complain everything works out for me, as an >elaborate rationale for their own terrible decisions. > Good morning, Mister Blue We've got our eyes on you The evidence is clear, that you've been scheming You like to steal away And while away the day You’d like to spend an hour dreaming What will it take, to whip you into line? A broken heart A broken head It can be arranged It can be arranged Step softly, Mister Blue We know what's best for you We know where your precious dreams will take you You've got a slot to fill And fill that slot you will You'll learn to love it, or we'll break you What will it take, to whip you into line? A broken heart A broken head It can be arranged It can be arranged Be careful, Mister Blue This phase you're going through Can lead you nowhere else but to disaster Excuse us while we grin You've worn our patience thin It's time to show you who's your master Don't worry, Mister Blue We'll take good care of you Just think of it as sense and not surrender But never think again That you can think again Or you'll get something you'll remember What will it take, to whip you into line? A broken heart A broken head It can be arranged It can be arranged https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h4hpd4lcwpo Rr Sent from my Androgyne dee-vice with K-9 Mail

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E2E Security of Group in Signal, WhatsApp, and Threema
by grarpamp 21 Jul '19

21 Jul '19

End-to-End Security of Group Chats in Signal, WhatsApp, and Threema https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/713

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