Google and Adobe appear to be abusing copyright to silence a whistleblower's video
https://www.androidpolice.com/adobe-youtube-copyright-claim-silence-whistleblower-video/
Sophie Zhang shares a key takeaway: Know yourself, know what you're willing to risk, and use that as your starting principle. She also offers essential tips for whistleblowers on protecting themselves and making informed decisions before going public. @szhang_ds
#Whistleblower #BigTech #SXSW2025 #AI #tech #accountability #PublicInterest #techaccountability #techwhistleblower
Still up: The list of #whistleblower support organizations, hosted by the independent and nonpartisan Office of the Whistleblower Ombuds.
https://whistleblower.house.gov/whistleblower-support-organizations
Interview: Facebook Whistleblower on Breaking Up Meta’s Monopoly
"Meta has an illegal monopoly in social media & should be forced to divest Instagram & WhatsApp.
~US Federal Trade Commission
“We’ve let one company, one man, influence the information environment for the world."
~Frances Haugen, former Facebook employee & whistleblower.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/16/frances_haugen_facebook_meta_antitrust
»NLRB's confidential data could be exposed, particularly after they started detecting suspicious log-in attempts from an IP address in Russia«
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
»Dan Berulis Disclosure: Cyber Security Breach and Data Exfiltration through #DOGE Systems and #Whistleblower/Witness Intimidation«
Extremely fine, and frightening account of how #DOGE most likely exfiltrated data from the systems of the National Labor Relations Board #NLRB:
»In the days after #Berulis and his colleagues prepared a request for #CISA's help investigating the breach, Berulis found a printed letter in an envelope taped to his door, which included threatening language, sensitive personal information and overhead pictures of him walking his dog, according to the cover letter attached to his official disclosure. It's unclear who sent it, but the letter made specific reference to his decision to report the breach.«
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
Interview: Facebook Whistleblower on Breaking Up Meta’s Monopoly
"Meta has an illegal monopoly in social media & should be forced to divest Instagram & WhatsApp.
~US Federal Trade Commission
“We’ve let one company, one man, influence the information environment for the world."
~Frances Haugen, former Facebook employee & whistleblower.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/16/frances_haugen_facebook_meta_antitrust
Surprising thing totally isn't the reckless disregard for the law by #Trump & #Musk but that they so far haven't managed to scare the shit out of every potential #whistleblower in the #USA.
This is a MAJOR blow for their power-grab.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
Interview: Facebook Whistleblower on Breaking Up Meta’s Monopoly
"Meta has an illegal monopoly in social media & should be forced to divest Instagram & WhatsApp.
~US Federal Trade Commission
“We’ve let one company, one man, influence the information environment for the world."
~Frances Haugen, former Facebook employee & whistleblower.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/16/frances_haugen_facebook_meta_antitrust
AYFKM?!!?
#DOGE assigned to work at agency where it illegally removed data
The ad hoc Department of Govt Efficiency team is assigning 2 staffers to work at the independent agency where a #whistleblower alleged Tues DOGE may have already removed sensitive #labor #data from its systems.
Just 1 day after #NPR reported on the disclosure filed by whistleblower Daniel #Berulis, DOGE reps visited NLRB’s office in DC for a meeting.
#law #NationalSecurity #InfoSec #Trump #Musk
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5366851/doge-nlrb-whistleblower-musk-data
Thank you to @Nonilex. This thread is the most detailed and alarming account of #covert #infosec breaches perpetrated by #DOGE “engineers” (#hackers) that I have read. We are very fortunate that a brave internal #Whistleblower at #NLRB made the report public even after he received personal threats. It reminds me of the movie “Enemy of the State” (1998) starring Will Smith. In both that fictional case and in the current DOGE #intelligence #threat, the technological power of nation states is used, under #ColorOfLaw, to coverup criminal behavior. There are also alarming indications of #Russia participating in stealing or receiving data that was covertly exfiltrated from the agency. We are watching the greatest #intelligence operation against the US as it is happening. https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114342396149660044
Interview: Facebook Whistleblower on Breaking Up Meta’s Monopoly
"Meta has an illegal monopoly in social media & should be forced to divest Instagram & WhatsApp.
~US Federal Trade Commission
“We’ve let one company, one man, influence the information environment for the world."
~Frances Haugen, former Facebook employee & whistleblower.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/16/frances_haugen_facebook_meta_antitrust
Mit Transparenzgesetz und Quellenschutz
"Journalismus, der genau hinschaut"
Jetzt erst recht: "Wenn die Zeiten härter werden, muss der Journalismus renitenter werden", hat Kontext-Mitgründerin Susanne Stiefel ihre Rede überschrieben.
https://www.kontextwochenzeitung.de/medien/733/journalismus-der-genau-hinschaut-10191.html
Explosive allegations are hitting Elon Musk’s DOGE team.
A whistleblower says:
10GB of NLRB data was exfiltrated
Security settings were disabled
Photos of staff were used to intimidate
Claims involve surveillance, union suppression, and cyber intrusion
Musk called it “insane,” but the NLRB is reportedly cooperating with federal investigations. Whether true or not — this underscores the growing overlap of cybersecurity, labor rights, and executive power.
#CyberSecurity #Whistleblower #ElonMusk #NLRB #DigitalEthics #security #privacy #cloud #infosec
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
I just want to highlight how important this #whistleblower report is. What this is reporting is real time infiltration of American citizen private data by #Russian #hackers because DOGE was giving them account info and passwords and the only thing stopping them was the #infosec rule forbidding out-of-country IP addresses.
#DOGE is either an active enemy of the United States or....yeah, I got nothing else. They are clearly enemy actors. Why is this not on every news channel right now? Why are marshals not frog-marching these little incels to their own cells?
Currently happening in the USA 
: Drones are following whistleblowers, government systems are being logged in to from Russia, and activity logs are being altered from employees of the Department of Government Efficiency.
Are we great again yet?
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
"We've seen Russian threat actors do things like this on US government systems," said one #threat #intelligence researcher…. That analyst, who has extensive experience hunting nation - #StateSponsored #hackers, reviewed the #whistleblower's technical claims.
"The difference is, they [DOGE] were given the keys to the front door," the researcher continued.
