DONATE: As many of you know, I support my blogging as a freelance journalist writing for publications like Middle East Eye, The Nation, Al Jazeera and Jacobin Magazine. It's a precarious business since you are at the mercy of editors who you hope understand the importance of your work, but who sometimes don't. You may pitch a story you believe is … [Read more...]
Dark Matter, Leading UAE Hacking Firm, Entices IDF Cyberwar Veterans at $1-Million a Pop, Israeli Media Report Censored
Haaretz reported recently week that the UAE spyware company, Dark Matter, the commercial subsidiary of UAE intelligence, has hired Israeli veterans of Unit 8200, the IDF SIGINT intelligence branch. The Israelis are enticed with astronomical salaries and perks, some as high as $1-million yearly excluding bonuses; along with villas on the seashore. In fact, an … [Read more...]
Who Hacked Jeff Bezos?
There has been, and will be much written about today's shocking development, in which Jeff Bezos revealed that the National Enquirer attempted to blackmail him. Bezos' original statement is here. The tabloid outlet threatened to reveal salacious pictures of him with his girlfriend if he did not back off the Washington Post's reporting on the media … [Read more...]
