Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
@lorenzofb
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Senior reporter @TechCrunch, writing a book on Hacking Team and the industry of government spyware. ☎️ +1 917 257 1382
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Joined July 2009
Do you have any tips about cybersecurity, surveillance, spyware, zero-days...all things cyber? Contact me here: ☎️ Signal: + 1 917 257 1382 📷Keybase/Telegram: lorenzofb
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NEW: How former L3Harris Trenchant boss Peter Williams was able to steal zero-days worth millions of dollars, based on court docs and interviews with former colleagues. “No one had any supervision over [Williams] at all. He was kind of allowed to do things the way he wanted to.”
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In-Depth: IRS Guidance for Recipients of QUALIFIED TIPS or OVERTIME PAY in 2025 (sample letters included)
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Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said that it is aware the Department of Justice investigation into Trenchant's former general manager Peter "Doogie" Williams. In early September, it told me it was not aware of the case.
NEW: The U.S. govt accused Peter Williams, ex general manager of hacking tool maker L3Harris Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to buyer in Russia. Earlier this year Trenchant investigated a leak of internal tools. It's unclear if the investigation is related.
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NEW: The U.S. govt accused Peter Williams, ex general manager of hacking tool maker L3Harris Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to buyer in Russia. Earlier this year Trenchant investigated a leak of internal tools. It's unclear if the investigation is related.
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SCOOP: A man who worked on developing hacking tools for defense contractor L3Harris Trenchant was notified by Apple that his iPhone was targeted with spyware. It's unclear who targeted him, but he believes he was the scapegoat of a leak investigation. https://t.co/dWAhfdE6Tw
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A developer at Trenchant, a leading Western spyware and zero-day maker, was suspected of leaking company tools and was fired. Weeks later, Apple notified him that his personal iPhone was targeted...
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@lorenzofb I decided to test whether EXIF data is removed from images sent over X's new encrypted chat feature like Signal and other messengers do. I can confirm it is not. I was able to extract information including GPS coordinates from a test image sent to me.
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Breaking my X abstinence to post a quick PSA on X Chat, the supposedly end-to-end encrypted chat here. Experts told me that nobody should trust it at this point.
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450,000 Medicaid payments have been made for individuals who are no longer alive! That's nearly $250 million taken from a taxpayer-funded program. States can act as soon as possible to support federal reform that is on the way! FGA's Jonathan Bain for @TheHillOpinion. ⤵️
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I am at SummerCon today too, and ~ extremely ~ easy to find, so come say hi. If you prefer, I’m also on Signal (+1 917 257 1382)
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If you are at SummerCon and want to say hi, I’m here. DM me or ping me on Signal +1 917 257 1382
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Read the story of what Kaspersky calls a “legendary” hacking group here: https://t.co/eGKXgJaes0
techcrunch.com
The elusive hacking group Careto was never publicly linked to a specific government, but TechCrunch has learned researchers concluded privately that the Spanish government was behind the group.
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NEW: More than a decade ago, Kaspersky discovered a mysterious "elite" hacking group it called Careto (“The Mask”), which then vanished and only resurfaced last year. We can now reveal that researchers who investigated it were confident that the Spanish government was behind it.
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Hacker Conference HOPE Says U.S. Immigration Crackdown Caused Massive Crash in Ticket Sales 🔗 https://t.co/TIhZ6BwHaT
https://t.co/TIhZ6BwHaT
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One scheduled speaker has also pulled out of the New York-based event and specifically pointed to Trump’s mass deportation efforts.
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1989: FBI Director William Sessions said "Viruses are easy to create and propagate, require little expertise, and may be nearly impossible to prevent or detect."
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In case you are wondering, this chart shows what U.S. carriers do if they receive a government surveillance request.
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NEW: Sen. Ron Wyden says AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon were not notifying senators of surveillance requests, despite being required to do so. Wyden also revealed — without naming it — that one carrier secretly turned over Senate data to law enforcement. https://t.co/IQSQaeDBal
techcrunch.com
Sen. Ron Wyden said in a letter that one U.S. phone carrier turned over Senate data to law enforcement without notifying the target.
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NEW: Coinbase says its recent data breach affected at least 69,000 customers. Compmay said breach dates back to Dec. 26, 2024 and continued until earlier this month. Stolen data is great for doxing or even physical attacks. https://t.co/5QjKLQ8LVC
techcrunch.com
The crypto giant said the unauthorized access to customer data dates back to late December 2024.
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WaPo reports that NSO wanted to pitch its spyware to be used in Trump's immigration crackdown.
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