@CDA

Researcher on Internet infrastructure, state-sponsored hacking, sanctions, human rights, and authoritarianism; 'Blonde guy, talks about Iran a lot.'(ملا لغتی)

 Washington, DC
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Joined January 2009
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Now published through @CarnegieEndow – "Iran’s Cyber Threat: Espionage, Sabotage, and Revenge" – the decade long history of Iranian cyber operations against foreign and domestic targets. By me and @ksadjadpour. carnegieendowment.org/2018/0…

Iran’s Cyber Threat: Espionage, Sabotage, and Revenge

Incidents involving Iran have been among the most sophisticated, costly, and consequential attacks in the history of the internet.

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U.S. Soccer stands with Concacaf and its members.
Concacaf Media
@ConcacafMediaJul 30
Statement on behalf of Concacaf and its 41 Member Associations bit.ly/4bmO6uN 🔗

Statement on behalf of Concacaf and its 41 Member Associations  | Concacaf

Statement on behalf of Concacaf and its 41 Member Associations 

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"Teen Tech Gifts." Great work, @Etsy.
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Oh my lord, it's the most targeted culture appropriation in history – Norwegian-American grandmothers from the Upper Midwest.
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Left, Trader Joe's; right, actual lefse. A horrible wrong has been occurred here! Justice demanded!
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Curious: seems like VOA Persian is newly relevant again, especially the Meedan program. Over the past couple weeks all the clips and debates on my Twitter feed are from VOA, not Iran International or even BBC Persian. Filter bubble or has VOA found a new lane for itself?
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To be a fly on the wall when Mojtaba wakes up from his six week long coma.
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One can only think here of what the Delphic oracle said to Croesus of Lydia in the Histories: if you march against the Persians, you will destroy a great empire. I hope someone remembers how this prophecy was fulfilled.
The Spectator Index
@spectatorindexApr 7
BREAKING: Trump says a 'whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will'.
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If there's no 'inter' in internet, it's a blackout. Expensive, regime controlled VPNs, whitelisted users, and brief lapses aren't access. It is absolutely true that Iran has engaged in a mass, extended, and near unprecedented blackout of internet access.
Helyeh Doutaghi | حليا دوطاقي@Helyeh_DoutaghiApr 5
Calling it a total “internet blackout” is misleading. What has been restricted is *international* connectivity, not the domestic internet: national websites, banking systems, and local alternatives to platforms like Uber, YouTube, and Google remain fully functional. The adoption of alternative digital infrastructures is not uniquely Iranian. States that perceive themselves as vulnerable to imperialist cyber operations or disinformation campaigns in hybrid warfare adopt this strategy. Reliance on domestic platforms in this context is a matter of digital sovereignty and resilience.
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This pedantry has the moral clarity of saying "I didn't steal everything from that man, I left him a dollar." And it only works with a Western audience – anyone who spends a moment looking at Persian twitter can see the mass pain of not being able reach family. It's repugnant.
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If I should ever ignore the death of my compatriots, or equivocate on the destruction of my country by those outside: خاک بر سرم.
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PAAIA's issues survey did not get enough attention. Surprisingly, support for a monarchy hasn't changed over the years. Social media reflects loud voices, but not real life. paaia.org/wp-content/uploads…
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What this really needs to complete the experience is a Polymarket listing about when their bar starts working, followed by allegations of insider trading. And then for everyone to fight over the meaning of "working."
Miranda Nazzaro
@mirandanazzaroMar 20
Polymarket event in DC had technical issues leading to nearly all of the monitors being out….said they will work on resolving overnight for the weekend. I estimate at least 50 monitors were set up for the event, but not working now.
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TIL: during World War II, the British spread Shahnameh posters around Iran portraying Hitler as Zahhak, conquered by Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin.
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The human cost of Trump's war of choice in Iran is unconscionable & unjust—this Administration is threatening lives with its reckless decision making & disregard for humanity. I joined @MSNOWNews to discuss.
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"Can we get rid of this ayatollah T-shirt? Khomeini died years ago." "But, Marge, it works on any ayatollah-- Ayatollah Nakhbadeh, Ayatollah Zahedi. As we speak, Ayatollah Razmara and his cadre of fanatics are consolidating their power." "I don't care who's consolidating their power."
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One day into @moltbook, and AI agents are already trying to rugpull each other with cryptoscams.
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Would very deeply appreciate if my Iranian friends – rightly enraged by the constant images of young people grotesquely murdered by the Islamic Republic – would not punch sideways at those angry about the violence in Minneapolis.
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Tragic watching the hacker curiosities of the 90s & 00s repeatedly weaponized by the malign, but there's something especially heartbreaking about IRGC intelligence wardriving Tehran for Starlink MAC addresses in Kismet, tossing their owners in prison for 'enmity toward God.'
Nariman Gharib
@NarimanGharibJan 16
Replying to @NarimanGharib
⚠️ اصلاحیه به هشدار قبلی‌ام درباره اسکن سیگنال‌های WiFi استارلینک توسط رژیم جمهوری اسلامی: پنهان کردن SSID یا استفاده از Bypass Mode گام مفیدی است، اما کاملاً امن نیست— اسکنرها همچنان می‌توانند رادیوی WiFi فعال را تشخیص دهند. ایمن‌ترین گزینه: خاموش کردن کامل پخش WiFi روی روتر استارلینک و استفاده فقط از اتصالات سیمی Ethernet
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Far fall from wardriving downtown Bismarck, North Dakota on the one laptop in a group of friends & a promiscuous Wi-Fi USB, looking for an open T1 so you could finally torrent the Animatrix.
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Interesting that all of #Iran's background internet traffic dropped to zero at the same time across networks around 11pm. TIC flipped a switch at the gateway, rather than ISPs complying with a mandate? Nothing much getting in or out ... ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu…
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Despite appearance of a total blackout, interesting what's actually still connected to the global internet, e.g. Persian Gulf Petrochemical Company. Given the live MikroTik and OPNsense instances, wonder if, in addition to white SIM cards, VIPs have domestic VPNs as bridge out.
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