Organizer of State of Statecraft (SOS) conference - @what_is_sos October 22, 2026 in Brussels Belgium
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The agenda for 🆘 Volume II is officially released 👉 stateofstatecraft.com/agenda !
The agenda highlights research into Russia, China, and Iran and showcases nuanced discussions on incidents, capabilities, and findings from the largest centers of gravity in the modern landscape.
Michael 🆘 retweeted
To Subvert the State: The Ecosystem of Russian Active Measures - Oleksandr Danylyuk and I have just published a book through @RUSI_org on the forms and methods used by the Russian Special Services to manipulate politics abroad: routledge.com/To-Subvert-the…
Central to this year's agenda are explorations into sabotage, expanded forms of espionage, and attribution of some of the most prominent state-sponsored operations and actors.
Key SME's will deliver tactically relevant and strategically important discussions for disruption.
Beyond the discussions delivered from our speakers, SOS is made up a diverse community of researchers and thinkers motivated by the same problems. You are bound to find your force multiplier here.
I'll highlight some of the talks in the coming days, but for now, get registered... then get your ass to Brussels!
stateofstatecraft.com/regist…
Michael 🆘 retweeted
The SBU arrested an officer who was serving as a commander of a special purpose group in Ukraine's National Guard for serving as an agent of Russia's GRU since July. According to law enforcement, for $1,000 in cryptocurrency, he gave the GRU access to his personal account on Delta by connecting through a third-party device. He was also given instructions to sabotage military vehicles for money and record the results on video.
pravda.com.ua/news/2026/08/2…
Michael 🆘 retweeted
‼️🇷🇺 I promised a longer thread on what's inside our big military elite report. In lieu of itemizing the executive summary (you can read that yourself) or hitting a few key toplines, I thought I'd walk you through with graphs, charts, and the like. Thread below... ⤵️
Today is the last day of the State of Statecraft Call-For-Proposals (and me spamming you!)
🆘 is a forum for exposure of state-sponsored actors and study of hybrid operations.
If you've made a breakthrough in the understanding of either, come and meet your tribe. Submit 👇
⌚Today is the deadline for the 🆘 CFP.
It's time to bring that research into state-sponsored actors, hybrid ops, espionage, sabotage, IO, OSINT, etc, to light.
Submit TODAY 👉 stateofstatecraft.com/cfp
Michael 🆘 retweeted
⏳Less than 10 days until the end of the SOS CFP on Aug 14!
💥 Expert in state-sponsored actors? Investigated hybrid-ops? Taking the craft of disruption, attribution, and investigation to a new level? Ready to shift perspectives?
Your moment is now: stateofstatecraft.com/cfp
👇SOS Call-For-Proposals (CFP) ends on August 14th. Espionage, sabotage, hybrid ops, attribution & more.
Start prepping that CFP... you will be in good company!
Submit here -> stateofstatecraft.com/cfp
⏰The countdown to the end of the 🆘 CFP begins!
🎖️SOS is a forum for state-sponsored operations, matters of attribution & more.
Actors have resorted to novel methods to shape strategic environments. Tell their story here: stateofstatecraft.com/cfp
#what_is_sos
These observations are worth a footstomp as China’s forays back into economic espionage through cyber has been less publicly quantified as of recent.
The AI race is more than models: natural resources, supply-chains, compute, ability to sell, pricing, and, of course, intellectual property.
Miniscule developments move markets in dramatic ways, shift how we use the tech, and sets the stage for long-term competitive advantage.
Michael 🆘 retweeted
Registration and CFP for 🆘VOLUME II is officially OPEN!
On October 22, 2026, we return to Brussels to showcase a day of community and discussions on the latest developments in state-sponsored operations and the actors & institutions that champion them.
Welcome to Supply-Chain Summer ☀️
With ongoing attacks against CI/CD spilling over to the open-source ecosystem, I've put together a light and extensible tool to help defense & intel teams profile packages.
Meet solorider, built for pipelines & you:
medium.com/@matonis/soloride…
solorider is effectively a proof-of-concept still in beta but it's orchestration is robust and ready to meet your vertical classification needs.
Fork it, submit an issue, and take it for a test drive.
If you're a @rationaledge user, solorider is part of the new Supply Chain Analysis tool:
rationaledge.io/
ICYMI: the State of Statecraft conference (@what_is_sos) returns to Brussels for Volume II on October 22, 2026. Registration is open & the CFP runs until Aug. 14
SOS is an event focused on state-sponsored operations: stateofstatecraft.com
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Notepad++ discloses breach indicating China-based threat actor compromised underlying hosting provider infrastructure to selectively hijack LEGITIMATE update mechanism to distribute malware.
notepad-plus-plus.org/news/h…