Update: The Trump Administration Just Disregarded a Court Order to Stop Deportations

Axios reports the "White House is not denying it ignored the judge's order". | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

The Trump Administration Just Disregarded a Court Order to Stop Deportations

A review of breaking news around this fresh constitutional crisis as a follow-up to last week's analysis of Treasury's financial surveillance program and its intersection with the Alien Enemies Act. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

U.S. Treasury's New Financial Surveillance Program Targets America's Border Communities

Is it a pilot program? | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Trump's Capital One Lawsuit: The Conservative Push for Banking Deregulation

President Donald Trump, Eric Trump, and multiple associated business entities have just initiated what appears to be the highest-profile "debanking" lawsuit to date. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Ghosts in the Machine: The Rise of Hidden AI on Social Media

Earlier today, I found myself scrolling through my X feed when I encountered a peculiar reply. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Update: America's Cyber Surrender

Questions Remain About U.S. Cyber Command's Russia Stand-Down Despite Official Denials | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

America's Cyber Surrender

How the United States is Abandoning its Digital Defenses | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

The Ghosts of American Eugenics

Book Recommendation: War Against the Weak by Edwin Black | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Trump's Rapid Response Apparatus Trumps Democratic Discourse

A Study of Coordinated Social Media Activity in Modern American Politics | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Musk's Private Guards Get Federal Powers: What History Tells Us This Means

The Blurring Line Between Private and Public Force in America | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Trump's Enabling Act of 2025

We are underreacting to arguably the most frightening proclamation to ever be issued from the White House. Please read and share with your network. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Explainer: How American Sports Teams Will 'Sanewash' Donald Trump

When you think of NASCAR, you probably picture roaring engines, checkered flags, and the distinctly American tradition of stock car racing. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Neoreactionary Forces Are Capturing U.S. Government Infrastructure

A new memorandum describes the coup occurring before our eyes. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

The GOP's Quiet Draft Plans: How the 2025 NDAA Transforms Military Registration

A closer look at an unprecedented change to the Selective Service System and what it might signal about war preparation | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Hybrid Warfare Tactics During the Los Angeles Wildfires

Why Those Weird Crimes During LA's Fire Crisis Might Not Be Random After All | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Constitutional Crypto: How TRUMP's Solana Token Could Force a SCOTUS Showdown

Donald Trump's launch of a cryptocurrency token days before his inauguration has set the stage for what could become a landmark test of presidential power. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Explainer: How AdTech Doubles as an Intelligence Platform

The Dossiers About Us Are More Detailed than the Stasi Could Have Imagined | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

How Private Industry Inherited the Intelligence Community's Toolkit—and Why Quantum Computing Will Shatter It

Note: Timeline estimates in this article are speculative projections that could shift dramatically based on advances or setbacks in quantum computing research and development. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris: November 25, 2024

Dear President Biden and Vice President Harris, | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

2025, or The Administrative Art of Persona Non Grata

Facing a world in which the extraordinary will become ordinary, and the ordinary may become impossible | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

The Secret System Behind Every Call You Make Is About to Change Hands

Also, did the Chinese government just hack it? | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Disinformation for Infosec Wonks

(How to think about fake news if you mainly think about malware) | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Russia's Information Warfare: What Is It?

Learn how the Kremlin uses lies to manipulate events & erode trust. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

LLM Prompt Surveillance: The Dark Side of Conversational AI

Why am I the only one worried about what happens to our LLM prompts? | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 1 year ago

Roger Stone's Legal Threat Against Lauren Windsor Linked to Newly Published Secret Recordings

Undercover tapes reveal Stone discussing plans to challenge 2024 election results (VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT) | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Roger Stone Threatens Lauren Windsor with SLAPP Lawsuit Over SCOTUS Recordings

Yet another MAGA attempt to stifle constitutionally protected speech. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Julian Assange: Journalist, or Russian Asset?

Review the facts–decide for yourself. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

CTI League in the Crossfire: Navigating Disinfo Campaigns Targeting Anti-Disinfo Efforts

(Clapping back at Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger's bullshit) | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Concert: A Whistleblowing Paradigm for the Digital Age

Blow the whistle, not your cover. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Telegram Remains a Haven for Hate Speech Shielded by Corporate Secrecy

We know too little about the platform providing 'bulletproof' chat services to the Internet's worst actors | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. George Santos to Hacking, but Legal: “Your Question is the Most Intelligent I've Heard Ever Since I've Gotten Elected for Congress”

My discussion with an embattled Congressman in which he plied me with flattery and avoided straight answers | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Conference Keynote: "Psychologically-Motivated Threat Actors" at OWASP AppSec D.C. 2023

Six months of research in one hour. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Statement by Annie Altman, Sam Altman's Sibling

“How We Do Anything Is How We Do Everything” | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Speculation: What happened at OpenAI?

Unraveling the complex factors behind Sam Altman’s untimely exit | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

From SLAPP to SAAPP: Evolving Tactics in Silencing Public Voices

In which I propose we coin new terminology. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Reprint: "Security in an Era of Coercive Cyber Attacks"

#IncidentResponse #Consulting | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Revenge Porn As Opposition Research: A Disturbing Trend in Political Strategy

Exploring how the Susanna Gibson case brings to light the troubling use of intimate material as a political weapon. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

The Hague Turns its Gaze Toward Cyberspace

Disinformation, hate speech, and attacks against critical infrastructure will now be considered by the International Criminal Court. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Apple Faces a Wave of Legal Woes, Including RICO Act Lawsuit Filed by Former Employee

Core Issues: Legal Worms Inside | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

A Threat Matrix for Socially Motivated Cybercriminals/iPredopaths

A starter framework towards addressing the types of persistent threats which are often incubated within toxic Internet cultures such as Kiwi Farms. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Roundup: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

Reactions to my recent top story. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Sham Signal App Tied to China Raises Alarms

You're using your smartphone, scrolling through your favorite apps, sending messages, and staying connected. But what if some of those innocent-looking apps are not what they seem? | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Cloudflare: Cybersecurity, or Complicity?

TL;DR It's both. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

BlockFree: How To Keep Blocking Idiots on Twitter Without Elon Musk's Approval

Did you hear? Twitter is planning to kill its critical blocking feature | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Hacking, but Legal has migrated!

It is done. Yet there is so much more to do! | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was... | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

The Online Psychopathy Checklist

This 175-item checklist developed by a psychologist can help identify psychopaths who "use cyberspace to troll, victimize, control and manipulate" others. | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago

Reprint: "Buying In" to the Information Security Industry

My first-ever piece of Internet content dating back to October 2011 | Continue reading


@hackingbutlegal.com | 2 years ago