Florida HB 1471: The KKK as a Bill

Florida’s new HB 1471, signed by Governor DeSantis on April 6, works like this: the FDLE’s Chief of Domestic Security designates an organization as a “domestic terrorist organization.” The Governor and Cabinet approve by majorit…

CIA Shuts Down Factbook, Replaced by Facebook

A new Politico eulogy mourns the CIA World Factbook like a beloved teacher retiring. On Feb. 4, the Trump administration abruptly shuttered this widely accepted account of humanity and its flags, nations, customs, militaries and borders. […] A gr…

BKA unmasks two REvil Ransomware operators behind 130+ German attacks

German police BKA identified two key REvil ransomware members, linking them to over 130 attacks in Germany. Germany’s Federal Criminal Police (BKA) has identified two key figures behind the REvil ransomware group, linking them to more than 130 attacks in the country. The first suspect is Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin (31), a Russian national known online […]

Attackers Exploit RCE Flaw as 14,000 F5 BIG-IP APM Instances Remain Exposed

Over 14,000 F5 BIG-IP APM instances remain exposed online, as attackers actively exploit a critical remote code execution flaw CVE-2025-53521. Over 14,000 F5 BIG-IP APM instances remain exposed online, with attackers actively exploiting the critical remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2025-53521 (CVSS ver. 3.1 score of 9.8), the nonprofit security organization Shadowserver warns. The vulnerability in BIG-IP […]

This Means War: Nate Silver Describes a Coup and Calls It the Weather

The Substack migration that Nate Silver is celebrating today is also worth scrutiny. Moving from a captured public square to private subscription newsletters doesn’t restore information integrity. It privatizes it. The people who can afford $200/…