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OP Glowing Symphony – How US military claims to have disrupted ISIS ‘s propaganda

Security Affairs

US military claims to have disrupted the online propaganda activity of the Islamic State (ISIS) in a hacking operation dating back at least to 2016. “Today the National Security Archive is releasing 6 USCYBERCOM documents obtained through FOIA which shed new light on the campaign to counter ISIS in cyberspace.”

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Swiss army asks its personnel to use the Threema instant-messaging app

Security Affairs

The above document, dated to January 7, 2021, was obtained through a FOIA request filed by the US nonprofit organization Property of the People. We got an FBI training doc on obtaining data from secure messaging apps, and shared it w/ @AndyKroll / @RollingStone. FOIA [link] — PropertyOfThePeople (@PropOTP) November 29, 2021.

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Trump 2.0 Brings Cuts to Cyber, Consumer Protections

Krebs on Security

NextGov reports that Trump named the Department of Defense’s new chief information security officer: Katie Arrington , a former South Carolina state lawmaker who helped steer Pentagon cybersecurity contracting policy before being put on leave amid accusations that she disclosed classified data from a military intelligence agency.