We interviewed six Iranians who had worked with the CIA as spies and informants and got caught. A Reuters investigation found CIA negligence likely led to their capture. reuters.com/investigates/s… 2/ One spy recounted receiving the covert messaging system first reported by @JennaMC_Laugh & @zachsdorfman. We found his soccer news site in an internet archive and asked two cyberanalysts review the system. @bozorgmehr

NEW: Ukraine is asking its hacker underground to defend the country from Russia @Bing_Chris reuters.com/world/exclusiv… Ukraine doesn't have a dedicate military cyberwar unit, so MoD is reaching out for volunteers on Telegram, organizing the effort through Google docs.

Three Project Raven operatives admitted to hacking American networks for the UAE as part of a DoJ deal that lets them off the hook with no criminal record as long as they promise not to do it again. @Bing_Chris reut.rs/3kdPLZr We first reported that former NSA operatives were using their skills to help UAE crackdown on journalists and human rights activists back in 2019 @Bing_Chris reuters.com/investigates/s…