Just wrote about Chinese accounts spamming city names in a suspected attempt to keep citizens from learning about the historic protests. An outgunned Twitter staff fought back. washingtonpost.com/technology/202… If you want to see for yourself, search 北京 上海 南京 郑州 兰州

Friend of a friend was careful, boosted and unlucky. He died today after Omicron destroyed his lungs and put him on a ventilator. Please do not think that just because it will be mild for most of the vaxed, it must be for you as well. I sometimes get calls from friends who have loved ones on ventilators, because I went through that years ago and survived. Most do not. One thing I can share is that even vented patients can be transferred to hospitals with more expertise. I would not be here otherwise.

Everybody: I am leaving Reuters after the most productive and satisfying decade of my career. I have been very lucky to work at such a decent, collegial and industrious place with wide reach and no bias. If you have appreciated my work, please read and/or RT this THREAD. I am proudest of building up the Reuterw cybersecurity team into the best anywhere, something that will still be true with me gone. This piece on Chinese CloudHopper hacks reuters.com/article/us-chi… is a good example of our joint work.

Fresh U.S presidential candidate @BetoORourke was a member of the country’s oldest hacking group, which has kept his role a secret for decades – until now. My story is up on Reuters at reuters.com/investigates/s…, but let me say a little more in this thread. (1/10) O’Rourke wasn't just a random hacker who stole long-distance service to reach bulletin boards, where tech-savvy people hung out online before the Web. As a teen, he also belonged to the notorious and wildly influential Cult of the Dead Cow reut.rs/2DvWzuT (2/10)

Top DHS cyber official Chris Krebs: Russian interference in 2016 election was galvanizing moment for defense like Sputnik launch in 1957, bigger than destructive WannaCry and NotPetya. #RSAC Krebs priories: 5G/China; federal networks; critical infrastructure cyber attacks; election protection.