Tootfinder

Iranian media speculates that hidden firmware or backdoors allowed the U.S. or Israel to conduct remote sabotage -- possibly triggered by satellite or at a pre-set time.
Iranian state media has alleged that equipment from Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, and MikroTik failed during U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran.
The report, which claims that “American ‘black boxes’ failed at zero hour of the attack on Isfahan,”
concerns devices that Iran claims either rebooted …

Iran claims US exploited networking equipment backdoors during strikes — says devices from Cisco and others failed despite blackout in attack that 'indicates deep sabotage'
Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, and MikroTik devices allegedly rebooted or disconnected during the conflict.

Guess who was in the Epstein files?
Uh yeah. Context matters when naming people in the Epstein files.
▶️ Comedians guess who on the panel is and is not in the Epstein files | Have I Got News For You
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jrLuCxrtyPI&si=s6UkeiaPYkyFcrMn

Filing: Gemini says its COO, CFO, and chief legal officer are leaving; Cameron Winklevoss will take on many of the COO's duties; GEMI falls 10% (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/

Gemini ousts COO, CFO and Chief Legal Officer after international exit and 25% staff cuts
Newly public crypto exchange Gemini Space Station Inc. said Marshall Beard, Dan Chen and Tyler Meade are departing effective immediately, days after the company announced plans to shut down U.K., EU and Australia operations and refocus on the U.S. and prediction markets.

U.S. Hardens Allegation That China Conducted a Secret Nuclear Test (Michael R. Gordon/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-hardens-allegation-that-china-conducted-a-secret-nuclear-test-644a918a
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p62#a260218p62

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A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border
We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting materials or source contact information. It’s important to think about your strategy in advance, and begin planning which options in this checklist make sense for you.

Newly released records show
a U.S. citizen was shot and killed in Texas
by a federal immigration agent last year
during a late-night traffic encounter
that was not publicly disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security.
The death of #Ruben #Ray

Records reveal a federal immigration agent fatally shot a Texas man last year
A U.S. citizen was shot and killed by a federal immigration officer during a late-night traffic stop nearly a year ago in a Texas beach town crowded with young people celebrating spring break. The death of 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez occurred in March on South Padre Island and was reported by local media outlets at the time. But authorities did not publicly disclose that the shooting involved a team from Homeland Security Investigations conducting an immigration enforcement operation in conj…

Kraken parent company Payward agrees to acquire Bitnomial, a digital asset derivatives platform, for up to $550M in cash and stock (Will Canny/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/04/

Kraken's parent company Payward to acquire derivatives exchange Bitnomial for $550 million in cash and stock.
The deal gives Payward control of a fully licensed U.S. crypto derivatives stack, accelerating its expansion in regulated markets.

Let me just start with Kharg Island.
We can put troops on there. We can air mobile them in. We could land them by boat.
I guess the comment I have about Kharg is, I’m not sure what the significance is of putting troops there.
It’s only about 20 miles off the coast of Iran. So you’re definitely under the threat of their weapon systems.
You’d be very, very vulnerable there.
And I don’t know that it would give us any particular tactical advantage that we don’t…

What Boots On The Ground In Iran Could Entail According To Former CENTCOM Commander
Joseph Votel offers insights on securing Iran's uranium, seizing Kharg Island, dwindling stocks of missile interceptors, and how long Epic Fury will last.

Binance files a New York defamation suit against Dow Jones over the WSJ's February 23 article on the crypto exchange's handling of Iranian-linked transactions (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.c…

DOJ investigates Iran’s alleged use of Binance as exchange sues Wall Street Journal
The situation adds pressure to Binance, which is already operating under a compliance monitor following its $4.3 billion anti-money laundering and sanctions settlement in 2023.

Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would swiftly begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement.
U.S. Central Command announced that it will blockade all Iranian ports beginning Monday at 10 a.m. EDT, or 5:30 p.m. in Iran.
CENTCOM said the blockade will be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations.”
It said it would still allow ships traveling between non-Iranian port…

US military warns it will blockade Iranian ports after ceasefire talks ended
U.S. Central Command says it will begin a blockade of all Iranian ports on Monday at 10 a.m. EDT, or 5:30 p.m. in Iran. CENTCOM said the blockade would be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations." But it will allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump wants to weaken Iran’s strategic leverage in the war after demanding that it reopen the strait to all global shipping. He told the Navy to intercept vessels paying tolls…