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Don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Russian group Laundry Bear hacked Dutch police, targets Ukraine-allied nations
--Iranian pleads guilty to Robbinhood ransomware,
--Vietnam-tied UNC6032 uses prompt-to-video AI tools to lure malware victims,
--Russia sends former programmer to prison for 14 years,
--Czech Republic says China's APT31 hacked its comms networks,
--Nigeria arrests 20 for…

Russian group Laundry Bear hacked Dutch police, targets Ukraine-allied nations
Iranian pleads guilty to Robbinhood, UNC6032 uses prompt-to-video AI tools to lure victims, Russia sends former programmer to prison for 14 years, Czech Republic says China's APT31 hacked its comms networks, Nigeria arrests 20 for exams hacking, Bad flaw found in GitHub MCP integration, much more

The Big Beautiful Bill
To Make Inequality Great Again
- Tax Cuts for the Rich
- Benefits Cuts for the Poor
- Tariffs to Boost Inflation
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/28/us/trump-news

Trump Administration Live Updates: Republicans Hunt for Votes to Bring Policy Bill to the Floor
Senate Republicans were trying to find enough votes to pass their domestic policy bill, a key step in advancing President Trump’s agenda. Three Republicans have voted against opening debate.

The Trump administration rescinds VOA layoff notices due to document errors that could have delayed or nullified the layoffs, plans to attempt the layoffs again (Minho Kim/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/politics/trump-voa-layoffs…

Trump Administration Rescinds Voice of America Layoffs After Errors in Notices
The errors in the layoff notices could have derailed President Trump’s effort to dismantle the news organization. The administration said it would attempt the layoffs again.

Google's emissions are up over 50%, Amazon builds huge data centers powered by 75% natural gas.
Remember all those posts telling us that "AIs climate impact isn't that bad" supported by some really funky math/perspective and/or numbers Sam Altman invented?
Here's the actual impact.
"AI" is a fossil fuel technology.

At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.
On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers ever for work with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence start-up.

Bad moon rising…
("releasing" hundreds)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/climate/national-climate-assessment-authors-dismissed.html?unlocked_article_cod…

Le DOGE a le soutien des Américains. Arrêtez de vous faire des illusions, les gens.
Source : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/polls/doge-elon-musk.html

Good riddance. It was always meant to end eventually, 2 big egos can’t stay together for a long time. But with all the damage that he did, I’ll be having a hard time forgiving anyone still supporting him. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/elon-musk-…

About showing the “open to work” badge https://christianheilmann.com/2025/05/20/nothing-makes-me-want-to-hire-someone-less-than-them-showing-an-open-to-work-badge/

Great article from NYT about sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan from the UAE. For me it illustrates the bigger problem of the middle-east/gulfstates, the absence of any meaningful democracy, too rich oligarchs with too much power. Politically the people are living in medieval times there.

Conquering Soccer and Arming Warlords
The Emirati vice president is best known as the owner of Manchester City, a top English soccer team. Behind the scenes, he has been described as the “handler” guiding his country’s secret foreign wars.

NYT and Amazon agree to a content licensing deal for use in Amazon's AI platforms and to bring the NYT's "content to a variety of Amazon customer experiences" (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/business/m…

The Times and Amazon Announce an A.I. Licensing Deal
In 2023, The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. Now its editorial content will appear across Amazon platforms.