Kevin Beaumont
@doublepulsar.com
cybersecurity weather man. scanning the horizons for cloudy cyber. Expert at nothing except computer rubbish. Anti-ransomware since 2015.
Hopefully no more slides like this bsky.app/profile/gaut...
L’une des premières diapos du .ppt projeté il y a quelques semaines avant les previews de MindsEye.
Que l’équipe fasse 5, 50 ou 500 personnes, c’est du jamais vu en ce qui me concerne. Le macaron Guinness Book c’est pour me tuer.
Que l’équipe fasse 5, 50 ou 500 personnes, c’est du jamais vu en ce qui me concerne. Le macaron Guinness Book c’est pour me tuer.
February 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Hopefully no more slides like this bsky.app/profile/gaut...
I think he’s above CEO in terms of company structure - he’s still listed as the controlling party on all the companies, and the largest shareholder. He’s also still taking a base salary of over a million, plus he’s listed as owed millions for services.
Mark may just be the fall guy.
Mark may just be the fall guy.
February 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I think he’s above CEO in terms of company structure - he’s still listed as the controlling party on all the companies, and the largest shareholder. He’s also still taking a base salary of over a million, plus he’s listed as owed millions for services.
Mark may just be the fall guy.
Mark may just be the fall guy.
Yeah, the all hands was before the Epstein stuff.
Still, I'm not sure I buy that Mark could force out Leslie - Leslie's the largest shareholder in the org, and listed as the ultimate controlling party on the company still.
Still, I'm not sure I buy that Mark could force out Leslie - Leslie's the largest shareholder in the org, and listed as the ultimate controlling party on the company still.
February 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Yeah, the all hands was before the Epstein stuff.
Still, I'm not sure I buy that Mark could force out Leslie - Leslie's the largest shareholder in the org, and listed as the ultimate controlling party on the company still.
Still, I'm not sure I buy that Mark could force out Leslie - Leslie's the largest shareholder in the org, and listed as the ultimate controlling party on the company still.
Things I learn from this - Leslie Benzies has now quietly decided to YOLO out of his own studio and make Mark Gerhard the CEO... who is sat on Discord saying the most mental stuff imaginable while the ship he is supposed to captain sinks.
bsky.app/profile/benn...
bsky.app/profile/benn...
Hey ma, I'm in the news again! Yes, my ex-bosses said and did awful things again. Yes, it somehow got worse yet again. Yeah one's connected to Epstein and the other is making delusional legal threats against imaginary ppl. Yes, MindsEye is still terrible www.gamesindustry.biz/can-build-a-...
Can Build A Rocket Boy save itself?
As company expands its search for "saboteurs" and threatens YouTubers with legal action, insiders tell of long-running problems
www.gamesindustry.biz
February 9, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Things I learn from this - Leslie Benzies has now quietly decided to YOLO out of his own studio and make Mark Gerhard the CEO... who is sat on Discord saying the most mental stuff imaginable while the ship he is supposed to captain sinks.
bsky.app/profile/benn...
bsky.app/profile/benn...
Reposted by Kevin Beaumont
NEW: Rare earths are often in the news, with nations vying over access to rare earth mines.
But many countries, including the US, have many or all of the rare earths they need at home. In waste.
I wrote about how to harvest rare earths without traditional mining...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
But many countries, including the US, have many or all of the rare earths they need at home. In waste.
I wrote about how to harvest rare earths without traditional mining...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Fungi mining and giant waste piles: How to get rare earths without mining rock
As nations posture over access to rare earth deposits, scientists say these coveted materials are hiding in plain sight – and can be harvested without any conventional mining at all.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
NEW: Rare earths are often in the news, with nations vying over access to rare earth mines.
But many countries, including the US, have many or all of the rare earths they need at home. In waste.
I wrote about how to harvest rare earths without traditional mining...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
But many countries, including the US, have many or all of the rare earths they need at home. In waste.
I wrote about how to harvest rare earths without traditional mining...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
My brother died, so I decided to play a 90s style team shooter they somehow apparently spent $100m on. No ragrets GIF.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
My brother died, so I decided to play a 90s style team shooter they somehow apparently spent $100m on. No ragrets GIF.
I’ve played 30 hours of Highguard, ask me anything
February 8, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I’ve played 30 hours of Highguard, ask me anything
Reposted by Kevin Beaumont
Mark Gerhard this is your lawyer speaking. I’m advising you to keep doing this shit
BARB (Mindseye) CEO alleges 1M$ sabotage financed by "American company", plans to make in-game mission naming accused saboteurs (?????)
www.resetera.com/threads/14...
www.resetera.com/threads/14...
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Mark Gerhard this is your lawyer speaking. I’m advising you to keep doing this shit
“Supplement of the Year”
February 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
“Supplement of the Year”
If you want to search the Epstein emails and such they’re now updated on Jmail. www.jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com
You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
www.jmail.world
February 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
If you want to search the Epstein emails and such they’re now updated on Jmail. www.jmail.world
No, it’s not stored in the cloud.
February 5, 2026 at 11:44 PM
No, it’s not stored in the cloud.
there's some nuance to that - e.g. I'm a Mastodon admin, if I limit an account, they can take it to another server, and take their followers with them.
February 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM
there's some nuance to that - e.g. I'm a Mastodon admin, if I limit an account, they can take it to another server, and take their followers with them.
If anybody is wondering why I have it enabled - research. You almost certainly shouldn't enable it in most real world situations.
February 4, 2026 at 5:21 PM
If anybody is wondering why I have it enabled - research. You almost certainly shouldn't enable it in most real world situations.
It still feels weirdly unfinished as a product, e.g. you open it and the interface just doesn't work... you have to trigger an intro video manually to get the product to work, then go back into Timeline.
It's a really weird product, I suspect MS will mothball it at some point.
It's a really weird product, I suspect MS will mothball it at some point.
February 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
It still feels weirdly unfinished as a product, e.g. you open it and the interface just doesn't work... you have to trigger an intro video manually to get the product to work, then go back into Timeline.
It's a really weird product, I suspect MS will mothball it at some point.
It's a really weird product, I suspect MS will mothball it at some point.
I've had Microsoft Recall on my laptop since July, default experience... and it still has snapshots going back to July of everything I've ever done and typed.
I suspect MS are struggling with Recall as it does things like reminder popups to use it, looks like team trying to juice their numbers.
I suspect MS are struggling with Recall as it does things like reminder popups to use it, looks like team trying to juice their numbers.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I've had Microsoft Recall on my laptop since July, default experience... and it still has snapshots going back to July of everything I've ever done and typed.
I suspect MS are struggling with Recall as it does things like reminder popups to use it, looks like team trying to juice their numbers.
I suspect MS are struggling with Recall as it does things like reminder popups to use it, looks like team trying to juice their numbers.
A hint from a while ago.
February 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
A hint from a while ago.
Bumping this for no reason at all.
February 4, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Bumping this for no reason at all.
good job BlueSky is decentralised *winks*
February 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
good job BlueSky is decentralised *winks*
I think this might be a joke. The skeet is here: bsky.app/profile/dril...
February 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I think this might be a joke. The skeet is here: bsky.app/profile/dril...
The Onion is going to end up buying The Washington Post
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 12:19 PM
The Onion is going to end up buying The Washington Post
As one example, you can read about the 13 TBEST tests for UK financial orgs here: www.bankofengland.co.uk/financial-st...
The US is far behind the curve on this one.
The US is far behind the curve on this one.
February 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
As one example, you can read about the 13 TBEST tests for UK financial orgs here: www.bankofengland.co.uk/financial-st...
The US is far behind the curve on this one.
The US is far behind the curve on this one.
In the UK we have things like TBEST for telecoms, CBEST for financial services etc.
These are government led tests where the gov hires PWC etc to come into your org and set things on fire - full results are shared to gov.
They’re really good, important and drive meaningful change and oversight.
These are government led tests where the gov hires PWC etc to come into your org and set things on fire - full results are shared to gov.
They’re really good, important and drive meaningful change and oversight.
February 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM
In the UK we have things like TBEST for telecoms, CBEST for financial services etc.
These are government led tests where the gov hires PWC etc to come into your org and set things on fire - full results are shared to gov.
They’re really good, important and drive meaningful change and oversight.
These are government led tests where the gov hires PWC etc to come into your org and set things on fire - full results are shared to gov.
They’re really good, important and drive meaningful change and oversight.
I worked in telecom cybersecurity until a few years ago. Congress should do everything they can to get the Mandiant and Verizon assessments.
Senate Commerce RM Maria Cantwell says AT&T & Verizon invoked attorney-client privilege to block Mandiant from sharing its security assessments of their networks — even tho privilege doesn't apply w/ Congress. Cantwell wants chair Ted Cruz to hold a hearing. www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
February 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I worked in telecom cybersecurity until a few years ago. Congress should do everything they can to get the Mandiant and Verizon assessments.
This whole saga raises a lot of questions around information security in government - basic data loss control policies stop this kind of thing - and intelligence monitoring (somebody should have been keeping an eye on Epstein for economic reasons).
FT exclusive
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor discussed ways round restrictions on his making investments while an official UK trade representative and shared official documents from the role with Jeffrey Epstein, files released by the US Department of Justice show
www.ft.com/content/6b2f...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor discussed ways round restrictions on his making investments while an official UK trade representative and shared official documents from the role with Jeffrey Epstein, files released by the US Department of Justice show
www.ft.com/content/6b2f...
Former prince discussed with Jeffrey Epstein ways to get round investment rules
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared official documents while serving as a UK trade envoy
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This whole saga raises a lot of questions around information security in government - basic data loss control policies stop this kind of thing - and intelligence monitoring (somebody should have been keeping an eye on Epstein for economic reasons).