Karen Sprenger
@grlgeek.bsky.social
Cybersecurity geek, book lover, poodle mom; co-author “Ransomware and Cyber Extortion: Response and Prevention”; lifelong Montanan 💙
⬇️⬇️ This whole thread! Read it, bookmark it, and then read it again. And practice your incident response!! And test your backups regularly!!!
(And yes, don’t forget that sometimes the “attacker” is you making a config error.)
(And yes, don’t forget that sometimes the “attacker” is you making a config error.)
If I may present an alternative opinion on cloud outages:
Occasional short reminders of fragility in centralization and smoke-testing of our societal systems with effectively inconsequential events, is important.
There is going to be day gigaoutage culminates, due to lack of minoroutage warnings.
Occasional short reminders of fragility in centralization and smoke-testing of our societal systems with effectively inconsequential events, is important.
There is going to be day gigaoutage culminates, due to lack of minoroutage warnings.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
⬇️⬇️ This whole thread! Read it, bookmark it, and then read it again. And practice your incident response!! And test your backups regularly!!!
(And yes, don’t forget that sometimes the “attacker” is you making a config error.)
(And yes, don’t forget that sometimes the “attacker” is you making a config error.)
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So, uh, he switches from ALL CAPS to a whisper:
"Congress, do not waste your time and energy on anything else."
Sir, what do you mean by "anything else"? What else could Congress possibly be focusing on right now?
"Congress, do not waste your time and energy on anything else."
Sir, what do you mean by "anything else"? What else could Congress possibly be focusing on right now?
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
So, uh, he switches from ALL CAPS to a whisper:
"Congress, do not waste your time and energy on anything else."
Sir, what do you mean by "anything else"? What else could Congress possibly be focusing on right now?
"Congress, do not waste your time and energy on anything else."
Sir, what do you mean by "anything else"? What else could Congress possibly be focusing on right now?
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#AI driven #fraud is hitting holiday shoppers at machine speed. Today on #CybersideChats, Sherri & Matt discuss how #phishing kits, prebuilt configs, and bot-driven takeovers enable #CredentialAbuse.
Podcast: www.chatcyberside.com/e/holiday-ha...
Video: youtu.be/TpMD5v5JUNc
#Cybersecurity
Podcast: www.chatcyberside.com/e/holiday-ha...
Video: youtu.be/TpMD5v5JUNc
#Cybersecurity
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#AI driven #fraud is hitting holiday shoppers at machine speed. Today on #CybersideChats, Sherri & Matt discuss how #phishing kits, prebuilt configs, and bot-driven takeovers enable #CredentialAbuse.
Podcast: www.chatcyberside.com/e/holiday-ha...
Video: youtu.be/TpMD5v5JUNc
#Cybersecurity
Podcast: www.chatcyberside.com/e/holiday-ha...
Video: youtu.be/TpMD5v5JUNc
#Cybersecurity
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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No one pays ransomware demands anymore - so attackers have a new goal www.zdnet.com/article/no-o...
No one pays ransomware demands anymore - so attackers have a new goal
Ransomware payments were made in around 85% of attacks in 2019. But things have changed dramatically since then. Here's why.
www.zdnet.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
No one pays ransomware demands anymore - so attackers have a new goal www.zdnet.com/article/no-o...
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Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t
October 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t
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October 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Polebridge, Montana, and the surrounding North Fork area only has around 100 full-time residents. On Saturday, the hamlet on the edge of Glacier National Park saw more than 60 people attend a No Kings Indivisible rally at the dirt road intersection.
October 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Polebridge, Montana, and the surrounding North Fork area only has around 100 full-time residents. On Saturday, the hamlet on the edge of Glacier National Park saw more than 60 people attend a No Kings Indivisible rally at the dirt road intersection.
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We showed out y'all.
Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.
Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.
October 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We showed out y'all.
Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.
Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.
October 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Cool weather and fog didn’t stop Missoula, MT from showing up. I’m hearing 10k of us attended. #nokings #missoula #nokingsmissoula
October 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Cool weather and fog didn’t stop Missoula, MT from showing up. I’m hearing 10k of us attended. #nokings #missoula #nokingsmissoula
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Huge crowds in Missoula, Montana.
Credit Sally Mauk, Montana Public Radio.
Credit Sally Mauk, Montana Public Radio.
October 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Huge crowds in Missoula, Montana.
Credit Sally Mauk, Montana Public Radio.
Credit Sally Mauk, Montana Public Radio.
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Citizens United made corporate cash king. Montana might just be the start of dethroning it.
Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Citizens United made corporate cash king. Montana might just be the start of dethroning it.
In kindergarten, our teacher took roll by requiring us to give her the phone number of our house, our parents’ work, or the local sheriff. Yes, it was before 9-1-1 existed in our community. I’m old. #genx
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
In kindergarten, our teacher took roll by requiring us to give her the phone number of our house, our parents’ work, or the local sheriff. Yes, it was before 9-1-1 existed in our community. I’m old. #genx
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NEW: After years of legislative debate, today marks the first time the state of Montana - home to 12 tribes and 7 reservations - has officially observed Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal holiday.
For the first time, Montana officially celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day
After years of legislative debate, Oct. 13 marks the first time the state has officially observed the day as a legal holiday.
montanafreepress.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
NEW: After years of legislative debate, today marks the first time the state of Montana - home to 12 tribes and 7 reservations - has officially observed Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal holiday.
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@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."
October 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."
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Can't we just get healthcare
September 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Can't we just get healthcare
😢
Goodbye, stranger. It's been nice. Hope you find your paradise.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Rick Davies, Supertramp Co-Founder and Singer, Dead at 81
Rick Davies, the Supertramp co-founder who sang and wrote some of the group's most popular songs, has died at age 81.
www.rollingstone.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
😢
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We'll say it again. Louder. NO KINGS! Save the date, details to come.
September 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We'll say it again. Louder. NO KINGS! Save the date, details to come.
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We must learn from history. By sending the Ohio National Guard to help Trump suppress peaceful protesters, Governor Mike DeWine is betraying Ohioans who said #NeverAgain after the #KentStateMassacre. Ohio’s National Guard Members didn’t sign up to be used so dangerously as political pawns.
August 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We must learn from history. By sending the Ohio National Guard to help Trump suppress peaceful protesters, Governor Mike DeWine is betraying Ohioans who said #NeverAgain after the #KentStateMassacre. Ohio’s National Guard Members didn’t sign up to be used so dangerously as political pawns.
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Kegsbreath: "Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history."
Sure, drunky.🙄 That's why Trump restored the names of confederate generals to military bases, right?
Restore statues of racists & erase teaching Black history.
Got it. 🔥☕️
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Sure, drunky.🙄 That's why Trump restored the names of confederate generals to military bases, right?
Restore statues of racists & erase teaching Black history.
Got it. 🔥☕️
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Hegseth announces return of Confederate statue that whitewashes slavery to Arlington
‘It never should have been taken down by woke lemmings. Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history,’ Defense Secretary says
www.independent.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Kegsbreath: "Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history."
Sure, drunky.🙄 That's why Trump restored the names of confederate generals to military bases, right?
Restore statues of racists & erase teaching Black history.
Got it. 🔥☕️
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Sure, drunky.🙄 That's why Trump restored the names of confederate generals to military bases, right?
Restore statues of racists & erase teaching Black history.
Got it. 🔥☕️
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...