hakan
@hatr.bsky.social
reporter covering cyber (both crime and state-sponsored) for Der Spiegel and ZDF, short overview at https://linktr.ee/hakantanriverdi, Signal: hakan.25
Pinned
hakan
@hatr.bsky.social
· Mar 1
If you've been following #BlackBasta (and the recent leak), this thread might be of interest.
Last December, out of the blue, a source reached out to me (and, as I was to find out, to @valerymarchive.bsky.social as well) offering to doxx the leader of that ransomware-operation, known as "tramp".
Last December, out of the blue, a source reached out to me (and, as I was to find out, to @valerymarchive.bsky.social as well) offering to doxx the leader of that ransomware-operation, known as "tramp".
In case you're interested in #Doppelgänger and are following disinfo, here's a piece about a hacktivist who managed to siphon out hundreds of gigabytes of internal data (zipped!)
Article at Der Spiegel, Gift Link
www.spiegel.de/politik/hack...
Article at Der Spiegel, Gift Link
www.spiegel.de/politik/hack...
(S+) Hacktivist infiltriert Desinformationskampagne: Im Inneren der russischen Propagandamaschine
Informationskrieger des Kreml machen im Netz Stimmung gegen Kanzler Merz, die »Zukunft« gelte der AfD. Ein Hacktivist liefert tiefe Einblicke in Moskaus Maschinenraum.
www.spiegel.de
February 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
In case you're interested in #Doppelgänger and are following disinfo, here's a piece about a hacktivist who managed to siphon out hundreds of gigabytes of internal data (zipped!)
Article at Der Spiegel, Gift Link
www.spiegel.de/politik/hack...
Article at Der Spiegel, Gift Link
www.spiegel.de/politik/hack...
Reposted by hakan
Einem Hacktivisten ist es gelungen, Hunderte Gigabyte interner Daten der berüchtigten #Doppelgänger-Kampagne einzusehen. Über Jahre hinweg schaute er ihnen über die Schulter, während sie ihre Propaganda vorbereiteten.
www.zdfheute.de/politik/russ...
www.zdfheute.de/politik/russ...
Desinformation aus Russland: Hacker enttarnt Netzwerk
Seit Jahren schaut ein Hacker russischen Akteuren heimlich über die Schulter, während sie Desinformation verbreiten. Einblicke in eine Kampagne.
www.zdfheute.de
February 12, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Einem Hacktivisten ist es gelungen, Hunderte Gigabyte interner Daten der berüchtigten #Doppelgänger-Kampagne einzusehen. Über Jahre hinweg schaute er ihnen über die Schulter, während sie ihre Propaganda vorbereiteten.
www.zdfheute.de/politik/russ...
www.zdfheute.de/politik/russ...
Reposted by hakan
jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
theintercept.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Reposted by hakan
NEW: "Is there a lot of press around the house given recent news? Trying to decide whether to wear a baseball hat."
Those are the words of world-renowned hacker Vincenzo Iozzo. Here's what he discussed with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in emails spanning from 2014 to 2018.
san.com/cc/did-a-ren...
Those are the words of world-renowned hacker Vincenzo Iozzo. Here's what he discussed with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in emails spanning from 2014 to 2018.
san.com/cc/did-a-ren...
Did a renowned hacker help Jeffrey Epstein get ‘dirt on other people’?
The prominent hacker Vincenzo Iozzo communicated with Jeffrey Epstein from 2014 to 2018, according to emails released by the DOJ.
san.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
NEW: "Is there a lot of press around the house given recent news? Trying to decide whether to wear a baseball hat."
Those are the words of world-renowned hacker Vincenzo Iozzo. Here's what he discussed with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in emails spanning from 2014 to 2018.
san.com/cc/did-a-ren...
Those are the words of world-renowned hacker Vincenzo Iozzo. Here's what he discussed with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in emails spanning from 2014 to 2018.
san.com/cc/did-a-ren...
"The perverse logic of concentration camps —sometimes justified as necessary or a path to security— has resurfaced in today’s policy proposals and political rhetoric."
ash.harvard.edu/events/conce...
ash.harvard.edu/events/conce...
Concentration Camps and the Machinery of Repression: Lessons for Saving Democracy – Ash Center
Governments throughout history have used detention as a tool to silence dissent, isolate marginalized groups, and punish with impunity – often targeting people based on race, status, or supposed affil...
ash.harvard.edu
February 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
"The perverse logic of concentration camps —sometimes justified as necessary or a path to security— has resurfaced in today’s policy proposals and political rhetoric."
ash.harvard.edu/events/conce...
ash.harvard.edu/events/conce...
Easily one of your favorite reporters favorite reporter.
Hard to overstate how much I learned from Joe‘s reporting.
Hard to overstate how much I learned from Joe‘s reporting.
Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.
February 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Easily one of your favorite reporters favorite reporter.
Hard to overstate how much I learned from Joe‘s reporting.
Hard to overstate how much I learned from Joe‘s reporting.
Reposted by hakan
Laying off @joemenn.bsky.social is the newsroom management equivalent of stapling your dick to the wall. Truly insane move, and one of many.
Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.
February 4, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Laying off @joemenn.bsky.social is the newsroom management equivalent of stapling your dick to the wall. Truly insane move, and one of many.
Reposted by hakan
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
Reposted by hakan
Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.
Reposted by hakan
That Jeff Bezos's Amazon gave Brett Ratner, someone photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and in the Epstein Files, $75 million to make a doc about Melania Trump, while he chooses to destroy The Washington Post, says about all you need to know.
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
That Jeff Bezos's Amazon gave Brett Ratner, someone photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and in the Epstein Files, $75 million to make a doc about Melania Trump, while he chooses to destroy The Washington Post, says about all you need to know.
Reposted by hakan
For this week's newsletter: a lightweight tool to search through the Epstein-files. Since I had a hard time learning python (couldn't figure out what to use it for), it's geared towards people who are in a similar position. It's a copy-and-pasteable walkthrough
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
Edition 9 – Searching through the Epstein files – here's how
Hey there, Hakan here. My main roadblock when trying to learn Python was that I never knew what I could use it for. So I would learn how to loop from numbers...
buttondown.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:37 PM
For this week's newsletter: a lightweight tool to search through the Epstein-files. Since I had a hard time learning python (couldn't figure out what to use it for), it's geared towards people who are in a similar position. It's a copy-and-pasteable walkthrough
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
Reposted by hakan
China’s senior-most general is accused of leaking information about the country’s nuclear-weapons program to the U.S. and accepting bribes for official acts. 🔗: on.wsj.com/49E5k6k
January 26, 2026 at 8:53 PM
China’s senior-most general is accused of leaking information about the country’s nuclear-weapons program to the U.S. and accepting bribes for official acts. 🔗: on.wsj.com/49E5k6k
For this week's newsletter: a lightweight tool to search through the Epstein-files. Since I had a hard time learning python (couldn't figure out what to use it for), it's geared towards people who are in a similar position. It's a copy-and-pasteable walkthrough
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
Edition 9 – Searching through the Epstein files – here's how
Hey there, Hakan here. My main roadblock when trying to learn Python was that I never knew what I could use it for. So I would learn how to loop from numbers...
buttondown.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:37 PM
For this week's newsletter: a lightweight tool to search through the Epstein-files. Since I had a hard time learning python (couldn't figure out what to use it for), it's geared towards people who are in a similar position. It's a copy-and-pasteable walkthrough
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
"Device in restricted region: Locale == 'US' || 'IL'"
Real ransomware operators inadvertently telling you where they're from, only for Predator spyware
www.jamf.com/blog/predato...
Real ransomware operators inadvertently telling you where they're from, only for Predator spyware
www.jamf.com/blog/predato...
January 26, 2026 at 6:29 AM
"Device in restricted region: Locale == 'US' || 'IL'"
Real ransomware operators inadvertently telling you where they're from, only for Predator spyware
www.jamf.com/blog/predato...
Real ransomware operators inadvertently telling you where they're from, only for Predator spyware
www.jamf.com/blog/predato...
Reposted by hakan
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
Reposted by hakan
Here is our synced video of three angles. We do have the 4th angle as well. We are continuing to analyze all the footage as it becomes available.
We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.
January 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Here is our synced video of three angles. We do have the 4th angle as well. We are continuing to analyze all the footage as it becomes available.
"A cottage industry of lawyers, lobbyists and consultants with close ties to Trump has sprung up to help people and companies seek leniency, often by arguing they had been victims of political persecution by the Biden administration."
www.propublica.org/article/bitc...
www.propublica.org/article/bitc...
How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump”
Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver was facing federal criminal charges until he sought the services of a select club of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorneys who have easy access to top Justi...
www.propublica.org
January 23, 2026 at 11:44 AM
"A cottage industry of lawyers, lobbyists and consultants with close ties to Trump has sprung up to help people and companies seek leniency, often by arguing they had been victims of political persecution by the Biden administration."
www.propublica.org/article/bitc...
www.propublica.org/article/bitc...
Darker skin colour, changing facial expression from composed to crying, straight from the White House.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Darker skin colour, changing facial expression from composed to crying, straight from the White House.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Reposted by hakan
Die Firma eines US-Milliardärs und Trump-Buddys hat nach @papertrailmedia.de & @spiegel.de-Informationen Teile von Deutschlands Treibstofflogistik übernommen, inklusive Zugang zu Nato-Flughäfen und Pipelines. Das Wirtschaftsministerium erlaubt den Deal unter Auflagen. www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
(S+) Kelcy Warren: Trump-Vertrauter kauft sich in Deutschlands Energieversorgung ein
Ein US-Milliardär hat nach SPIEGEL-Informationen Teile von Deutschlands Treibstofflogistik übernommen, inklusive Zugang zu Nato-Flughäfen und Pipelines. Das Wirtschaftsministerium erlaubt den Deal unt...
www.spiegel.de
January 22, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Die Firma eines US-Milliardärs und Trump-Buddys hat nach @papertrailmedia.de & @spiegel.de-Informationen Teile von Deutschlands Treibstofflogistik übernommen, inklusive Zugang zu Nato-Flughäfen und Pipelines. Das Wirtschaftsministerium erlaubt den Deal unter Auflagen. www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
Reposted by hakan
"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with an advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls..."
If anyone has any information on the identity of the "advocacy group tyring to overturn election results in certain states” and who were secretly in contact with DOGE, my Signal is DavidGilbert.01
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
www.politico.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:14 PM
"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with an advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls..."
In this weeks newsletter, @jls.bsky.social describes how to process 100,000 photos without looking at them. No graphic material is included, but the theme may be unsettling.
I‘m always amazed by Jan, and if you read this, you’ll know why
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
I‘m always amazed by Jan, and if you read this, you’ll know why
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
Edition 8 - Dealing with 100,000 horrible pictures for the Damascus Dossier
Hi! This newsletter is a bit different, because it will also published as a blog post over at DARC, Jan's company. So whenever it says 'we' just imagine it...
buttondown.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:40 PM
In this weeks newsletter, @jls.bsky.social describes how to process 100,000 photos without looking at them. No graphic material is included, but the theme may be unsettling.
I‘m always amazed by Jan, and if you read this, you’ll know why
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
I‘m always amazed by Jan, and if you read this, you’ll know why
buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
Reposted by hakan
This is the guy arrested in Armenia in June 2024 that called Russian officials and requested a "green corridor" home
eumostwanted.eu#/nefedov-ole...
eumostwanted.eu#/nefedov-ole...
About a year ago we published a story on Black Basta and the alleged leader of the gang, called Oleg N. He managed to escape after being presented to a judge
Today, LEA agencies announced having searched two homes of Black Basta operators in Ukraine. For Oleg, there's a "Wanted" poster
Today, LEA agencies announced having searched two homes of Black Basta operators in Ukraine. For Oleg, there's a "Wanted" poster
January 15, 2026 at 2:33 PM
This is the guy arrested in Armenia in June 2024 that called Russian officials and requested a "green corridor" home
eumostwanted.eu#/nefedov-ole...
eumostwanted.eu#/nefedov-ole...
About a year ago we published a story on Black Basta and the alleged leader of the gang, called Oleg N. He managed to escape after being presented to a judge
Today, LEA agencies announced having searched two homes of Black Basta operators in Ukraine. For Oleg, there's a "Wanted" poster
Today, LEA agencies announced having searched two homes of Black Basta operators in Ukraine. For Oleg, there's a "Wanted" poster
January 15, 2026 at 1:52 PM
About a year ago we published a story on Black Basta and the alleged leader of the gang, called Oleg N. He managed to escape after being presented to a judge
Today, LEA agencies announced having searched two homes of Black Basta operators in Ukraine. For Oleg, there's a "Wanted" poster
Today, LEA agencies announced having searched two homes of Black Basta operators in Ukraine. For Oleg, there's a "Wanted" poster
Reposted by hakan
WSJ scoop: "President Trump criticized a group of U.S. attorneys at a White House event last week, calling them weak and complaining they weren't moving fast enough to prosecute his favored targets." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Blasted Federal Prosecutors at White House Event, Calling Them Weak
The president criticized a group of U.S. attorneys at a photo shoot, a day before the Federal Reserve subpoenas.
www.wsj.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:27 PM
WSJ scoop: "President Trump criticized a group of U.S. attorneys at a White House event last week, calling them weak and complaining they weren't moving fast enough to prosecute his favored targets." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Reposted by hakan
WSJ opinion page yesterday: The U.S. attorney subpoena to Jerome Powell was beyond dumb. "Trump would do himself and the country a big favor by firing those responsible for this fiasco."
"Those responsible." Hmmm, now let's see what the WSJ newsroom is reporting today 👇🏼
"Those responsible." Hmmm, now let's see what the WSJ newsroom is reporting today 👇🏼
January 13, 2026 at 9:27 PM
WSJ opinion page yesterday: The U.S. attorney subpoena to Jerome Powell was beyond dumb. "Trump would do himself and the country a big favor by firing those responsible for this fiasco."
"Those responsible." Hmmm, now let's see what the WSJ newsroom is reporting today 👇🏼
"Those responsible." Hmmm, now let's see what the WSJ newsroom is reporting today 👇🏼