Ciaran Martin
@ciaranm.bsky.social
“Cyber Security Ace” - Daily Star
In reality:
* Prof at Blavatnik School, Uni of Oxford
* 1st head, UK National Cyber Security Centre
* ex-Treasury, constitution & security official
* adviser to cyber security companies
* APT Name: Warlike Manatee
In reality:
* Prof at Blavatnik School, Uni of Oxford
* 1st head, UK National Cyber Security Centre
* ex-Treasury, constitution & security official
* adviser to cyber security companies
* APT Name: Warlike Manatee
Thanks to BBC Sport for commemorating one of the most traumatic days of the 21st century
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thanks to BBC Sport for commemorating one of the most traumatic days of the 21st century
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Extraordinary day and historic for the wrong reasons - a cyber attack featured in the GDP figures
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Extraordinary day and historic for the wrong reasons - a cyber attack featured in the GDP figures
Whatever you think of The Smiths or their lead singer, Morrissey can be regarded as one of the great workplace leadership gurus of our time
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Whatever you think of The Smiths or their lead singer, Morrissey can be regarded as one of the great workplace leadership gurus of our time
Initial reports I’ve heard are that it’s not cyber
November 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Initial reports I’ve heard are that it’s not cyber
Bonfire by moonlight
November 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Bonfire by moonlight
Good God they’re even going for the Commonwealth now. Thought that was the one they liked
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Good God they’re even going for the Commonwealth now. Thought that was the one they liked
That’s rather unedifying
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
That’s rather unedifying
Knew Celtic had been struggling but didn’t think it had been that bad for so long
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Knew Celtic had been struggling but didn’t think it had been that bad for so long
A cyber work of art from @doublepulsar.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A cyber work of art from @doublepulsar.com
Great spot on the other place from @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social & h/t @shashj.bsky.social
"An administration official proposed knocking a hydroelectric dam in Venezuela offline with a cyberattack"
“The idea seemed half baked” 😂😂😂
@malwaretech.com @kikta.net @wylienewmark.bsky.social
"An administration official proposed knocking a hydroelectric dam in Venezuela offline with a cyberattack"
“The idea seemed half baked” 😂😂😂
@malwaretech.com @kikta.net @wylienewmark.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Great spot on the other place from @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social & h/t @shashj.bsky.social
"An administration official proposed knocking a hydroelectric dam in Venezuela offline with a cyberattack"
“The idea seemed half baked” 😂😂😂
@malwaretech.com @kikta.net @wylienewmark.bsky.social
"An administration official proposed knocking a hydroelectric dam in Venezuela offline with a cyberattack"
“The idea seemed half baked” 😂😂😂
@malwaretech.com @kikta.net @wylienewmark.bsky.social
Gonna try and do one of these per day
October 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Gonna try and do one of these per day
A rather good reply by an impeccably right wing Brit
October 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A rather good reply by an impeccably right wing Brit
@kikta.net @wylienewmark.bsky.social @malwaretech.com @shashj.bsky.social
Surely this debate is incomplete without acknowledging this outstanding self-reply
#itwasntcyberafterall
#cyberdoesntworklikethat
Surely this debate is incomplete without acknowledging this outstanding self-reply
#itwasntcyberafterall
#cyberdoesntworklikethat
October 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
@kikta.net @wylienewmark.bsky.social @malwaretech.com @shashj.bsky.social
Surely this debate is incomplete without acknowledging this outstanding self-reply
#itwasntcyberafterall
#cyberdoesntworklikethat
Surely this debate is incomplete without acknowledging this outstanding self-reply
#itwasntcyberafterall
#cyberdoesntworklikethat
Haven’t had a good “cyber big red killer button nonsense” treat for a while - grateful to @kikta.net for delving into the sewer to recover this gem
October 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Haven’t had a good “cyber big red killer button nonsense” treat for a while - grateful to @kikta.net for delving into the sewer to recover this gem
Happy to offer my services for free to the other side in this case to testify that the 6.5 million coop loyalty card holders very likely suffered little or no harm at all as a result of this incident and that it would be hugely counterproductive to punish the organisation further in this way
October 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Happy to offer my services for free to the other side in this case to testify that the 6.5 million coop loyalty card holders very likely suffered little or no harm at all as a result of this incident and that it would be hugely counterproductive to punish the organisation further in this way
Marks and Spencer have done a Monster Munch and the results are truly impressive!
Best recovery I can think of from a #cyberattack #innovation #resilience
Best recovery I can think of from a #cyberattack #innovation #resilience
October 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Marks and Spencer have done a Monster Munch and the results are truly impressive!
Best recovery I can think of from a #cyberattack #innovation #resilience
Best recovery I can think of from a #cyberattack #innovation #resilience
To be fair, easy to do
October 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
To be fair, easy to do
Who’d have thunk that DOGE wouldn’t save any money?
(From the Wall Street Journal)
(From the Wall Street Journal)
October 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Who’d have thunk that DOGE wouldn’t save any money?
(From the Wall Street Journal)
(From the Wall Street Journal)
Wonderful to take my “thugs and thieves in cyberspace” talk on the road to lovely Kilkenny for Cyber Ireland’s annual conference, a great organisation headed by the redoubtable @brianhonan.bsky.social
Also good to receive my usual speaker’s fee in Ireland
Also good to receive my usual speaker’s fee in Ireland
October 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wonderful to take my “thugs and thieves in cyberspace” talk on the road to lovely Kilkenny for Cyber Ireland’s annual conference, a great organisation headed by the redoubtable @brianhonan.bsky.social
Also good to receive my usual speaker’s fee in Ireland
Also good to receive my usual speaker’s fee in Ireland
“Advanced Data Protection continues to be available everywhere else in the world.”
To put it gently, this is a very odd position for Britain to be in.
support.apple.com/en-gb/122234
To put it gently, this is a very odd position for Britain to be in.
support.apple.com/en-gb/122234
October 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Advanced Data Protection continues to be available everywhere else in the world.”
To put it gently, this is a very odd position for Britain to be in.
support.apple.com/en-gb/122234
To put it gently, this is a very odd position for Britain to be in.
support.apple.com/en-gb/122234
This genuinely troubling event does bring to mind one of the great tabloid cyber headlines of all time
October 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This genuinely troubling event does bring to mind one of the great tabloid cyber headlines of all time
It’s Cider Security Awareness Month
October 2, 2025 at 5:47 AM
It’s Cider Security Awareness Month