eb1981.bsky.social

eb1981.bsky.social

@eb1981.bsky.social

“…you know I’m not letting any coup-plotting, election-denying, insurrection-supplying autocrat, kleptocracy, plutocrat or theocrat, or any techno-feudalist Silicon Valley broligarchs aspiring dictator, turn me around now.” - Jamie Raskin 🚫DMs

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eb1981.bsky.social
@eb1981.bsky.social

I feel like even if people die they won’t do anything.

EUwatch 🇪🇺@euwatch.live

Government websites go dark after AI-discovered flaw sparks security scramble

eualive.netGovernment websites go dark after AI-discovered flaw sparks security scrambleGovernment websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language sent website operators around the world scrambling to protect their ‌systems. Developers of the PHP programming language on Wednesday released urgent new fixes to vulnerabilities that had quietly been lurking in their software for years until they were uncovered using AI, saying that all users were “encouraged to update immediately.” With tech firms warning that some hackers were already exploiting the flaws, government agencies across Europe were among those that took sites offline as a precaution. Because a fix is now public and artificial intelligence tools are able to reverse engineer the bug with little effort, experts said they were bracing for a wave of intrusions as hackers jumped ​to get ahead of the updates. AI was powering a “race to exploit,” said Costin Raiu, co-founder of cybersecurity research and incident response firm TLP:Black. He said the next step was the “mass compromise of every vulnerable web server ​on the internet.” PHP – a language that dates back to the early 1990s and initially stood for “Personal Home Page” – underpins huge parts of the public-facing web and is baked into ⁠WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and Magento sites, meaning that any critical vulnerability potentially has enormous knock-on consequences. “All servers using any version of PHP released in the last 20 years will be vulnerable,” said Tiffany Farriss, the interim chief executive of the ​Drupal Association. “This issue impacts the majority of the Internet.” Cybersecurity agencies around the world have urged PHP users to update immediately or take websites offline until patches can be applied. According to data from Censys, the internet intelligence firm, about 1.5 million out ​of 2.6 million hosts report running a version of PHP for which there is no fix. The Dutch cybersecurity agency itself went offline, saying it had done so as a precaution because of the vulnerabilities. The operator of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia also said it had taken down an unspecified number of systems until they could be safely patched, while the Internet Archive, the sprawling online library, said it also briefly went offline to deal with the issue. Even some world leaders, who don’t typically get involved with software updates, weighed in. The Dutch ​prime minister said he was closely monitoring the situation. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in a post on X said website owners should “check whether your live site uses PHP and prepare to apply the new fix.” Bug found with AI The ​flaw in PHP was discovered using artificial intelligence, two cybersecurity companies said in independent reports. Calif said in a blog post, opens new tab it found the flaws with the help of a large language model on August 1 and had been working on a fix ever since. ‌Alphabet-owned cybersecurity company ⁠Wiz said in a blog post that it too had discovered it with the help of Wiz Atlas, its autonomous AI vulnerability research tool, as well as Google’s Gemini 4 Argon and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol. The vulnerabilities remained hidden in the PHP codebase for more than a decade and would have been extraordinarily complicated for a human hacker to have taken advantage of, Wiz’s post said. “Pre-AI, this manual work would be difficult to implement and even harder to scale,” it said. “With AI, this is no longer a barrier.” Calif and Wiz said they coordinated with one another and the PHP team and OpenAI on the discovery. In a statement, the White House said it was made aware of the flaw on Friday. “This discovery demonstrates exactly ​why American leadership in SI is so critical,” the White ​House said, referring to President Donald Trump’s preferred term for ⁠artificial intelligence. “This is American innovation strengthening our national security.” Critical software PHP is a programming language used to run websites. When a visitor loads a page, a server running PHP assembles the content and sends it to the browser. It is free, open-source software maintained by volunteers. Its ubiquity – PHP runs roughly 75% of websites whose programming language can be identified, according to ​web technology tracker W3Techs – has made experts anxious. AI-assisted hacking campaigns, which have proliferated in recent weeks, could wreak havoc on unpatched servers, said Lukasz Olejnik, a visiting senior ​research fellow at King’s College London. “The ⁠scale is huge, and with AI exploitation may happen instantly,” Olejnik said. WordPress.com operator Automattic said users of its hosted solutions and Tumblr were safe from the bug, opens new tab. Risks were higher for small PHP-powered websites run by individuals or organisations with limited technical resources, often on shared hosting services where customers do not directly manage the underlying servers. Mass outages In the Netherlands, several organisations followed the example of the National Cyber Security Centre and took public-facing websites offline, including the Port of Rotterdam, government portal Overheid.nl, the national ⁠soccer association KNVB, ​the websites for the country’s five largest political parties and several hospital websites. Danish municipal IT company Kombit said it had shut down several services, ​including the national school communication platform. Disruption was even more widespread in Finland, where state IT services provider Valtori said government public network services had been taken offline “as a precautionary measure.” France’s Interior Ministry said it had placed all of its websites into preventive maintenance. With Reuters Caption: Screenshot of the Brussels South airport website taken at 21 p.m. on 21 October 2026

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Acyn
@acyn.bsky.social

Brett Meiselas: This is why you don’t put a criminal into office in the first place. This is why we arrest criminals. This is why they go to prison, so that they can’t commit more crimes. Instead, we put a fraudster into office. What do you think he’s going to do? He’s going to commit fraud.

eb1981.bsky.social
@eb1981.bsky.social

Zuckerberg needs to be held criminally liable. This has reached critical mass- oligarchs actively working to create their world of power and insulate themselves

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

The president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...

nbcnews.comBrazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm biasA judge ruled that the tech company must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff.

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Fascism in America
@bjmcguire.bsky.social

The United States is openly and financially supporting the murderous warmonger Putin. (Illegally) buying diesel at double the price we can get for Canada… Shutting off information streams that would save Ukrainian lives. These are the acts of a dictator. #PutinsPuppet #TrumpisaRussianAsset

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Miriam
@miri100.bsky.social

Just like we did Tesla now we need to do it with his Internet. Check your Internet service. If you have Starlink cancel it get a different provider. We cannot give musk any money in America. We can control what Internet provider we use. Check your provider if it’s Starlink, cancel it immediately

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Raider
@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

Ithaca PD shielding Michael Tracy, a man who made his name doxxing Epstein survivors and hunting Jane Doe. Spare us the "just following orders" line. Cops protecting monsters while turning their backs on victims is a story as old as time.

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Abdul El-Sayed
@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

My name is not the reason we're paying $5/gallon for gas. My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries. My name is not the reason you can't afford your mortgage or rent. My name is not the reason you can't see a doctor. Their policies are the reason.

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Stand UP Alaska | Alaska Civics Channel
@standupalaska.bsky.social

Full tank. Empty wallet. Alaskan families are paying the price while Trump flies in for a photo op. Labor and community are rallying together Tuesday at 10 am on the Delaney Park Strip in Anchorage. Come tell him the cost of gas is too damn high.

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Acyn
@acyn.bsky.social

Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. People are concerned. He has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.

eb1981.bsky.social
@eb1981.bsky.social

Blanche needs to just be held in contempt. Besides, if he’s jailed now he’ll get a head start on acclimating to prison- where he’ll hopefully spend the rest of his life after the orange creep is out.

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social

Did Blanche submit the handwritten FBI notes re. a woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Trump when she was 13? Per Blanche’s latest filing, he complied, but I explain why he didn’t really & why it’s just to delay those handwritten notes from going public. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgWZ...

youtube.comAG Blanche FAILS TO COMPLY With JUDGE’S ORDERS In MY Epstein Lawsuit!?YouTube video by Katie Phang
eb1981.bsky.social
@eb1981.bsky.social

Frightening, corrupt…evil - what a weird fucking world we’ve made.

Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

Earlier this week, Judd reported on a new Elon Musk scam. Musk is spending millions of dollars pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which advertises itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine. Judd joins us tonight to explain: joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...

joycevance.substack.comFive Questions with Judd LegumAmerican journalist, lawyer, and political writer

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Matthew Dowd
@matthewjdowd.bsky.social

Any Democrat running for President who wants to win the nomination and then the general election absolutely must commit to prosecuting Trump, Hegseth, Patel, and all corrupt members of Administration. They must be held accountable.

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stuartpstevens.bsky.social
@stuartpstevens.bsky.social

Very excited about this! Please check it out.

The Lincoln Project@lincolnproject.us

The Lincoln Project Network is officially here. More voices. More shows. More ways to make sense of the insanity, and have some fun doing it. Podcasts. Livestreams. Original series. Conversations that go deeper than the news cycle. https://youtu.be/TmxT5EAZOsI

youtu.beThe Lincoln Project Network PreviewYouTube video by The Lincoln Project

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strea3m.bsky.social
@strea3m.bsky.social

🤡's billionaire buddies don't want their free ride to end, & are playing all kinds of dirty tricks to keep it going. Here's one of those dirty tricks in action👇 Let's make sure these greedy AHs get the message that people are sick of being abused by billionaires' puppets 27 days. iwillvote.com

open.substack.comThe falsehoods billionaires are mailing to Ohio votersA pro-Ramaswamy super PAC was caught pushing misinformation.

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Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline.com

You cannot convince me that frat brothers organically walked into separate police interviews using the same word, “consensual,” and that it wasn’t coordinated. Especially after a witness told police there was allegedly a fraternity meeting to get everyone “on the same page”.

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Jane Voter
@janevoter2018.bsky.social

Collins took 10s of $1000s from billionaires and special interests-including Epstein associates-while Washington kept delivering for the wealthy & well-connected. She still opposes a Congressional stock trading ban. This is self-enrichment not public service. Vote @troyjackson207.bsky.social

jacksonformaine.comTroy Jackson for U.S. SenateTroy is the 2026 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine to flip this seat, unseat Susan Collins once and for all, and give working people a voice in government.

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Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline.com

THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare