Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
Riana @riana.bsky.social Tech policy researcher at Stanford. Former litigator. Anger is an energy. Dum spiro spero. she/her
Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social Technology + democracy.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Gisela Pérez de Acha @giselilla.bsky.social Open Source Investigative Reporter. Founder and CEO of FactFinder. Formerly teaching OSINT at UC Berkeley. Mexicana. Polyglot. Nerd. More at www.giselaperezdeacha.com
PEN Canada @pencanada.bsky.social We defend free expression, aid writers in peril, and celebrate literature.
pencanada.ca
Emile Dirks @emiledirks.bsky.social Senior research associate @citizenlab.ca, board member @pencanada.bsky.social. Researching biometric surveillance, authoritarianism, and Chinese politics.
Andy Dudfield @mrdudders.bsky.social Dork.
Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social Author: Strange People on the Hill https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/michael-edison-hayden/strange-people-on-the-hill/9781645030607/ |
Signal: Mike.8852 |
patreon.com/c/PostingThroughIt |
https://michaeledisonhayden.substack.com |
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io Open Measures is an open-source threat intelligence and social media research platform created to assist those who investigate and track the spread of harmful online content.
🌐 Website: https://openmeasures.io/
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social Sr. writer @wired.com:
Surveillance & coptech
Signal: dell.3030
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
Michael Sheldon @michaelsheldon.bsky.social Senior Investigator @ CIR
Formerly: Bellingcat, DFRLab
Alec Muffett @alecmuffett.bsky.social everybody deserves good security.
https://alecmuffett.com/about
Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social NYT tech reporter
Co-author of Character Limit
Signal: rmac.18
ryan.mac@nytimes.com
rmac18@protonmail.com
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/
https://linktr.ee/ryan_mac_
David Agranovich @dagrano.bsky.social Fmr. NSC Director, Intelligence. Director, Threat Disruption @ Meta. Rescue Dog Pilot, Flight Instructor, Former Big Hair Practitioner 🏳️🌈
Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social Social media network analysis. Digital ethnography. Formerly: Technology & Social Change Project: https://shorensteincenter.org/programs/technology-social-change/ she/her
Medium blog: https://erin-gallagher.medium.com/
Clint Watts @clintwatts.bsky.social Current: Microsoft
Former: US Army, FBI
Clintwatts.substack.com
John Hultquist @hultquist.bsky.social Mandiant Intelligence at Google. CYBERWARCON and SLEUTHCON founder. Johns Hopkins professor. Army vet.
The Intercept @theintercept.com Fearless, adversarial journalism. Join our newsletter to get our best investigative reporting delivered to you: https://theintercept.com/newsletter/
Dmitri Alperovitch @dmitri.silverado.org Geopolitics, Russia, China, Cyber
Chairman @silverado.org
Author of WorldOnTheBrink.com
Host GeopoliticsDecanted.com podcast
Founder Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Co-Founder CrowdStrike
@DAlperovitch elsewhere
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Nathaniel Gleicher @ngleicher.bsky.social Global head of security policy and counter-fraud at Meta. Countering adversarial threats. Previously Illumio, NSC, DOJ. He/him. Dreaming of fall in the green mountain state.
Kyle Ehmke @kyleehmke.bsky.social Threat intel researcher focused on infrastructure hunting. Views are my own and not my employer's.
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst at Recorded Future
Analyzing Russia IO, Ukraine, election security
Cited in NYT, FT, Politico, Axios, NBC, France 24
GSPIA class of 2017
Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com threads.com/@malwaretech
https://linkedin.com/in/malwaretech
https://marcushutchins.com
Ben Nimmo @benimmo.bsky.social
Jakub Kalenský @kalenskyj.bsky.social Countering disinformation. Currently Hybrid CoE in Helsinki; previously Atlantic Council & EUvsDisinfo. Before that a journalist in Czechia
Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social Senior OSINT Investigator at @cen4infores.bsky.social. Opinions, hot takes, mistakes all my own. https://www.clippings.me/elisethomas
Max Bernhard @mxbernhard.bsky.social investigative journalist @ CORRECTIVㅣDowJones & WSJ alumㅣprevious work Lighthouse Reports, DW, Guardian, Wired and othersㅣOSINT, Tech, AI
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
David Reis @davidreis.bsky.social OSINT, Geopolitics & Info-Ops | Previously Political Consulting & Public Opinion Research | Enjoys spicy food, loud music, and clicking on things | One day I'll start posting
📍Prague
VIGINUM @viginum.bsky.social VIGINUM est le service technique et opérationnel de l’État chargé de la vigilance et de la protection contre les ingérences numériques étrangères.
Colin Gerard @colingerard.bsky.social Personal account
Head of Threat Analysis @viginum.bsky.social
PhD in Geopolitics @univ-paris8.fr
Researcher @ifgeopolitique.bsky.social
Russian FP, IOs, OSINT investigations
EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.
Allegra Goodwin @allegragoodwin.bsky.social Investigative journo @cnn.com specialising in #osint
went into journalism after watching the devil wears prada, now mostly write about bombs
allegra.goodwin@cnn.com
Muyi Xiao @muyixiao.bsky.social Reporter at The New York Times Visual Investigations team. Mostly covering China.
Previously with ChinaFile, Tencent, Reuters.
OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social PAI enjoyer, OSINT guy @truth.bsky.social , my views/freezing cold takes are my own. Standard spiel about not endorsing retweets, likes, and comments.
Julia Bayer @juliabayer.bsky.social Investigations @ DWNews, Synthetic media @ DWInnovation, OSINT @quiztime.bsky.social Contact: julia.bayer@protonmail.com / DM more: about.me/juliabayer
Chris Dehghanpoor @ckd.sh OSINT reporter, Washington Post investigations • @chrisd9r on twitter • https://ckd.sh
Meg Kelly @megkelly.bsky.social senior visual forensics reporter
@washingtonpost
tips/ ideas: meg.kelly@washpost.com
usual caveats, dm for whatsapp, signal
Dutch_OsintGuy @dutchosintguy.bsky.social Dutch guy with Open Source Intelligence & Analysis skills • OSINT • Certified Instructor @SANSInstitute • SVP of Engineering& Chief Innovator @ shadowdragon.io
Samir @obretix.bsky.social geospatial IT – OSINT/IMINT
Nixintel @nixintel.bsky.social Steven Harris | OSINT & Cyber Security Specialist | Investigator | Teach OSINT @SANS
Blog: www.nixintel.info
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social Journalist, doing OSINT at Sky News.
Doublethink Lab @doublethinklab.bsky.social A Taipei-based CSO investigating disinformation and information operations in order to safeguard democracy globally. Follow us for our latest reports!
Tara @taradoesosint.bsky.social Senior Digital Investigations Analyst at PGl.
OSINT Lover. Dangerous Orgs Researcher. Gaming Enthusiast. Views my own.
Camille François @camillefrancois.bsky.social Professor, Columbia University School of Int'l & Public Affairs. Tech Exec, previously w/ Graphika, Niantic, Google. I work on online trust, safety and innovation. I’ve been called "most optimistic person looking at the darkest corners of the Internet" :)
The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca We are an academic research unit at the University of Toronto investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.
Josh Goldstein @joshagoldstein.bsky.social Research Fellow @Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET).
Studying emerging tech, national security, and online manipulation. Trying to bridge the academia/policy divide.
https://cset.georgetown.edu/staff/josh-a-goldstein/
Sam Riddell @riddellsam.bsky.social Senior Analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group. Focused on info ops & cyber threat intelligence.
Sofia Santos @gralhix.bsky.social 🇵🇹 Senior OSINT Analyst & Lead Investigator ~ Addicted to finding stuff & explaining things ~ Occasionally funny ~ https://gralhix.com & http://youtube.com/@gralhix
Nick Backovic @nickbackovic.bsky.social OSINT specialist
The OSINT Consultants
Formerly @LogicallyAI.
DM for Signal. Views = own. RT≠ endorsement.
Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
Baptiste Robert @fs0c131y.com CEO @ Predicta Lab | French Security Researcher, Ethical Hacking, OSINT
Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org Editor in Chief, @lawfaremedia.org
Senior Fellow, Brookings
Author, #DogShirtDaily
Host, #DogShirtTV
Purveyor of mischief.
Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
Philip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social Uncovering Russian crimes in Africa; One World Media International Journalist of the Year 2023; Jaime Brunet International Prize 2022; Please donate to uncover Russian atrocities: https://www.gofundme.com/f/philip-obaji-uncover-russian-atrocities-africa
Alexandre Alaphilippe @aa.disinfo.eu Executive Director EU DisinfoLab www.disinfo.eu / Hummingbird / Searching for James Dubious Crickton /Growing my ethical mussels / Asking PourqOui / Prism in Jeans / 😀🤓🤯🤝
Gary Machado @garymachado.bsky.social Pushing rocks uphill at @eena.org and @disinfo.eu
Lou @capteurso.bsky.social Investigating things - obsessed with Dimitri Sytyi, Russian pmc, cyber & io, Iran, networks circumventing sanctions
Team 🇫🇷
Research, Investigate and Disrupt with @aeowinpact
UsHadrons @ushadrons.bsky.social Grinding signal, sleep is overrated.
Samidh @samidh.bsky.social Co-Founder at Zentropi (Trustworthy AI). Formerly Meta Civic Integrity Founder, Google X and Google Civic Innovation Lead, and Groq CPO.
Ben Whitelaw @benwhitelaw.bsky.social Founder and editor of everythinginmoderation.co. Co-host & writer of ctrlaltspeech.com puns. Media consultant by day. #LUFC fan by birthright.
Katie Harbath @katieharbath.bsky.social Work at intersection of tech and democracy. Fmr Facebook. Newsletter writer: anchorchange.substack.com
Mathew J Schwartz @mathewjschwartz.bsky.social Cybersecurity reporter
Hervé Letoqueux @herve.checkfirst.network CEO at CheckFirst @checkfirst.network
also at ObSINT @obsint.eu
When in doubt, refrain from doubting.
Signal:hlx75_CF.96
#fimi #disinfo #osint #CTI #music #art #photography
Ex #VIGINUM, ex #ANSSI
Paris, France
Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com Tech, facts, and carbonara.
mantzarlis.com
Roman A. @romanad.bsky.social Investigate disinformation, extremism and other fun things.
Former EU DisinfoLab and ISD Global Analyst. Repost≠endorsement. Opinions are strictly my own.
antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social Exposing troll farms: 🇷🇺🇺🇦 and beyond
Cited by: @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @financialtimes.com @CNN.com @Wired.com @afpfactuel.bsky.social @LeMonde.fr @SZde.bsky.social @TheTimes.com @NBCnews.com @EFE.com
𝕏 / 🐦: antibot4navalny
Institute for Strategic Dialogue @isdglobal.bsky.social For 20 years, ISD has led the way in detecting, exposing and combatting terrorism, extremism, foreign interference and authoritarianism.
joe bodnar @joeabodnar.bsky.social I track state-backed info ops at @isdglobal.bsky.social. Cited by the New York Times, Economist, Washington Post, CNN and others. Opinions mine and open to change
Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social Cofounder of https://indicator.media, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer.
https://craigsilverman.ca
Raphael Satter @raphae.li Say hi: https://raphae.li or on Signal: raphaelsatter.01
Beth H @bhepworth.bsky.social Director at PGI. Our team specialises in hybrid threat, digital resilience and complex intelligence
Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social Good Authority's mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience. https://goodauthority.org
(hic/haec/hoc) @hichaechoc.bsky.social Nulla crux, nulla corona
JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social Writer. Illustrator. Joto.
Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app 3 dogs. 2 kitchens. Zero chill. | Lawyer | Journalist | Host of B*tch, Listen podcast | abortion rights are, like, 80% of my personality | skeets are the opinion of your employer. | Colorado, America🏳️🌈
Chad Loder @chadloder.dev The purpose of a system is what it does. 🌪️ they/them
evacide @evacide.bsky.social Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org
Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social
These opinions are my own, not my employer's
I did a TED talk once
David Thiel @grumplicio.us Infosec person focused on harm reduction in technology; fmr tech, data science and T&S research at https://io.stanford.edu & https://tsjournal.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0947-5921
Also music things + open data.
Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com Internet sanitation enthusiast and full-time corgi wrangler.
Tessa Knight @awildknight.bsky.social Researching disinformation for DFRLab | She/her | DMs usually open | tessaknight132@protonmail.com
Brandon Silverman @brandonsilverman.bsky.social working on something new. former ceo & co-founder of crowdtangle, policy advocate for open internet & transparency, 3x boy-dad, less frequent dog walker.
Alex Stamos @stamos.org CPO/CSO of Corridor.dev, teaching at Stanford.
Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer.
Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Reporter lady @ms.now
Signal username: brandyzadrozny.53
Email from a non-work account: brandy.zadrozny@ms.now
Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social 🌐Studies influence, propaganda, platform design@Georgetown
✍🏼Lawfare,The Atlantic, Substack/Ghost Newsletter (signup on my site if you want Ghost)
📕Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality (invisiblerulers.com)
🦹🏻♀️Twitter Files supervillain
Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social Writer. Host of Galaxy Brain, the podcast. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip. I have a podcast so please like and subscribe.
Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social Bloomberg tech reporter / Google, Big Tech, misinfo / https://daveyalba.com / ask for my Signal
John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.
Runa Sandvik @runasand.bsky.social Founder of Granitt, securing journalists and at-risk people around the world.
Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social Reporting on tech and conflict for NBC News.
Previously WSJ, Harvard Shorenstein Center, BuzzFeed News.
Email: jane.lytvynenko@nbcuni.com
Signal: janelytv.74
Currently based in New York.
Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social Senior researcher at @openmeasures.io
Co-host of "Posting Through It": https://www.patreon.com/PostingThroughIt
Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social Journalist - cyber/natn'l security. Speaker. Georgetown adjunct prof. Author - COUNTDOWN TO ZERO DAY: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
Signal: KimZ.42
https://www.zetter-zeroday.com
Ray Serrato @raymserrato.bsky.social Interested in platform abuse and influence operations. Anti-Automation @LinkedIn. Prev: T&S Analytics @Etsy, Threat Disruption @Twitter, Investigator @UNHumanRights. Veteran @USNavy.
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
Naomi Shiffman @naomishiffman.bsky.social data & implementation at the Oversight Board | formerly academics + researchers at CrowdTangle / Meta | fellow at the Integrity Institute and Atlantic Council’s DFRLab | advisor at Connect Humanity, a fund for digital equity
Rose Jackson @rosejackson.bsky.social Lead DFRLab Democracy + Tech Initiative at the Atlantic Council. Failed startup founder, snarky policymaker, former frontline civilian…always Hoosier.