Digital rights lawyer and writer. Former @Twitter @EFF @EPICPrivacy @FulbrightPrgrm. Bluesky: @marciahofmann.com
Colorado, USA 🏔️🌲
Joined January 2009
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Do you have a bunch of GPUs and passphrase bruteforcing experience?
Crack the NSA’s five SHA-1 hashes at the heart of NIST's elliptic curves, solve a cryptographic mystery, and earn $8k (tripled if donated to charity)!
words.filippo.io/dispatches/…
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BREAKING: Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chairman of the board of both Fox Corp. and News Corp. cnb.cx/3PJQP6S
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Seems to be that there's a bit of a "hack" coming up for those who want the freedom of the UBE (once you've passed it, no need to take a new bar exam if you move to one of the 40 or so states that administer the UBE).
In July 2026, February 2027, and July 2027, the current UBE will have the least amount of material ever tested on that exam. For those 3 exams, only the following subjects will be tested.
~The 7 MBE subjects
~Agency
~Partnerships
~Corporations
Not bad.
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Booted up my 16-yr-old high school laptop to open a WWII database that lives on a CD, works only on Windows 98, & exists no where else. The creator is dead. Need help to save the data from technological oblivion. At stake are stories of 5k airmen who fought Hitler from sky. (1/4)
Big opportunity to work with @pweiser and his amazing team. The Colorado Office of the Attorney General is hiring one or more assistant AGs to focus on privacy and cybersecurity governmentjobs.com/careers/c…
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One of the easiest ways for me to hack is simply:
1. Look up who works at a org on LinkedIn
2. Call Help Desk (spoof phone number of person I’m impersonating)
3. Tell Help Desk I lost access to work account & help me get back in
I hope we learn more & get confirmation of methods
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Come join us in the Google red team! We have a position open in NYC: google.com/about/careers/app… The team is fantastic and the work is really cool. Message me if you have questions about the role but if you are interested please don't wait to get your application in.
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*crab-walked
ALT A CNN news notification : The convicted killer crab walked between two walls and pushed through the newly installed razor wire to break out of prison, authorities say
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The lead prosecutor of the Int'l Criminal Court quietly wrote in an article (and his office confirms) that he will investigate/prosecute war crimes committed via hacking.
No mention of Russia/Sandworm. But every reason to think they'll be the first case.
wired.com/story/icc-cyberwar…
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Chinese law demands tech firms operating there report hackable (unpatched) bugs in their products to the government within 2 days. An Atlantic Council report shows how firms seem to be complying—and how that helps China's hackers target their customers.
wired.com/story/china-vulner…
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ICYMI - The FBI now recommends you use an ad blocker...
Tell that to the sites that paywall me to turn it off!
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Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on board?
Dad: *nudging me* That could have been you.
Me: Not now Dad.
Dad: Not asking for an infosec consultant are they?
Me: Dad there's a medical emergency happening right now.
Dad: Why don't you say "it depends" and see if it helps?
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Absolutely wrecked and sobbing at this beautiful heartbreaking essay newyorker.com/culture/the-we…
