LukaszOlejnik

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

"The theft-prevention system installed in Seattle rental cars by a car-sharing company was designed to prevent cars being towed away by thieves. It disabled the cars remotely if they were detected to be moving with the engine off. Renters taking the boat ferry found themselves unable to restart their cars when the ferry docked. An anti-theft system in a car caused major delays to a regional ferry system" https://www.ft.com/content/178ab808-21ff-4ac2-a81f-f831326c22d4

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

TikTok will start automatically tagging videos created by AI/LLM. Those it detects as such (provenance tags included by popular generators like dallee/bing). https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/partnering-with-our-industry-to-advance-ai-transparency-and-literacy

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

Today: continuation of editing of my upcoming book about propaganda/disinformation (and more).

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

My submission to Competition and Markets Authority about Google/Chrome Privacy Sandbox. I initially put the idea forward in 2021, now it's getting traction, and I provide some details. It's about privacy, competition, web, ad technology. Transparency and governance are a must. https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/privacy-sandbox-governance-submission-to-the-cma/

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

General (raw) file with table of contents looks like that.

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

I just got the first round of edited/copyedited/etc (from Publisher) manuscript files of my upcoming book "PROPAGANDA". So now diving into this work.

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

The head of India's stock exchange, Sundararaman Ramamurthy, warned of rising investment scams and deepfakes targeting retail traders. Imposters (via WhatsApp) used a deepfake depicting him to deceive employees and the public.

"the exchange asked investors not to trust such videos and audios and not to follow fake recommendations or unsolicited communication circulated through deceptive means impersonating Ramamurthy" https://www.business-standard.com/markets/stock-market-news/bse-cautions-against-deepfake-videos-of-its-chief-recommending-stocks-124041800927_1.html

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

Germany recalled its ambassador to Russia for 'consultations in Berlin' following an alleged cyberattack on German political party. Such consequences as a result of a cyberattack happened for the first time in history (world scale). https://apnews.com/article/germany-russia-hacking-ambassador-3de67e3b5ff0aaa0162e1cad36cb7a0b

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

FBI was authorized to conduct active defensive cyber operation to disrupt a botnet of infected routers used by Russian military intelligence in further cyberattacks. The operation conducted without knowledge or consent of device owners. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-conducts-court-authorized-disruption-botnet-controlled-russian

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

My #TechLetters this weeks just about cyber-realm. EU/NATO/Germany condemns Russian cyberattacks. Inwardly. Deception operations against open source software. Breaking of post-quantum ciphers postponed https://techletters.substack.com/p/techletters-172-eunatogermany-condemns

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

Exaggerating the effects of foreign influence campaigns serves only the foreign operatives.

Downplaying the threat of foreign disinformation campaigns risks making it easier for bad actors to take advantage of an unprepared public.
Overstating the power of propaganda risks amplifying not only the original falsehood, but also an even more corrosive and polarizing narrative—that politicians are somehow remote-controlled, and that citizens don’t have agency.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-federation/dont-hype-disinformation-threat

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

German statement (https://www.bundesregierung.de/resource/blob/975226/2276130/ec59e50158ff9ba014025ba5abbfe6ec/2024-05-03-attribution-of-a-russian-cyber-campaign-data.pdf). "targeted the Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. The Federal Government’s national attribution procedure regarding this campaign has concluded that, for a relatively long period, the cyber actor APT28 used a critical vulnerability ..."

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

US statement (https://www.state.gov/the-united-states-condemns-malicious-cyber-activity-targeting-germany-czechia-and-other-eu-member-states/). "blatantly disregards the Framework for Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace, as affirmed by all United Nations Member States"

UK statement (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/united-kingdom-joins-partners-in-condemnation-of-malicious-cyber-activity-by-russian-intelligence-services-uk-government-statement).

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

Czech Republic statement (https://mzv.gov.cz/jnp/en/issues_and_press/press_releases/statement_of_the_mfa_on_the_cyberattacks.html). "Czech institutions have also been the target of cyber attacks exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook from 2023"

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

"behaviour is contrary to the UN norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace, such as impairing the use and operation of critical infrastructure".
Further from EU statement (https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/05/03/cyber-statement-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-eu-on-continued-malicious-behaviour-in-cyberspace-by-the-russian-federation/). "European Union and its Member States, together with international partners, strongly condemn the malicious cyber campaign conducted by the Russia-controlled Advanced Persistent Threat Actor 28 (APT28) against Germany and Czechia".

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

Official attributions of Russian cyber operations made by Germany, Czech Republic, USA, UK. Political parties and government institutions targeted by Russian military intelligence. Previously, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia and Sweden were affected. I classify it as level 2 impact in my 4-level impact on States (https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/cyber-escalation-ladder-model-based-on-international-law/). This IS a violation of cyber norms.

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

Germany accuses Russia's military intelligence (GRU) of organising a cyber operation targeting German government party, the Social Democrats (SPD). That would be interference in domestic affairs, right? Germany speaks of "consequences".

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

SK Hynix high-bandwidth memory chip building capacity already almost fully booked (sold out) for 2024 and 2025. Strong demand for advanced chips used in AI computing. Meanwhile, cocoa prices continue to climb.

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LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

On USV (unmanned sea vehicle) battle against Russian vessels and ports. Many successes, sinkings. Russia has withdrawn the fleet to the east and entrances to ports protected by nets.

"Ukraine's achievements also based on flexibility. Upstarts can move much faster than established navies, slowed by large bureaucracies. Ukraine is already on its 6th or 7th generation of USVs

This has been made possible by commercial technology, which can be combined into a military system
https://ig.ft.com/black-sea/

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LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

"Pro-Russia hacktivists conducting malicious cyber activity against operational technology devices ... compromising small-scale OT systems in North American and European Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS), dams, energy, and food and agriculture sectors" https://media.defense.gov/2024/May/01/2003454817/-1/-1/0/DEFENDING-OT-OPERATIONS-AGAINST-ONGOING-PRO-RUSSIA-HACKTIVIST-ACTIVITY.PDF

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

My comment for @fastcompany about @ft-@OpenAI deal. Now my “high-quality human-generated” comments will be fed to train LLM models. Fine with me — I’m always happy to help with insight. I wonder though how it may impact on GPT’s data generation about me. https://www.fastcompany.com/91116001/financial-times-openai-licensing-deal

The latter remark is part of my #GDPR complaint which you may find here: https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/ai-llms-gdpr-complaint-and-human-dignity/