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Matthew
May 24, 2023, 4:10:59 AM5/24/23
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From Los Alamos National Laboratory (the same people who brought us the atomic bomb)
>The United States for the first time is blaming the Russian government for an ongoing campaign of cyberattacks...targeting the U.S. power grid, water systems, and other critical infrastructure
https://www.rferl.org/a/us-says-russian-hackers-now-targeting-power-grid-water-systems-critical-infrastructure/29103250.html
>It is...possible to manipulate the nervous system of a subject by pulsing images displayed on a nearby computer monitor or TV
https://www.google.com/patents/US6506148
Hendricus Loos (Name that registered the patent above) is a DARPA researcher:
https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/212899
>microwave energy at cell phone frequencies penetrates deeply into tissue
>microwaves in the 1-10 GHz frequency range most efficiently do work inside the brain
>Arguments in support of safety based on basic physics appear not to hold up.
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1104/1104.5008.pdf
>The autonomic nervous system is affected by the microwaves of the centimeter wave length band...Very small dosages produce analgesic effects; however, very large dosages are fatal.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220302050022/https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7521095727.pdf
>microwaves in the 1-10 GHz frequency range most efficiently do work inside the brain
>Arguments in support of safety based on basic physics appear not to hold up.
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1104/1104.5008.pdf
>The autonomic nervous system is affected by the microwaves of the centimeter wave length band...Very small dosages produce analgesic effects; however, very large dosages are fatal.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220302050022/https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7521095727.pdf
https://www.rferl.org/a/us-says-russian-hackers-now-targeting-power-grid-water-systems-critical-infrastructure/29103250.html
https://www.google.com/patents/US6506148
https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/212899
Matthew
Dec 11, 2023, 12:20:33 PM12/11/23
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>The Chinese military is ramping up its ability to disrupt key American infrastructure, including power and water utilities as well as communications and transportation systems, according to U.S. officials and industry security officials.
>Hackers affiliated with China’s People’s Liberation Army have burrowed into the computer systems of about two dozen critical entities over the past year, these experts said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/11/china-hacking-hawaii-pacific-taiwan-conflict
>Hackers affiliated with China’s People’s Liberation Army have burrowed into the computer systems of about two dozen critical entities over the past year, these experts said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/11/china-hacking-hawaii-pacific-taiwan-conflict
Matthew
Jul 19, 2024, 3:42:28 AM7/19/24
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>BREAKING: Businesses including banks, airlines, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters, and supermarkets have been taken offline following a mass global outage.
https://x.com/SkyNews/status/1814196427624423903
https://x.com/SkyNews/status/1814196427624423903
Matthew
Sep 28, 2024, 1:20:38 AM9/28/24
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related to the OP:
>The microwaves that cell phones emit can interact with human tissue in an entirely new way, says...Bill Bruno, a theoretical biologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
>physicists point out that the radiation emitted by cell phones cannot damage biological tissue because microwave photons do not have enough energy to break chemical bonds.
>The absence of a mechanism that can do damage means that microwave photons must be safe, they say.
>That’s been a powerful argument. Until now.
>Today, Bruno points out that there is another way in which photons could damage biological tissue, which has not yet been accounted for.
>He argues that the traditional argument only applies when the number of photons is less than one in a volume of space equivalent to a cubic wavelength.
>When the density of photons is higher than this, other effects can come into play because photons can interfere constructively. Bruno points to the well known example of optical tweezers in which coherent photons combine to push, pull and rotate small objects such as cells.
>In this case, the force is generated when dielectric objects sit in an electric field gradient associated with the photons. More photons generate more force.
>Of course, optical tweezers generally work at infrared frequencies. The question that Bruno poses is whether a similar effect could also work for microwave photons.
>This boils down to two factors. The first is whether there is a high enough density of microwave photons from cellphones to generate a force capable of damaging biological tissues. The second is whether there are structures in the body with the required dielectric properties to be susceptible.
>On both counts, Bruno says there are reasons to be cautious. First, the density of microwave photons from cell phones and cell phone towers is many orders of magnitude higher than 1 per cubic wavelength. For this reason alone, Bruno says the traditional safety arguments do not apply.
>Second, the human body contains many structures including neurons up to a meter or so long that could be susceptible to the combined effect of many photons. Some of these structures may actually focus microwave photons, increasing the photon density inside the body.
>So what might be a safe level of exposure? Bruno suggests that the night time background rate of microwaves might be a reasonable limit. “Unfortunately, this level is very low by cellphone-technology standards, some 8 to 9 orders of magnitude lower than common cell tower exposures,” he says.
>If that is unachievable, then another choice might be about an exposure equivalent to the average thermal energy per cubic wavelength. Bruno says this would be equivalent to an exposure of about 30 picoWatts per square metre at 1 GHz. “This equates to exposure from a cell tower at a distance of a few miles,” he says.
https://web.archive.org/web/20151026065857/https://www.technologyreview.com/view/423871/cell-phones-microwaves-and-the-human-health-threat
>The microwaves that cell phones emit can interact with human tissue in an entirely new way, says...Bill Bruno, a theoretical biologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
>physicists point out that the radiation emitted by cell phones cannot damage biological tissue because microwave photons do not have enough energy to break chemical bonds.
>The absence of a mechanism that can do damage means that microwave photons must be safe, they say.
>That’s been a powerful argument. Until now.
>Today, Bruno points out that there is another way in which photons could damage biological tissue, which has not yet been accounted for.
>He argues that the traditional argument only applies when the number of photons is less than one in a volume of space equivalent to a cubic wavelength.
>When the density of photons is higher than this, other effects can come into play because photons can interfere constructively. Bruno points to the well known example of optical tweezers in which coherent photons combine to push, pull and rotate small objects such as cells.
>In this case, the force is generated when dielectric objects sit in an electric field gradient associated with the photons. More photons generate more force.
>Of course, optical tweezers generally work at infrared frequencies. The question that Bruno poses is whether a similar effect could also work for microwave photons.
>This boils down to two factors. The first is whether there is a high enough density of microwave photons from cellphones to generate a force capable of damaging biological tissues. The second is whether there are structures in the body with the required dielectric properties to be susceptible.
>On both counts, Bruno says there are reasons to be cautious. First, the density of microwave photons from cell phones and cell phone towers is many orders of magnitude higher than 1 per cubic wavelength. For this reason alone, Bruno says the traditional safety arguments do not apply.
>Second, the human body contains many structures including neurons up to a meter or so long that could be susceptible to the combined effect of many photons. Some of these structures may actually focus microwave photons, increasing the photon density inside the body.
>So what might be a safe level of exposure? Bruno suggests that the night time background rate of microwaves might be a reasonable limit. “Unfortunately, this level is very low by cellphone-technology standards, some 8 to 9 orders of magnitude lower than common cell tower exposures,” he says.
>If that is unachievable, then another choice might be about an exposure equivalent to the average thermal energy per cubic wavelength. Bruno says this would be equivalent to an exposure of about 30 picoWatts per square metre at 1 GHz. “This equates to exposure from a cell tower at a distance of a few miles,” he says.
https://web.archive.org/web/20151026065857/https://www.technologyreview.com/view/423871/cell-phones-microwaves-and-the-human-health-threat
Matthew
Nov 23, 2024, 11:34:54 PM11/23/24
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>Russia is prepared to launch a wave of cyber attacks on Britain that could “turn out the lights for millions”, a Cabinet minister will warn at a Nato conference on Monday.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/23/putin-ready-to-cripple-britain-in-cyber-war
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/23/putin-ready-to-cripple-britain-in-cyber-war
Matthew
May 20, 2025, 12:37:15 PMMay 20
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>Major Spanish mobile network hit by widespread outages
>Technical problems with Telefonica leave millions without landlines, internet, emergency line access
>Less than a month after Spain suffered a nationwide blackout, technical issues with one of its main communications providers caused widespread disruptions.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/major-spanish-mobile-network-hit-by-widespread-outages/3573791
>Technical problems with Telefonica leave millions without landlines, internet, emergency line access
>Less than a month after Spain suffered a nationwide blackout, technical issues with one of its main communications providers caused widespread disruptions.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/major-spanish-mobile-network-hit-by-widespread-outages/3573791
Matthew
May 29, 2025, 2:14:58 AMMay 29
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>One author, writing in China National Defense, suggests that the fields of biology, medicine, engineering, information, and manufacturing may be valuable for developing new combat methods in intelligent warfare that achieve “blindness, deafness, and paralysis."
>According to another writer, “With the rapid development of AI and brain science, new forms of warfare aimed at directly attacking, changing, and controlling the psychology, cognition, and thought of enemy soldiers and the public through high-technology means will become the key to victory in war.”
>Other writers discuss brain reading and brain-control technologies that can reveal an enemy commander’s intentions and “even directly act on the opponent’s brain” or “‘inject’ one’s consciousness into an adversary’s brain through the use of brain electrical coding.” Two writers in separate articles discuss the use of electroencephalograms (EEGs) to “inject” a different cognition into the human brain in order to control the person’s thinking and consciousness.
>According to another writer, the United States and Russia have already developed such weapons. Citing unnamed media reports, the researcher states that the US military used a brain-control weapon to force the surrender of a large number of Iraqi insurgents in 2007, while Russia is said to have developed a "zombie gun" that can control people's thoughts and behavior.
https://www.cna.org/reports/2021/10/The-PLA-and-Intelligent-Warfare-A-Preliminary-Analysis.pdf
>According to another writer, “With the rapid development of AI and brain science, new forms of warfare aimed at directly attacking, changing, and controlling the psychology, cognition, and thought of enemy soldiers and the public through high-technology means will become the key to victory in war.”
>Other writers discuss brain reading and brain-control technologies that can reveal an enemy commander’s intentions and “even directly act on the opponent’s brain” or “‘inject’ one’s consciousness into an adversary’s brain through the use of brain electrical coding.” Two writers in separate articles discuss the use of electroencephalograms (EEGs) to “inject” a different cognition into the human brain in order to control the person’s thinking and consciousness.
>According to another writer, the United States and Russia have already developed such weapons. Citing unnamed media reports, the researcher states that the US military used a brain-control weapon to force the surrender of a large number of Iraqi insurgents in 2007, while Russia is said to have developed a "zombie gun" that can control people's thoughts and behavior.
https://www.cna.org/reports/2021/10/The-PLA-and-Intelligent-Warfare-A-Preliminary-Analysis.pdf
Matthew
May 29, 2025, 8:27:39 PMMay 29
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>Britain will increase cyberattacks against Russia and China
>John Healey, the defence minister, admitted the UK was engaged in cyberwarfare as he announced a new cyber-command that will help co-ordinate attacks
>The Ministry of Defence has faced 90,000 cyberattacks from “state-linked sources” over the past two years, military chiefs said during a visit to the cyber command at MoD Corsham in Wiltshire yesterday. The figure is twice as high as in the previous two years.
>Healey said: “This is a level of cyberwarfare that is continual and intensifying. That requires us to step up our capacity to defend against it.”
>...daily cyberattacks are “threatening the foundations of the economy and daily life”.
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/britain-increase-cyberattacks-russia-china-zg5jrn3hv
>John Healey, the defence minister, admitted the UK was engaged in cyberwarfare as he announced a new cyber-command that will help co-ordinate attacks
>The Ministry of Defence has faced 90,000 cyberattacks from “state-linked sources” over the past two years, military chiefs said during a visit to the cyber command at MoD Corsham in Wiltshire yesterday. The figure is twice as high as in the previous two years.
>Healey said: “This is a level of cyberwarfare that is continual and intensifying. That requires us to step up our capacity to defend against it.”
>...daily cyberattacks are “threatening the foundations of the economy and daily life”.
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/britain-increase-cyberattacks-russia-china-zg5jrn3hv
Matthew
Sep 20, 2025, 3:47:06 PMSep 20
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>Airports across Europe face disruptions due to cyberattack
>Brussels Airport has asked airlines to cancel half of their flights departing on Sunday following a severe disruption that also affected flight hubs in Berlin, London and Dublin.
>Saturday's apparent cyberattack comes a day after the airport in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, said that its website had been hacked.
https://www.dw.com/en/airports-across-europe-face-disruptions-due-to-cyberattack/a-74073365
>Brussels Airport has asked airlines to cancel half of their flights departing on Sunday following a severe disruption that also affected flight hubs in Berlin, London and Dublin.
>Saturday's apparent cyberattack comes a day after the airport in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, said that its website had been hacked.
https://www.dw.com/en/airports-across-europe-face-disruptions-due-to-cyberattack/a-74073365
Matthew
Sep 23, 2025, 11:22:13 AMSep 23
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>In a major development, the US Secret Service on Tuesday (Sep 23) said it had dismantled a network of more than 100,000 SIM cards that could have crashed New York's telecommunications network ahead of the UN General Assembly.
>The secret service said that these devices were capable of disabling cell towers, launching denial-of-service attacks, and enabling encrypted communication between threat actors — including possible nation-state links.
https://www.wionews.com/world/100-000-sim-cards-dismantled-300-servers-found-major-telecomm-threat-in-new-york-busted-by-us-secret-service-amid-unga-1758627730138
>The secret service said that these devices were capable of disabling cell towers, launching denial-of-service attacks, and enabling encrypted communication between threat actors — including possible nation-state links.
https://www.wionews.com/world/100-000-sim-cards-dismantled-300-servers-found-major-telecomm-threat-in-new-york-busted-by-us-secret-service-amid-unga-1758627730138
Matthew
Oct 29, 2025, 12:56:44 PMOct 29
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>A massive Microsoft Azure outage is taking down Xbox and 365
>Microsoft Azure, the company’s cloud computing service, is experiencing an outage just one week after issues with AWS took out swaths of the internet.
https://www.theverge.com/news/809142/microsoft-azure-xbox-365-is-down-outage
>Microsoft Azure, the company’s cloud computing service, is experiencing an outage just one week after issues with AWS took out swaths of the internet.
https://www.theverge.com/news/809142/microsoft-azure-xbox-365-is-down-outage
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