In 2023, 1/5 Bulgarians lived below the poverty line of 300 euro a month. forbesbulgaria.com/2024/04/26/bli…

5 🇧🇪 politicians — among them 2 MEPs, Hilde Vautmans & Guy Verhofstadt — were targets of a Chinese hacking campaign.
Some are known for their stance on China, like Vautmans, who's lead MEP on China relations.
w/ Antoaneta Roussi
politico.eu/article/ex-bel…

French President Emmanuel Macron's Olympics terror nightmare. trib.al/UCCJyq9

Terrorism, drones loaded with lethal ammunition, Russian cyberattacks, Macron's grand moment 'of beauty, art, celebration of sports' is turning into a security nightmare for officials. A joint effort with Victor Goury-Laffont politico.eu/article/france…

📢♀️First ever 🇪🇺rules vs. violence against women

Prevent rape, increase understanding of consent
Forced marriage, #FGM = EU crimes
Ban “cyber-flashing” & disclosing private info
Αssistance for victims

MEP Evin Incir (S) Frances Fitzgerald MEP FEMM Committee Press

➡Info europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-…

Bulgaria’s outgoing Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov spent his mandate trying to boot out the Russians, and has no doubt that Moscow will redouble efforts to recover its influence now his administration has collapsed. W/ jacopo barigazzi
politico.eu/article/russia…

My piece for Politico on Japan “hunkering down for Trump 2.0”

New: US is warning allies that China has stepped up its support for Russia -- providing satellite imagery for military purposes, machine tools for tanks, propellants to be used in missiles, increased space cooperation -- to help Moscow in its war against Ukraine, sources told…

'The hacking campaign included attacks on signalling systems and on the networks of the Czech national railway operator. Past attacks have put ticketing systems out of service and raised concerns about successful interference with signals'

ft.com/content/f82078…

One of the world’s most wanted men, a notorious narco kingpin whose gang is implicated in multiple murders, has left a trail of Google reviews allowing Bellingcat to track his movements over the past five years. Absolutely brilliant use of #OSINT .
bellingcat.com/news/2024/03/3…

What we know so far about the Russian influence operation uncovered by Czech and Belgian intelligence:

- MEPs paid
- Voice of Europe highly active in EP
- More news expected re who was paid, Poland’s probe
- Commission VP Věra Jourová calls news “troubling”

Een minstens even pertinente vraag: het is niet voor het eerst dat gevoelige data niet veilig blijken te zijn bij Europol. Hoe kan dit opnieuw gebeuren? Directeur De Bolle moet onverwijld uitleg geven aan LIBE Committee Press Antoaneta Roussi

FM Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹: In the face of PRC’s malign cyber activities that target democratic institutions and elections, EU & other democracies have to take joint action. Naming those responsible, ensuring accountability and reducing dependencies are needed to strengthen our resilience.

Numerous highly sensitive files containing the personal information of Europe's top law enforcement executives went missing last summer.

Here are some key points to know about the breach 👇

🔗 trib.al/6T9irC6

Wild. A great scoop from Antoaneta Roussi

politico.eu/article/europo…

Another farmer protest in Brussels, another tyre on fire

A Bloomberg investigation identified wide-spanning examples of Starlink kits being traded and activated illegally. How they are smuggled and the sheer availability of Starlink on the black market suggests that its misuse is a systemic global problem. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Striking claims from defence/intelligence insiders. 'The UK intelligence community (UKIC) is facing an existential challenge. It is being out-competed by providers of open-source intelligence and data companies, who can sell their insights to any customer' cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications/e…