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JosephMenn

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Washington Post cyber reporter. Author of Cult of the Dead Cow and Fatal System Error. Joseph.Menn@washpost.com. Joemenn.01 on Signal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/joseph-menn/

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JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Mar 23, 2026

I am doing a fireside chat and signing free copies of the newly updated Cult of the Dead Cow book at #RSAC if you are in town tomorrow. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/josephmenn_rsac-runzeroday-activity-7441895184113729537-dheI?utm_medium=ios_app&rcm=ACoAAAABK5YBR8laPFRbhJoHeyTIRyCifkDyh6s&utm_source=social_share_send&utm_campaign=copy_link

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Feb 26, 2026

I was part of the 45% of the Washington Post newsroom recently laid off by the economically struggling Jeff Bezos. Over at BlueSky, I posted free no-reg archive links to 15 of my favorite stories from the past four years. Thanks for reading! https://bsky.app/profile/joemenn.bsky.social/post/3mfn7fnnfac27

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JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Jan 29, 2026

https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01/29/ingress-nginx-statement/

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Dec 26, 2025

RE: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social

Attn MongoDB defenders

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Dec 21, 2025

Apparently this NYT mention today was enough to wipe out the warehouse inventory. If you can’t find it in stores, please order and be patient. You don’t have to use Amazon. Thank you for all the love! #hacking #books

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Dec 21, 2025

NY Times online today.

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Dec 18, 2025

Huge thanks to the New York Times Book Review for naming the revised Cult of the Dead Cow one of its three nonfiction paperback picks of the week. Here is no-paywall version: https://www.pilotonline.com/2025/12/17/paperbacks-worth-reading-or-giving-from-histories-to-novels/ #books #hacking #hacktivism

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Dec 02, 2025

Publication day for Cult of the Dead Cow, revised edition! The first new paperback + audiobook versions have a new afterword taking the story of cDc and hacktivism to the present day, including the group’s new members and projects and the fight against techno-fascism. Let me know what you think!

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Nov 25, 2025

The fiercely updated paperback and audiobook versions of Cult of the Dead Cow publish one week from today, six years after the originals. To help out the audio folks, here is the cast of characters that the print readers can flip back to. Clip and save! #hacking #hacktivism #cybersecurity

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Nov 21, 2025

Hi all, wanted to let people here know about the imminent release of the revised version of my book on the Cult of the Dead Cow. This first-ever update chronicles the surge in #hacktivism by the group and others in the face of Big Tech’s alliance with the far right. The paperback and audio publish Dec 2!

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Apr 04, 2025

Yikes. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/cyber-forensic-expert-in-2000-cases-faces-fbi-probe/

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Mar 19, 2025

"Graphite" software from Paragon, which has sold its high-end phone spyware to the U.S. government and holds itself out as more ethical than peers, has been found in the devices of Italian migrant rescuers close to the Pope, according to Citizen Lab and WhatsApp. Gift link: https://wapo.st/3Y2t8KK

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Nov 05, 2024

A registered Russian agent paid an X user $100 to post the bogus video about Haitians voting repeatedly in Georgia, CNN reports. I wonder if bigger names charge more. https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/04/politics/fake-georgia-voting-video-russian-disinformation

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Sep 13, 2024

Replying to @evacide@hachyderm.io

@evacide@hachyderm.io You know how it's hard to beat a nation-state intent on hacking you? Also applies when one gets involved in litigation.

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Sep 13, 2024

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https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.388382/gov.uscourts.cand.388382.98.0.pdf

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Sep 13, 2024

Scoop: Apple to drop suit vs NSO. https://wapo.st/47uFZsW

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2024

Every now and again I try to write a hopeful story, just to keep folks off balance. Today’s is about a crack team of hackers vying for millions from DARPA by training generative AI to patch security flaws without human intervention. Free version (with marketing hoops to go through): https://wapo.st/4c49mme

JosephMenn @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange · Apr 16, 2024

Neo-Nazis find a welcoming place to make money, spread hate and recruit on X, NBC finds. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/x-twitter-elon-musk-nazi-extremist-white-nationalist-accounts-rcna145020

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