State has found that 'it is reasonable to assess that defense articles . . . have been used by Israeli security forces since October 7 in instances inconsistent with its IHL obligations or with established best practices for mitigating civilian harm.'
justsecurity.org/95584/nsm-20-r…

Next week, #ICC Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC will brief the #UNSC on #Libya

We call on States to:
-Show support for victims in Libya
-Urge Libyan & all authorities to cooperate with the ICC
-Express support for the Court’s global mandate & condemn any threat to its independence
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🧐 During the second half of 2023, a notable number of hacker attacks on Ukraine focused on attempts to gain access to military systems👇
🌐 bit.ly/3wqMmPP

The hacker group Cyber Army of Russia has sabotaged multiple US water utilities, and has ties to the GRU’s notorious Sandworm unit.

They also talk a lot. So I asked for an interview and spent two weeks chatting with their spokesperson “Julia.”
wired.com/story/cyber-ar…

Today is Press Freedom Day. A reminder that on 12/3/2013, an exposed Indian hack-for-hire firm used a foreign court to *censor* US investigative reporters writing for the US public about US (and other) victims. Reuters killed the story—no US politician has done anything about it.

Latest piece from our RUSI Responsible Cyber Behaviour series is out! ✨
In this one, we focus on how countries in the Indo-Pacific (🇻🇳🇦🇺🇯🇵🇮🇳) balance the often-thorny rel between state responsibility and the thirst for the dev of cyber capabilities. rusi.org/explore-our-re…

Russian GRU cyber actor APT28 has a history of malign cyber behavior. The US previously indicted and sanctioned actors associated with the GRU for a wide range of such activity aimed at undermining the security of allies and partners and the rules-based international order.…

🧐 SSSCIP unveils new report: russian Cyber Operations (H2 2023)👇
cip.gov.ua/en/news/kibero…

#cyber crime #cyber attack #hacker #cyber security #cyber #cyber war #hybridwar #Espionage #spy

Statement of the #ICC Office of the Prosecutor

🔥 new reporting from SSSCIP Ukraine on Russian cyber operations identified during the second half of 2023. Lots of important lessons to learn from this report but I particularly like this diagram on targeting

JUST OUT: Why we have reached a tipping point where the public conversation about foreign influence operations is doing more harm than good foreignaffairs.com/russian-federa…

U.S. intelligence chief warns Congress of rise in cyberattacks cnb.cx/4bk3y8j

📣ADC-ICT Webinar Series: 'Defending Future Defendants'. Join us on 16 May for our first session focusing on #EnvironmentalCrimes with expert speaker Maud Sarliève. Don't miss out on this insightful discussion! Register now: adc-ict.org/advocacytraini… #webinar #legal #environment

📢 BREAKING: New Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at YSPH report shows RSF in outskirts of city and 11 newly identified razed communities, including three inside RSF controlled areas near Millet. As UNSC turns pressure up, RSF forces still positioned to attack people of El Fasher. medicine.yale.edu/lab/khoshnood/…

The #BurkinaFaso government's decision to block Human Rights Watch after our findings of possible #CrimesAgainstHumanity + other independent media shows exactly why international assistance to investigate abuses is so critical.

BREAKING: US Department of State imposes visa restrictions on 13 mercenary spyware proliferators / immediate family.

First known application of policy rolled out in Feb.
state.gov/promoting-acco…

Apply for our #OSINT investigation trainings with IICI in Berkeley, CA this summer! We're offering a foundational course June 10–14 (Apps due April 26) and an advanced course June 17–21 (Apps due May 3). Learn more and apply: humanrights.berkeley.edu/professional-t…

Over a decade in the making: Sandworm is now APT44.

Below is a thread with some major takeaways and insights from our new report:

cloud.google.com/blog/topics/th…

At the Launch of the 2024 #UniversalJurisdiction Annual Review with a panel discussion on: “Making Universal Jurisdiction cases more accessible and visible”

Despite the growth of UJ worldwide, only 13 domestic jurisdictions currently have open extraterritorial cases.

Join Alexa Koenig in conversation with Nobel Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk, Gauthier Vasseur & Gigi Wang tomorrow as they discuss tracking war crimes in the AI era and the intersection of data, artificial intelligence, and human rights. See more and register below:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…