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Independent researcher . Bees in my bonnet: Human rights, spyware, digital security, infrastructure hunting. Also falafel. وش_تعرف_عن_النحل#

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    Jun 26

    Here it is: the online footprint of Saud al-Qahtani (👋 ). Amazingly, the "Lord of the Flies" left one digital breadcrumb after another, leading to -- for starters -- fake social media profiles and a network of domains he used to host malware and bots for DDoS attacks.

    What can open source data tell us about the man who oversaw the murder and dismemberment of dissident author Jamal ? Quite a lot, in fact. …
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  2. 8 minutes ago

    New detail on al-Qahtani that I hadn't seen before but is absolutely consistent with his known activities: He set up a honeypot forum to entrap critics I'd love to know the forum. My DMs are open!

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  3. 14 minutes ago

    Activists, princes, journalists, military officers, exchange students, dissidents -- great deep dive by on Saudi Arabia's indefatigable efforts to the coerce, bribe, and entrap its critics Featured prominently, one of the world's worst humans:

    No One Is Safe: How Saudi Arabia Makes Dissidents Disappear. In dozens of interviews across three continents, I look at those targeted by the Kingdom. Exclusively for
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    59 minutes ago

    Facebook recently took down a Saudi influence network, with the help of an investigation published by Bellingcat. Here's the story of our researcher who wrote the investigation:

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    You can support Bellingcat's work on Patreon, where you'll get access to Bellingchat, our interview series with our contributors discussing their latest work, and soon additional interview content from The Bellingcat Podcast on MH17

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    7 hours ago

    رويترز: (فيسبوك تقول بأنها فككت 397 "حساب وصفحة" مزيفة على Facebook و Instagram، يديرها أشخاص على صلة بالحكومة السعودية). الذي يقتل ويقطع مواطن داخل قنصلية، لن يتردد في أن ينتهك قوانين مواقع التواصل الإجتماعي.

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    Aug 1

    Facebook said the Saudi government had engaged in "coordinated inauthentic behavior," crediting research from , and we've got an exclusive interview with the researcher that wrote it.

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    Aug 1

    "How One Researcher Exposed the Saudis’ Master of Disinfo", featuring on his recent report published on Bellingcat.

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    Aug 1

    When a bunch of hackers-for-hire themselves got hacked, it eventually lead to the downfall of a Saudi disinformation campaign.

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    Aug 1

    I’ve now read the report, amazing read worth the time.

    Facebook cites public reporting by that helped it identify Saudi Arabian accounts peddling disinformation. That likely is referring to this investigation into MBS's right-hand man and chief propagandist, Saud al-Qahtani
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    Aug 1

    Accounts touted what they portrayed as the success of the Saudi armed forces in Yemen, and, per Facebook, "shared criticism of neighboring countries including Iran, Qatar and Turkey, and called into question the credibility of Al-Jazeera news network and Amnesty International."

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  12. Aug 1

    Hi, ! Given that I also found a "Twitter Account Manager" hosted on one of 's domains (saudqq[.]com), I'd be willing to be that the Lord of the Flies has a bot or two on as well

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  13. Aug 1

    Of all things, pretended to be a dying Egyptian professor who had one last pro-Mubarak thing to say

    In its press release, Facebook didn't tell us how 's report tipped them off, but our report did identify a fake Facebook account used by al-Qahtani.
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  14. Aug 1

    I was wondering why took down his fake profile! 😂

    Today, Facebook announced that it removed accounts, pages and groups associated with two covert influence operations -- one originating in the UAE and Egypt and the other in Saudi Arabia.
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    Aug 1

    Much of the discovery of these Saudi and UAE-linked troll accounts were from 's recent article that uncovered all sorts of nasty stuff about MBS's right-hand man, Saud Al-Qahtani. Read it here:

    Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior in UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
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    Jul 29

    The vicious cycle continues. Congress passes bills aimed at stopping the war in or curtailing certain aspects of it, Trump vetoes, and Congress fails to garner the two-thirds majority needed to override his veto. Meanwhile, more Yemeni civilians are killed.

    Just now: The Senate failed to override Trump's veto of bills that attempted to block arms sales to Saudi and UAE. The vote was 45-40. They needed 67% to override his veto.…
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    Jul 28

    Saudi Arabia plans to host an international media forum. Attend at your own risk.

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  18. Jul 28

    Interesting summary of the Twitter bot battles being waged by countries involved in the diplomatic crisis by makes an appearance, naturally

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    Jul 27

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    Jul 28

    شاركونا في هاشتاق من أجل حرية التعبير ومن أجل حرية الإنسان *الشيخ سلمان العودة يواجه حكماً بالإعدام بسبب تغريدة دعى فيها للتأليف بين حكومتي و وكانت بتاريخ 8 سبتمبر 2017

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  21. Jul 27

    Kudos to -- their new $108 billion investment fund, Vision Fund 2, has no Saudi funding (The Japanese bank's previous fund, Vision Fund 1, was primarily bankrolled by Saudis)

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