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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage, a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China.

Commissioners and senior officials travelling to the IMF and World Bank spring meetings next week have been given the new guidance, according to four people familiar with the situation.

They said the measures replicate those used on trips to Ukraine and China, where standard IT kit cannot be brought into the countries for fear of Russian or Chinese surveillance.

“They are worried about the US getting into the commission systems,” said one official.

The treatment of the US as a potential security risk highlights how relations have deteriorated since the return of Donald Trump as US president in January.

Trump has accused the EU of having been set up to “screw the US” and announced 20 per cent so-called reciprocal tariffs on the bloc’s exports, which he later halved for a 90-day period.

At the same time, he has made overtures to Russia, pressured Ukraine to hand over control over its assets by temporarily suspending military aid and has threatened to withdraw security guarantees from Europe, spurring a continent-wide rearmament effort.

“The transatlantic alliance is over,” said a fifth EU official.""

ft.com/content/20d0678a-41b2-4

Financial Times · EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones over spying fearsBy Andy Bounds
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JuneSim63

The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China, Russia and Ukraine.

#EUPolitics #Espionage #USPolitics #Security

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Financial Times · EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones over spying fearsBy Andy Bounds
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Xavier «X» Santolaria :verified_paw: :donor:

📨 Latest issue of my curated #cybersecurity and #infosec list of resources for week #15/2025 is out!

It includes the following and much more:

🇺🇸 The U.S. Department of Justice has disbanded its National #Cryptocurrency Enforcement Unit;

🇳🇱 To tackle #espionage, Dutch government plans to screen university students and researchers;

🐛 Another busy #PatchTuesday;

🐛 #NIST will mark all CVEs published before January 1, 2018, as 'Deferred';

🇺🇸 Trump Signs Memorandum Revoking Security Clearance of Former #CISA Director Chris Krebs;

🇨🇳 #China Admitted to Volt Typhoon #Cyberattacks on US Critical Infrastructure;

Subscribe to the #infosecMASHUP newsletter to have it piping hot in your inbox every week-end ⬇️

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The U.S. Department of Justice has disbanded its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Unit; To tackle espionage, Dutch government plans to screen university students and researchers; Another busy Patch Tuesday; NIST will mark all CVEs published before January 1, 2018, as 'Deferred'; Trump Signs Memorandum Revoking Security Clearance of Former CISA Director Chris Krebs; China Admitted to Volt Typhoon Cyberattacks on US Critical Infrastructure;
X’s InfoSec Newsletter🕵🏻‍♂️ [InfoSec MASHUP] 15/2025The U.S. Department of Justice has disbanded its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Unit; To tackle espionage, Dutch government plans to screen university students and researchers; Another busy Patch Tuesday; NIST will mark all CVEs published before January 1, 2018, as 'Deferred'; Trump Signs Memorandum Revoking Security Clearance of Former CISA Director Chris Krebs; China Admitted to Volt Typhoon Cyberattacks on US Critical Infrastructure;
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History March 29, 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. They were executed at Sing Sing in 1953. The Rosenberg’s sons, Michael and Robert Meeropol were adopted by Abel Meeropol, the composer of “Strange Fruit,” (made famous by Billie Holiday). The sons maintained their parents’ innocence. However, after the fall of the Soviet Union, decoded Soviet cables showed that their father had, in fact, collaborated, but that their mother was innocent. They continued to fight for the mother’s pardon, but Obama refused to grant it. The Rosenberg’s sons were among the last students to attend the anarchist Modern School, in Lakewood, New Jersey, before it finally shut its doors in 1958.

The Modern School movement began in 1901, in Barcelona, Spain, when Francisco Ferrer opened his Escuela Moderna. It was one of the very first Spanish schools to be fully secular, co-educational, and open to all students, regardless of class. His ideas were so popular that 40 more Modern Schools opened in Barcelona in just a few years, while 80 other schools adopted his textbooks. In 1909, there were mass protests and a General Strike against Spanish intervention in Morocco. The state responded with a week of terror and repression, during which they slaughtered over 600 workers and falsely executed Ferrer as an instigator of the protests. His execution led to worldwide protests. Modern Schools started to pop up outside of Spain, inspired by his original Escuela Moderna, including 20 in the U.S.

For more on the Modern School movement, read my article: michaeldunnauthor.com/2022/04/

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by heavy wire screen, as they leave U.S. Court House after being found guilty by jury. Ethyl is wearing a bonnet. Julius has glasses, and a thin mustache. By Roger Higgins, photographer from "New York World-Telegram and the Sun" - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c17772, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1309692
#workingclass#LaborHistory#deathpenalty
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