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Tactics of Psy-Group, Black Cube Revealed in Canadian Court Battle

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Re: Tactics of Psy-Group, Black Cube Revealed in Canadian Court Battle

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OT: Paul Grahm founder of YC was placed on some kind of a blacklist by SV Israeli supporters after the twitter spat he had during Gaza bombing a few years ago. I believe the spat was between PG and Mark Suster, if I remember correctly.

This was the only link I could find about this:https://pando.com/2014/08/05/graham-and-suster-square-off-ov...

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Israel is a big ally of the US. Israel was the first Western, OECD nation visited by The President.

Israel co-develops weapons systems with US manufacturers (e.g. Iron Dome anti-missile system with American Raytheon which has been sold to Azerbaijan, India, Romania thus far). [1]

The US military trains with Israel and Israel serves as a major Middle East weapons depot for the US.

In the 1960's Israel convinced an Iraqi to defect with the most modern Russian plane of the day, the MIG-21, Operation Diamond, which Israel then let the US military access and fly.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome#Plans_for_co-product...

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If these were true, how would a company protect against such attacks? Esp. family members or vulnerable employees

There is training, but basically all of if surrounds not being an idiot with strangers. Aside from people accepting bribes, most of these stings involve the target trying to impress someone. They brag. They think this new person might help them land a job in the future. Or: That pretty girl you met online ... she isn't in to you.

The military deals with this issue through other means, mainly by trying to prevent employees becoming vulnerable in the first place. Living in secure housing with stable costs of living. Retirement planning / pensions. Not allowing people to fall into stupid dept (payday loans etc). And making sure employees feel valued enough that they want to stay with the company. An employee who feels secure in their position, who sees a clear road to advancement within the organization, doesn't feel the need to brag to strangers. Corporations would do well to consider these tactics.

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post #20

If these were true, how would a company protect against such attacks? Esp. family members or vulnerable employees

This can be properly understood as a spearphishing attack. You would handle it in the exact same way: security awareness training to minimize data leakage, even if, in this case, the data in question isn't financial (for example) but personally and professionally damaging.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well for one thing, the article comes from the tech site with is an arm of an Israeli newspaper. Maybe it's more like The Delaware Herald starting an article off with "Joe's Consulting, a company headquartered in state capitol Annapolis.." There is to me something negative implied in being a Delaware corporation (tax avoidance). This article is only critical of the shady tactics of the two firms mentioned in the stor…

What’s wrong with being incorporated in Delaware?

Nothing, really, but some people think it's shady because Delaware has very corporate-friendly tax laws. So you'll have silly situations like a company that operates 100% in Missouri but is incorporated in Delaware to take advantage of their tax laws. Legal, but some people think it's cheesy.
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