We’ll be at BSides Canberra this September! Check out our Liv Rowley’s presentation “Floating on Cloud Crime: Subscription-based credential markets on Telegram” on September 27. We’d love to chat if you’re around.
Omega Cloud: A Case Study Of Stolen Data Sold on Telegram
Cybercriminals are advertising and selling stolen information via Telegram. We looked at how one such criminal offering, Omega Cloud, used a network of Telegram groups and channels to promote its illicit product.
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Flash Report: August is Active Month for Australian Far-Right
August started with neo-Nazi gatherings in and around Melbourne and ended with violence at a nationwide anti-immigration March for Australia rally.
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‘Epstein Files’ Obsession Now Old News to Trump’s Online Base
Trump’s base clambered for further releases of the “Epstein files”... that is, until they didn’t. We looked at how interest in the topic rose and fell on several alt-tech platforms popular with pro-Trump communities.
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Zohran Mamdani Targeted by Islamophobic and Antisemitic Narratives after NYC Primary Victory
Nearly ⅓ of chatter on alt-tech platforms about NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani included either Islamophobia or allegations of antisemitism. We examined some of the drivers of this discourse.
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Flash Report: Claims of 4chan’s Death Were Greatly Exaggerated
In April 2025, 4chan experienced a 10-day outage as a result of a security incident. At the time, some speculated that this might spell the end for the controversial site. Our analysis, however, shows the site is now as alive as ever.
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Identify disinformation and extremism with the Open Measures platform.
Organizations use Open Measures’ tooling every day to track trends related to networks of influence, coordinated harassment campaigns, and state-backed info ops.