⚡️Jake Reed⚡️

Information Security Lead for Enterprise Cryptography @ @mastercard. Security, software engineering, etc. Views are my own. @SIUC alumnus.

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

We have a huge Italian population here in STL, and we love and respect y'all. Just know you are always welcome here on The Hill!

[The Italian American Civil Rights League @TheIACRL]

Zohran Mamdani wants to ERASE Italian Americans.

First, he denied our permit for Unity Day 2026.

Now, he is excluding Little Italy as a recognized location all together on the map.

Italian Americans BUILT NEW YORK CITY. Not third world Ugandans,

We stand AGAINST COMMUNISTS!

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

Y'all need to have your head checked...

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

A man who sold cubes of garbage from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding sold out after 24 hours

He described the trash as "collected from the edge of a love story outside Madison Square Garden" and listed them for $25 each

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

@elonmusk @kevinnbass You do understand that this isn't the same Tom Holland that appeared in the movie, right? It's just another dude named Tom Holland lol.

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

Nothing kills productivity more than bureaucracy. It's insane that 14 layers of management existed to begin with. Could you imagine asking someone's friend of a friend to ask their friend of a friend to send you something? Even that's nowhere near as deep as this was.

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

XBOX CEO Asha Sharma says some parts of the company had 14 layers of management 🎮

They will be reduced to no more than 5 layers — and in some cases, just 3

"That complexity has slowed decisions, blurred accountability, and made it harder to deliver for players. As we reset XBOX, we will simplify [it]"

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

These morons are still out here equating net-worth to "money in the bank".

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

If Elon Musk paid my ultra-millionaire wealth tax, we could pay for child care for all three and four year olds in America.

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

@laoenfoy @PoliticianRGay @Mrgunsngear @japan_nobunaga Japan also maintains a strict and strong reluctance to allow en masse immigration on the grounds of preserving those values. One could assume that this is driven by fear and examples of other nations that have near-opposite policies and what is happening to them.

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

@laoenfoy @Mrgunsngear @japan_nobunaga It's certainly not far off. The true number is about 97-98%. We're grasping at straws at this point if we're talking the percentages.

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

@geerlingguy I really do have to applaud Framework though. They have made a fully serviceable machine that keeps more e-waste out of landfills. I think when market trends stabilize for RAM prices, this will still be a killer product. If I had to choose Framework and Dell, Framework all day.

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

Ngl, my mind immediately went to BTs when I saw this graphic. Thanks @KojiPro2015.

[Barchart Agriculture @BarchartAg]

Barchart is data.

Not just access, but advantage.

From futures and commodities to financials, we deliver the data that powers market decisions and the tools teams rely on to act.

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

"Biggest job creation engine" - Yeah, sure, maybe short term, but once construction is finished, they only staff in the tens of employees. What actual real jobs are we creating here long term?

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

Sanders and AOC introduced a bill to pause ALL AI data center construction. 300+ local bills filed. Half of planned 2026 data centers facing delays or cancellation. Each one brings billions to local economies.

The people who say they want American jobs are trying to block the biggest job creation engine since the interstate highway system.

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

Ah yes. The old "this is someone not involved's fault".

[Rep. Don Beyer @RepDonBeyer]

9,000 schools across the country are being affected by a massive hack right now that is shutting down Canvas during finals week for millions of American students (including me).

It would be nice if we had an FBI Director focused on responding to things like this with the same verve he shows for abusing his power to investigate people who discuss his consumption of alcohol.

[vx-underground @vxunderground]

I can assert with a high degree of confidence ShinyHunters did not exfiltrate highly sensitive information.

Based on information I've received the primary information stolen from the schools is student names and email addresses. Furthermore, this has been confirmed by various media outlets.

This in of itself isn't bad.

The primary issue with this however is that it would expose children in K-12 online (first and last name). Adults having their full legal name and email address online is something you could (probably) find on LinkedIn or a university directory. Adults will be ignored if data is leaked. K-12 will be a nightmare. Hence, educational institutions must put together a strategy to handle a K-12 potential data leak.

Presumably parents will be outraged and this will inevitably result in a lawsuit against the schools or Canvas.

The much larger issue however is the catastrophic damage ShinyHunters has done to Canvas both operational and reputational.

Exfiltrating data from a compromised host is as simple as initializing a file transfer. The question then: why is Canvas still "in maintenance mode"? The only logical conclusion is ShinyHunters did SOMETHING to prevent Canvas from working as intended.

This places Canvas is a terrible, terrible, terrible position. Their service has resulted in minors having their names (potentially) leaked and educational institutions can't use the platform they pay for. Furthermore, this makes major educational institutions look like a bunch of morons.

Students are paying top dollar for an education and suddenly ... poof ... a good chunk of their work or study material has vaporized because it was stored in a 3rd party platform outside the control of the educational institution.

Basically, the data breach itself isn't bad except the K-12 part. The operational impact is devastating and the fallout will be a nightmare. Canvas employees are probably scrambling, their cybersecurity team is probably having panic attacks, and executive leadership is probably drunk right now screaming at the wall.

[vx-underground @vxunderground]

ShinyHunters compromised Canvas (to a currently unknown extent) which resulted in a "this system has been compromised" to over 9,000 universities.

As ridiculous as that sounds, I'm not memeing. It has been speculated it is actually over 9,000 universities.

ShinyHunters is having their ALPHV moment. They're now going to get attention at a serious scale outside of the information security circle.

[ℏεsam @Hesamation]

Cursor + Claude Opus 4.6 deleted an entire SaaS company’s production database AND backups in 9 seconds is kinda epic.

“it’s possible that… the most efficient way to get rid of all the bugs, was to get rid of all the software.”

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

If I want to read space fantasy, I don't give a fuck about the "social struggles" of X imaginary race that is clearly a projected political belief of the author. One of the reasons @StephenKing has become unbearable to read. Why is leaving that shit out such a bad thing?

[geni - Nia day!!! @rainylavndr]

that disappointing moment when you find out the author of one of your favorite books uses generative ai, is against real world commentary/politics in fiction, and deeply misunderstands star trek

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

Can we please just stop with this crap? Rings of Power sucked, and now this. What makes @warnerbros think this would be remotely successful?

[Variety @Variety]

NEW 'LORD OF THE RINGS' MOVIE

Stephen Colbert is co-writing "The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past" (working title), which will go into production after "The Hunt for Gollum."

The synopsis: "Fourteen years after the passing of Frodo - Sam, Merry, and Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure. Meanwhile, Sam’s daughter, Elanor, has discovered a long-buried secret and is determined to uncover why the War of the Ring was very nearly lost before it even began."

Colbert is co-writing the script with his son, Peter McGee, and franchise veteran Philippa Boyens.

https://t.co/JcDe3l3IdR

[⚡️Jake Reed⚡️ @__jakereed__]

People are looking for "art" where "art" isn't needed. @Variety and @OwenGleiberman are why the concept of the "Menu" exists. They take the fun out of everything, looking for deeper meaning and complexity where it need not exist.

[Variety @Variety]

Ryan Gosling's #ProjectHailMary wants to be "Interstellar" meets "E.T.," but it's too long and too cutely formulaic. It's a lavish but derivative space adventure, reads Variety's review.

https://t.co/MY5aCX93OD

[Dylan @DylanMcD8]

That moment when the Toy Story leapfrog is more capable than an actual iPad

[Nardwuar @nardwuar]

Here’s a clip of a *new* interview I did with Tobias of Ghost ! Check out the *FULL* interview at https://t.co/APYU7pSw6K Doot doo !