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Cyberattack on Ukraine Exposes The Dangers of Digital ID Systems
By Ken Macon
Digital ID systems risk becoming massive vulnerabilities in the face of modern cyber threats.
Ukraine’s reliance on its new digital identity systems has become a warning about the dangers of digital ID, as a recent cyberattack exposed critical vulnerabilities in the country’s digital infrastructure.
Last month, several key government databases were taken offline, disrupting essential services like legal filings and marriage registrations. Officials assured citizens that the controversial Diia, the government’s widely used e-governance app, would soon be restored, but the incident laid bare significant risks within the app’s centralized backend platform, Trembita.
This breach, the most serious since Trembita’s launch in 2020, raises urgent questions about the security of Ukraine’s growing dependence on digital IDs and is a clear warning to other countries that are rushing to embrace the controversial tech.
Trembita, the platform enabling Diia’s operations, functions as a digital network connecting government databases. While officials insisted it operated as designed during the breach, cybersecurity experts are sounding alarms.
Mykyta Knysh, a former Ukrainian security official, described the platform’s centralized architecture as a dangerous “single point of failure.” Warnings about these risks had surfaced before — security analysts cautioned in 2021 that consolidating sensitive personal and administrative data under Diia would leave Ukraine exposed to large-scale attacks.
The Russian hacking group XakNet has claimed responsibility for the attack.
This highlights a broader danger inherent in Ukraine’s ambitious digitalization efforts, spearheaded by the Ministry of Digital Transformation under the Zelensky administration.
While consolidating government services into the smartphone-based Diia app has streamlined access for millions of citizens, the breakneck pace of implementation has left little time to address critical security gaps.
The compromised registries contained highly sensitive data, including personal addresses, family connections, and financial assets.
Beyond military implications, the breach exposes the inherent risks of digital ID systems. Security analysts have pointed out that a central repository of personal data, as seen in Ukraine’s system, creates lucrative targets for hackers. If exploited, such data could fuel identity theft, phishing campaigns, or even more devastating cyberattacks, undermining public trust in digital governance.
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From LifeSiteNews
The Department of Foreign Affairs refused to say how much money went to schools in China after Conservative MP Lianne Root asked for a dollar amount.
Canadian taxpayers are out millions of dollars that went to aid universities in Communist China, records show.
An Inquiry of Ministry, which was brought forth in the House of Commons at the request of Conservative MP Lianne Rood, shows that the Department of Foreign Affairs refused to say how much money was given to schools in China.
“The department concluded that producing and validating a comprehensive response to this question would require a collection of information that is not possible in the time allotted and could lead to disclosure of incomplete and misleading information,” the department said.
As noted by Blacklock’s Reporter, over the past five years, $2.5 billion was allocated in foreign aid to schools outside of Canada, with educational grants totaling $1,116,507, including $806,257 for postsecondary campuses, primarily directed to China.
“The department undertook an extensive preliminary search to determine the amount of information that would fall within the scope of the question and prepare a comprehensive response,” the department wrote in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons.
Rood, not happy with the information from the report, asked at a recent meeting, “About Canadian funding for education in developing countries, how much was spent?”
Opposition House leader Andrew Scheer told reporters he is of the view that no money should be going to fund schools in “Communist” China.
“I don’t believe Canadian taxpayers should be sending any money to China,” he said.
“We’re talking about a Communist dictatorial government that abuses human rights, quashes freedoms, violates the rights of its citizens, and has a very aggressive foreign policy throughout the region.”
Scheer called upon the Liberal government of Prime Minister Mark Carney to “stand up for itself, stand up for Canadians, stop being bullied and pushed around on the world stage, especially by China.”
During a 2025 federal election campaign debate, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre called out Carney for his ties to Communist China.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, the Foreign Interference Commission concluded that operatives from China may have had a hand in helping to elect a handful of MPs in both the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections. It also determined that China was the primary foreign interference threat to Canada.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, a new exposé by investigative journalist Sam Cooper has claimed there is compelling evidence that Carney and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are strongly influenced by an “elite network” of foreign actors, including those with ties to China and the World Economic Forum.
By Ken Macon
Over 2.7 million signatures couldn’t move the needle on a dystopian plan already set in motion.
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A UK government plan to introduce a nationwide digital identification system is moving ahead, despite a public backlash that saw more than 2.7 million people sign a petition urging its cancellation.
The proposal, first announced by Labour in September, would provide a digital ID to every UK citizen and legal resident aged 16 and above.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer claimed the new system would help strengthen border enforcement and reduce illegal employment, describing the ID, dubbed the “Brit Card,” as a tool to “make it tougher to work illegally in this country, making our borders more secure.”
The public response was overwhelmingly opposed. Warnings about centralized data collection, privacy intrusions, and increased state surveillance flooded public discourse.
Descriptions of the proposal ranged from a “dystopian nightmare” to fears of a gateway to “digital control.”
Not long after Labour’s announcement, a petition was created on the official UK Government and Petitions website.
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It quickly gathered enough signatures to qualify for parliamentary debate, a 100,000-signature benchmark, and within days surged past two million.
Despite reaching over 2.7 million signatures, the government issued a formal response rejecting the petition and restating its commitment to the scheme.
According to the response, published by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, the new ID system is part of Labour’s wider aim to modernize public services.
“We will introduce a digital ID within this Parliament to help tackle illegal migration, make accessing government services easier, and enable wider efficiencies. We will consult on details soon,” the government wrote.
Although a formal consultation process is expected in the coming weeks, involving employers, unions, and civil society organizations, the government made it clear that legislation to support the digital ID system is on the way.
Over time, it is expected to serve as a single access point for government services like benefits, tax records, and other official interactions, potentially eliminating the need for physical documents or multiple logins.
The government’s decision to push ahead with a national digital ID comes in the shadow of the recently enacted Online Safety Act, which has already laid the groundwork for sweeping identity checks across the internet.
That law, marketed as a way to protect children from harmful content, gave regulators broad authority to demand age verification for accessing a wide range of online services.
The result is an emerging digital framework where proving who you are, even just to browse or communicate, is becoming a condition of access.
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