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Tehran has announced plans to charge technology companies licensing fees for using undersea internet cables laid through the strategic strait, with state media affiliated with the regime hinting at physical damage to infrastructure if they refuse to pay.

The world’s most expensive leadership course was not paid for at Stanford, but by years of decision-making under extreme pressure. While Ukrainian HR departments are looking for ideal profiles with continuous experience, the technology market is systematically ignoring the most powerful asset of risk management.

Before the full-scale invasion, Lubomyr Malanchak worked as a Salesforce Developer at Avenga. He is now a product manager at a Ukrainian miltech manufacturer, the name of which the IT expert is not disclosing — this information is under NDA. But between the classic «IT» and the transition to miltech, Lubomyr had about three years in the Defense Forces, which significantly changed his life and future career.

Former fire show organizer Oleksiy Babenko has created one of Ukraine’s largest defense tech companies, Vyriy Industries, in just a few years. Today, they assemble thousands of drones (the exact number is a trade secret), pay engineers $12,000 each, and plan to launch their own satellite network for $30 million.

The physical infrastructure of the global internet is under unprecedented threat. While Russia «accidentally» cuts undersea cables with anchors in the Baltic Sea, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is preparing a plan for legal blackmail. Tehran wants to recognize the fiber optic cable in the Strait of Hormuz as an «occupation of Iranian subsoil» and force Google, Amazon, and Microsoft to pay tribute.

In Threads, a mobilized IT guy with the nickname oncceuponatime_dude keeps a diary about how he ended up in the army. We’ve already told you about his experience from «gentle busification» and a night in the CCK barracks to his first day in the battalion . In the second part of the AIT man’s confessions and discoveries, he talked about the BZVP, «NATO shots on the lips,» and «playing stormtroopers.» This is the third part of the diary, where the IT worker shares his thoughts on why those who are BUSIFIED do not flee the army, how different the conditions of service are for staff and infantry personnel, and weapons in a blanket.

Iranian propaganda resources have spread a disinformation video created using artificial intelligence, which claims to have launched missile strikes on Ukrainian technological facilities. The data centers De Novo, UKRNAMES, and iDataCenter have been targeted by Iranian propaganda.