journalist on correctiv’s fact-checking teamㅣDowJones & WSJ alumㅣprevious work Lighthouse Reports, DW, Guardian, Wired and othersㅣOSINT, disinformationhttps://bsky.app/profile/mxbernhard.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mxbernhard.bsky.social/post/3mknc77ukzk2s"Vitalii pocketed the equivalent of $23 for his role in the fire. More than a year later, huddled in a cold office in a Chernihiv detention center, about two hours north of Kyiv, he barely remembered how he spent the money." https://www.reuters.com/investigations/ukrainian-teens-are-committing-acts-betrayal-how-should-they-be-judged-2026-04-28/29 Apr 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:sho3ee3aawmgwywljhhui7do/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknc77ukzk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mxbernhard.bsky.social/post/3mknc77ukzk2s"Vitalii pocketed the equivalent of $23 for his role in the fire. More than a year later, huddled in a cold office in a Chernihiv detention center, about two hours north of Kyiv, he barely remembered how he spent the money." https://www.reuters.com/investigations/ukrainian-teens-are-committing-acts-betrayal-how-should-they-be-judged-2026-04-28/29 Apr 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:sho3ee3aawmgwywljhhui7do/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknc77ukzk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mxbernhard.bsky.social/post/3mkn6fiurfc2tGreat to see our reporting on Russian disinformation operation Storm-1516 cited in this Bloomberg story by @stephanie-baker.bsky.social https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-russia-disinformation-storm-1516-videos/ Here is our investigation from last year: https://correctiv.org/en/fact-checking-en/2025/01/24/disinformation-operation-russian-meddling-in-german-election-campaign-exposed/29 Apr 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:sho3ee3aawmgwywljhhui7do/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn6fiurfc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mxbernhard.bsky.social/post/3mkdj73vlhk2x.@spiegel.de now reports that the German government suspects Russia to be behind this espionage campaign, in line with our findings last month https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/bundesregierung-sieht-russland-hinter-signal-attacke-a-fd8d4227-ec81-4d9c-9571-b780e837b847 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:sho3ee3aawmgwywljhhui7do/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdj73vlhk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mxbernhard.bsky.social/post/3mkazqcoanc2gWe continue to look into this. If you've been targeted or know anyone who was, I'd love to speak to you. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:sho3ee3aawmgwywljhhui7do/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkazqcoanc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mxbernhard.bsky.social/post/3mk3qqctbzk2w"Probably only a limited proportion of Chinese cyber operations against Dutch interests is detected and subsequently mitigated" https://therecord.media/china-cyber-capabilities-match-us-dutch-intel-says22 Apr 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:sho3ee3aawmgwywljhhui7do/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3qqctbzk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mxbernhard.bsky.social/post/3mjyxc45wbk22German chancellor Merz says the country's statutory pension scheme will provide "basic coverage at best" and "will no longer be enough to maintain the standard of living". Sounds like a bad deal at almost 20% of gross monthly income. https://www.zdfheute.de/politik/deutschland/merz-rente-basisabsicherung-spd-kritik-100.html21 Apr 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:sho3ee3aawmgwywljhhui7do/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyxc45wbk22https://bsky.app/profile/mxbernhard.bsky.social/post/3mid5vs7e7s2r"Israel’s Parliament passed a law on Monday that would allow the hanging of Palestinians convicted of deadly militant attacks, but experts say it almost certainly cannot be applied to Jewish extremists convicted of similar crimes." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/world/middleeast/israel-death-penalty-palestinians-attacks.html?smid=bs-share31 Mar 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:sho3ee3aawmgwywljhhui7do/app.bsky.feed.post/3mid5vs7e7s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mxbernhard.bsky.social/post/3mhxm6dkq4k2nThe Kremlin is aggressively building out infrastructure in the occupied regions of Ukraine to enmesh them with Russia and facilitate military logistics. At the same time, the occupied areas' natural resources are sold off. Story by @saitomri.bsky.social and others https://www.reuters.com/investigations/welcome-new-russia-how-kremlin-is-remaking-occupied-ukraine-2026-03-26/26 Mar 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:sho3ee3aawmgwywljhhui7do/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxm6dkq4k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mxbernhard.bsky.social/post/3mhxm6dkq4k2nThe Kremlin is aggressively building out infrastructure in the occupied regions of Ukraine to enmesh them with Russia and facilitate military logistics. At the same time, the occupied areas' natural resources are sold off. Story by @saitomri.bsky.social and others https://www.reuters.com/investigations/welcome-new-russia-how-kremlin-is-remaking-occupied-ukraine-2026-03-26/26 Mar 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:sho3ee3aawmgwywljhhui7do/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxm6dkq4k2n