All news on the topic: Intelligence

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European goods reach Russia through India despite sanctions
Russian defense and security firms are using supply chains in India to import thousands of security-linked goods originally made in Europe, new data tracking the scale of the trade shows.
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U.S. probes whether Russia helped Iran target CIA sites in Gulf drone attacks
Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Persian Gulf have prompted U.S. intelligence analysts to investigate whether Russia assisted by providing targeting information or advanced drone technology, said four people familiar with U.S. intelligence.
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Donald Trump says he is on Iran’s kill list after new Israeli intelligence
Israel shared new intelligence with the U.S. that it said indicated a fresh Iranian plan to kill President Trump, people familiar with the matter said, a finding that would mark an escalation in the war between Washington and Iran.
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Former Ukrainian intelligence colonel sentenced to life for spying for Russia’s FSB
A former high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence official has been sentenced to life in prison for spying for Russia’s FSB security service.
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Secret memos reveal alleged hidden influence over Tulsi Gabbard’s political rise
The first time I spoke with Rebecca Saltzburg, she told me Tulsi Gabbard was a freethinker who took orders from no one.
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Europe warned to build its own nuclear deterrent as Russia pressures NATO
Russia is expanding its nuclear-capable, long-range weapon systems to press Europe and fracture NATO.
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Crypto traders pour $1bn into SpaceX-linked futures ahead of expected IPO
Crypto traders have turned Elon Musk’s expected SpaceX listing into a round-the-clock proxy market, pushing more than $1 billion through SpaceX-linked perpetual futures in the last three days as investors try to front-run one of the largest public offerings in Wall Street history.
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UK fears Ireland has become a "back door" for Russian spies through liberal visa system
Whitehall officials fear that Ireland has become a “back door” to Britain for Russian spies because of its generous visa programme, an Irish politician has said.
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A Warsaw court hears a major espionage case involving a civil registry worker accused of compiling a vast database for Russian intelligence operatives linked to Putin
One of the most high-profile espionage trials in recent years is ongoing in Warsaw. A former employee of the city’s Civil Registry Office, Tomasz L., is accused of working for Russian foreign intelligence.
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Greek court sentences Intellexa-linked figures to over 126 years each in landmark ruling on illegal use of Predator spyware
The court found that Intellexa’s Predator software was used to spy on at least 87 victims, including journalists, politicians, military officials, business leaders, and civil society members, delivering the first convictions in an investigation into the illegal use of commercial spyware.
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Two polish men arrested on suspicion of having explosive materials in Derby
Two Polish men have been arrested on suspicion of possessing explosive materials, prompting the evacuation of 200 homes in Derby.
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Kazakhstan’s KNS — an FSB branch: leaks, deals, and the sale of state information under Yermek Sagimbayev’s control
After the detention of a Kazakh KNS officer, Anuar Bakibay, in Poland, a major scandal erupted, revealing that the KNS not only engages in espionage activities on behalf of Russia but also sells personal data of Kazakh citizens at discounted prices.
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Former aide to far-right MP convicted of passing secrets to China
A former aide to a member of parliament for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party has been sentenced to almost five years in prison for spying on behalf of China.
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‘A treacherous and unpredictable threat’: UK intelligence sounds alarm over Iranian attacks
The Intelligence and Security Committee says there have been 15 Iran-backed murder or kidnap attempts on UK targets since the beginning of 2022 and August 2023.
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Spies among “friends”: FSB and Iranian intelligence wage covert war despite official embrace
The attacks on Iran by Israel and the U.S. elicited a critical yet highly restrained response from the Kremlin.
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Gubarev’s landing: how a Kremlin ex-hacker is capturing Cyprus with the FSB-linked IT staff
On January 16, the Russian Forbes, owned by the Kremlin oligarch Magomed Musayev, whose biography and activities are closely intertwined with the KGB and FSB (which are essentially the same thing), published an article by Ilya Zhegulev...
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Iran’s shadow over Europe: how the regime uses mafia networks for assassinations and abductions
There has been a sharp rise in plots by the Iranian regime to kidnap or assassinate dissidents, journalists and political foes living abroad, according to reports by Western intelligence agencies.
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"KGB 2.0": Russian SSD unit waging a secret war against the West
Dr. Lance Hunter explained that this isn’t simply another Russian intelligence unit, but rather ’KGB 2.0’.
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Lightning-fast SAS operation foils terrorists’ plot in the UK
A former chief of British intelligence stated that, considering how close the suspects were believed to have been to executing a massacre, it was ’distinctly possible’ that elite troops were involved in the raids.
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Iran executed a man accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad
He was accused of playing a key role in the assassination of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officer.
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Moscow expels two British embassy staff, London calls Russia’s claims lies
Kremlin accuses individuals of ‘intelligence and subversive activities’ in what seems to be the latest in a series of tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions
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Russia, China eye vulnerable ex-US officials for intelligence leaks
Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security...
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Bybit launches bounty platform to combat crypto crime after major Lazarus hack
The initiative occurs as hackers launder over $250 million of the $1.4 billion stolen from the exchange on February 21.
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Keir Starmer forced to abandon email account due to suspected Russian hack
British intelligence services reportedly told the Labour leader his account could have been compromised.
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FBI issues urgent warning to iPhone and Android users about ’massive and ongoing’ cyber attack
The FBI has warned people not to send text messages between Apple and Android phones amid massive and ongoing cyber attacks
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