Daily Intel Brief
Russian missiles target civilians and critical infrastructure, the head of Germany's cybersecurity agency is to be fired over links to Russian intelligence, and Eritrea extends military in Tigray...
Counterterrorism
A U.S.-led coalition drone strike in northeastern Syria on Monday killed an Islamic State group militant, a Kurdish-Syrian security official said. Speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, the official told The Associated Press that the strike targeted the IS…
Part of the German railway network was temporarily disrupted after an improvised explosive device was found at Straußfurt station. According to German police in the central state of Thuringia, an IED (improvised explosive device) was discovered at Straußfurt train station…
Military & Defense
Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels say Eritrea has extended its offensive into their region, as diplomats scramble to convene peace talks to resolve the almost two-year-long conflict. In a statement Monday, the Tigray forces said that Eritrea’s military has launched an “extensive offensive”…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says civilians have been killed in a barrage of deadly missile and drone attacks, as he accused Russia of targeting the country’s energy infrastructure in addition to its people in attacks across several cities, including the capital Kyiv…
Cybersecurity
The websites for a number of major US airports were briefly taken offline Monday after a cyberattack promoted by a pro-Russian hacking group. The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks hit the airport websites of several major US cities including Atlanta, Chicago…
Representatives from Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) and the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) recently met to discuss strengthening cooperation and networking. The working meeting was held during…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Germany is planning to fire Arne Schoenbohm, the head of the BSI national cyber security agency, after reports he had contacts with Russian intelligence services, government sources told AFP on Monday. The interior ministry said it is "taking reports seriously" and…
The passing of legislation declassifying documents from the former State Security Directorate when Albania was under Communist dictatorship from 1944 to 1991 came closer after the draft law was approved on Friday by the parliamentary legal affairs committee…
Transnational Organized Crime
A major leak of Mexican government documents revealed that members of the military sold weapons and information to the cartels. "Sedena [Secretariat of National Defense] reported in its confidential report that the supplier of weapons and tactical equipment is another…
With environmental crime ranking as the world’s third largest illegal trade, INTERPOL has joined calls at the United for Wildlife (UfW) global summit for enhanced collective efforts against the criminal syndicates behind wildlife crime and its impact on communities and…