Daily Intel Brief
Iran captures a network of Israeli Mossad agents, Russia's massive new submarine may be used for underwater espionage, and a Ukrainian radio station was hacked to broadcast propaganda...
Counterterrorism
Islamic State affiliates are getting financial backing from supporters in South Africa, according to a UN Security Council report. The document, published this week, said Ugandans and Kenyans generate wealth in countries including SA and launder the proceeds…
A convicted terrorist recruiter in Australia faced a judge and jury this week on charges of plotting a terrorist attack against Sydney’s famed Mardi Gras celebration. Prosecutors argued in a New South Wales courtroom that Hamdi Alqudsi, 47, was the ringleader of Shura…
Military & Defense
The Russian Navy has taken delivery of what is the world’s longest known submarine, one its maker touts as a research vessel – but what others say is a platform for espionage and possibly nuclear weapons. The Belgorod was turned over to the Russian Navy earlier this month in…
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said on Sunday that over the last five years, the Chinese military has become "significantly" more aggressive and dangerous. Speaking to reporters during a visit to Indonesia, Milley said there has been a spike in the…
Cybersecurity
Radio stations in Ukraine were hacked on Thursday to broadcast fake news about the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky ending up in critical condition. The hack targeted TAVR Media, which manages several leading radio stations in Ukraine. It remains unclear…
President Biden vowed to expand cyber cooperation with Israel and Saudi Arabia on his trip to the Middle East last week, a move experts see as a direct response to the rising digital threat from Iran. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia signed bilateral agreements to strengthen their…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Iranian media reported Saturday that a network of agents working for the Mossad has been arrested, Kan News reported. According to the report, the agents were sent to Iran in order to "carry out acts of terror." Members of the network were in contact with the Mossad by means…
China wanted to build a 70ft pagoda on a hill close to the Capitol in Washington DC but was stopped amid fears the “perfect spot” could be used to spy on the US government, according to leaked FBI documents. Beijing had also reportedly been attempting to snoop on US military…
Transnational Organized Crime
Almost 700 migrants, including five dead bodies, were rescued on Saturday off the southern coast of Italy, a coastguard statement said on Sunday, as flows of migrants crossing the Mediterranean increase during favourable sea conditions…
The Greek authorities dismantled a large illegal migrant trafficking ring from Greece to European countries. As protothema.gr reveals, the crime organization has been operating since 2016. Its members “hosted” illegal immigrants in apartments in the center of Athens…