Daily Intel Brief
Almost 100 are killed during clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Montenegro suffers a major cyberattack, and a Twitter whistleblower claims foreign agents are in the company...
Counterterrorism
With fewer than 400,000 people living on approximately 200 islands, the Maldives has tended to be overlooked in terrorism research, often overshadowed by its neighbors like Pakistan and Indonesia. In recent years, however, the Maldives has garnered increased focus. According to…
Hussam Badra'an, a member of Hamas' political wing, has said that terror attacks in Gaza, Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem, and the, "lands occupied since 1948," had the greatest influence on Israel's decision to leave Gaza seventeen years ago. Israel pulled out of Gaza during the…
Military & Defense
In north-eastern Ukraine, a counter-offensive has seen the nation's forces recapture swathes of territory, and drive out Russian troops. But in the newly-liberated areas, relief and sorrow are intertwined - as accounts emerge of torture and killings during the long months of…
Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday night killed almost 100 soldiers, it has emerged. Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said 49 of its soldiers died in overnight clashes, while Azerbaijan's defence ministry said 50 of its servicemen were also killed…
Cybersecurity
Government and state-owned organizations in a number of Asian countries have been targeted by a distinct group of espionage hackers as part of an intelligence gathering mission that has been underway since early 2021. "A notable feature of these attacks is that the…
At the government headquarters in NATO-member Montenegro, the computers are unplugged, the internet is switched off and the state’s main websites are down. The blackout comes amid a massive cyberattack against the small Balkan state which officials say bears…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Russia has covertly spent more than $300m (£260m) since 2014 to influence politicians in more than 24 countries, the US has alleged. The Department of State's allegation is based on a declassified US intelligence assessment released on Tuesday. A senior official from…
The FBI informed Twitter Inc of at least one Chinese agent working at the company, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley said during a Senate hearing on Tuesday where a whistleblower testified, raising new concerns about foreign meddling at the influential social media...
Transnational Organized Crime
Costa Rican authorities are investigating links between the illegal wildlife trade and organized crime activities such as money laundering. Alejandro Alpizar, an environmental crimes prosecutor, told the radio program of the federal Attorney General’s Office that crimes…
Two Haitian reporters were fatally shot and their bodies set on fire while reporting in a slum controlled by gangs in the capital, the second such killing this year, according to a journalists' association. The two men were among seven journalists who came under attack Sunday in…