Daily Intel Brief
A leaked video shows Wagner leader recruiting Russian convicts, a Mexican general is arrested in connection to missing students case, and the Bosnian Serb leader claims he can spy on the US...
Counterterrorism
A hybrid terrorist, who was in touch with his handlers in Pakistan, was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, officials said on Thursday, adding that a major terror strike has been averted. Police said identified the terrorist as Zaffar Iqbal, a resident…
An 18-year-old man was moderately injured in a shooting attack that took place this evening in the Carmel settlement in southern Mount Hebron. The terrorist infiltrated the settlement and shot into the window of a yeshiva before escapeing. IDF forces and members of the…
Military & Defense
China may ramp up military measures in response to the US Congress' Taiwan Policy Act after the bill was approved by a Senate committee on Wednesday, according to observers. The bill has been described as the most comprehensive restructuring of US policy towards the…
The founder of Russia's shadowy Wagner mercenary group has appeared in leaked footage attempting to recruit prisoners to fight in Ukraine. In filmed footage, verified by the BBC, Yevgeniy Prigozhin can be seen addressing a large group of detainees. Mr Prigozhin told…
Cybersecurity
Since the data of about roughly 1 billion Chinese citizens appeared for sale on a popular dark web forum in June, researchers have observed a surge in other kinds of personal records from China appearing on cybercriminal marketplaces. In the aftermath of that record leak, an…
The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) recently published a 38-page study, Russian Cyberwarfare: Unpacking the Kremlin’s Capabilities by two esteemed researchers, Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov. The opening premise is that Russia has not demonstrated its…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
The U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo on Thursday described claims by the Bosnian Serb leader that his security services are eavesdropping on the American ambassador to Sarajevo as “blustering" and added that his separatist policies are “gambling” with the future of the Serb…
In some of the darkest days of the Cold War, the U.S. intelligence community was alarmed by a startling discovery: the Soviet Union was bombarding the U.S. Embassy in Moscow with microwaves, in what some officials feared was an attempt to harm American diplomats and…
Transnational Organized Crime
Argentina continues to struggle with a human trafficking crisis as domestic and international criminal networks use a range of legal businesses to hide their activities and elude authorities. In a recent case, Argentine authorities dismantled an international human trafficking…
Mexican authorities have arrested a general and two other members of the army for alleged connection to the disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico in 2014, the government announced Thursday. Assistant Public Safety Secretary Ricardo Mejía said that among those…