Daily Intel Brief
2 men were arrested in July 4th mass shooting plot, Belarus directly threatens Poland, and Russia has been using an illegal network to steal grain from Ukraine...
Counterterrorism
Richmond police: 2 men arrested in July 4 mass shooting plot; guns, 223 rounds of ammo found in home
Richmond Police said two non-U.S. citizens have been arrested after officers received a tip about a planned July 4 mass shooting. During the Wednesday news conference, police announced the arrest of 52-year-old Julio Alvarado-Dubon and 38-year-old Rolman A…
A former St. Augustine resident accused of wanting to help ISIS by demonstrating how to make and use an explosive, was sentenced to prison for 20 years, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney's office in the Middle District of Florida. Romeo Xavier Langhorne…
Military & Defense
Deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Major General Ruslan Kosygin, said that in the event of "Western provocations", Belarusian forces will strike primarily on the infrastructure of Poland. This is reported by "European Pravda" with…
Tragedy struck on Wednesday as a fighter jet operated by the Nigerian Air Force bombed Kunkuna village in the Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing a yet-to-be ascertained number of villagers. Though details of the incident are still sketchy, it was…
Cybersecurity
Disneyland officials are investigating an incident that occurred on Thursday morning in which the Facebook and Instagram accounts of the theme park were hacked and used to send several offensive messages. “Disneyland Resort’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were…
Chinese hacking groups are targeting the Russian government and organizations in the telecommunications industry, according to a new report from cybersecurity company SentinelOne. The report found that there has been a noticeable increase in Russian targeting…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
A Polish scientist is being held in Iran, Poland has confirmed, after Iranian state TV reported that several Europeans had been caught spying. Poland's foreign ministry said the man was detained in September. A Polish university named him as Maciej Walczak. Iranian news…
A former CIA software engineer accused of causing the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history told a jury Thursday that there’s not enough evidence to convict him of espionage and other federal charges. Joshua Schulte, who chose to defend himself at a New…
Transnational Organized Crime
A Mexican drug cartel accused in the gruesome killings of nine women and children from an offshoot Mormon community must pay $1.5 billion to the families, a federal judge from North Dakota ruled. The family members of the victims filed a lawsuit accusing the Juarez cartel of…
While the war in Ukraine has upended the global supply of grain, a WSJ investigation reveals how Russia has quietly institutionalized the theft of hundreds of thousands of metric tons of it out of newly occupied areas of Ukraine and into Russian-allied countries in the Middle East…