Daily Intel Brief
An OKC man was arrested for a planned attack in DC, CISA announces 16 states' voting systems have vulnerabilities, and the synthetic drug trade skyrockets in southeast Asia...
Counterterrorism
Twenty-four civilians have been killed and around 60 wounded in an attack by separatist gunmen in a troubled anglophone region of Cameroon, the local mayor said on Tuesday. The toll is one of the bloodiest in a nearly five-year-old conflict pitching armed militants against…
An Oklahoma City man was arrested after police said he planned a violent attack in Washington D.C. Brittan Kirk, an OKC man, was found with parts of an AR-15, bullets and a book on how to make bombs. Police said the suspect bought parts of an AR 15 and multiple…
Military & Defense
The U.S. National Guard is planning a "cooperation" program with the Taiwanese military, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen announced Tuesday. Tsai has not offered details regarding the upcoming cooperation, but previous reports suggest the Taiwan military may link with the…
India and China have agreed to hold the next round of military talks at an early date to resolve issues related to Line of Active Control (LAC). The talks will create conditions for restoration of normalcy in bilateral relations, the Ministry of External Affairs said in…
Cybersecurity
Electronic voting machines from a leading vendor used in at least 16 states have software vulnerabilities that leave them susceptible to hacking if unaddressed, the nation’s leading cybersecurity agency says in an advisory sent to state election officials…
Costa Rica’s national health service was hacked sometime earlier this morning by a Russian ransomware group known as Hive. The intrusion comes just weeks after Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared a state of emergency in response to a data ransom attack…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Israel said Tuesday it has proof that Iran stole classified documents from the U.N. atomic energy agency nearly two decades ago and used them to conceal its nuclear activities from international inspectors. The documents appear to show that Iran was spying on the…
Officials for the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) on Monday detained local government officials on suspicion that they collaborated with Russian forces. The SSU accused the head of the Pervomaisk Amalgamated Territorial Community of Mykolaiv Oblast and the…
Transnational Organized Crime
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime warns the synthetic drug trade is booming, as production and trafficking in East and Southeast Asia hit record levels last year and agents seized more than 1 billion methamphetamine tablets. The report issued Monday from the…
Top authorities in Trinidad and Tobago have warned legislators that the Caribbean island nation is likely to see a rise in violent crimes, as gangs splinter and bounce back from the pandemic. The country’s intelligence body, the Strategic Services Agency (SSA), issued its…