Counterterrorism
A new report released by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) reveals how America’s far-right domestic extremists fundraise through cryptocurrency. The report, by Dr. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, CEO of Valens Global and a senior advisor to FDD, and Varsha…
The United States is considering removing Iran's Revolutionary Guards from its foreign terrorist organization blacklist in return for Iranian assurances about reining in the elite force, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The source said Washington had not…
Military & Defense
China's ambassador to Ukraine said his country will "never attack Ukraine" following reports that Russia asked China for military and economic support for its invasion of Ukraine. US officials said Russia recently reached out to China to ask for military assistance…
Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that Russian troops bombed a theater in the southern port city of Mariupol where “hundreds” of people had been sheltering from the ongoing Russian attack. The Russian word for “children” was painted on the pavement in huge white letters…
Cybersecurity
Facebook has removed a deepfake video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spreading across the social network and asking Ukrainian troops lay down their arms and surrender. "Earlier today, our teams identified and removed a deepfake video claiming to…
Anonymous, a decentralized international activist and hacktivist collective, has teased about a massive data dump it is planning to execute that it says will "blow Russia away." Since the onset of war between Ukraine and Russia, Anonymous has incessantly hit the latter with…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
The Justice Department has charged five people with helping the Chinese Communist Party stalk, harass or spy on political dissidents in the US, including a congressional candidate and a Los Angeles sculpture artist, according to new court filings and a press release…
Immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last month, the US government expelled 13 Russian diplomats working at the United Nations. It did so on the grounds they were Russian intelligence officers or operatives working under diplomatic cover. We do not know details…
Transnational Organized Crime
Announcing tough sanctions against Russian oligarchs over the war in Ukraine was step one. Now the U.S. and its allies are creating new teams to act on their vow to “seize and freeze” the giant boats, estates and other pricey assets of Russian elites. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen…
Yesterday, Juan Gerardo Trevino-Chavez, aka Huevo, 39, of Laredo was arrested in San Diego, CA, on criminal charges related to his alleged involvement in drug trafficking in Mexico and the United States. According to the indictment filed in San Antonio…