Daily Intel Brief
Clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan claim nearly 100 lives, Kurdish forces detain 300 ISIS fighters in Syria, and an 18-year-old hacker claims responsibility for attacks on Uber and GTA6...
Counterterrorism
A convicted felon in Missouri accused of livestreaming threats to bomb and kill people while he was dressed up as the Batman villain known as The Joker was sentenced Friday to 60 days in jail, with credit for several months served after his arrest. Jeremy Garnier, 51, of…
Kurdish forces in Syria cleared out 300 ISIS fighters from the al-Hol refugee camp as part of an ongoing operation to eliminate the terrorist group’s presence and influence in the region. "ISIS preys on the weak and disenfranchised and is trying to exploit the conditions in the…
Military & Defense
At least 94 people have been killed in clashes on the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border - the deadliest clashes in years. Fighting between the two Central Asian states broke out on Wednesday, before a ceasefire was brokered on Friday. Clashes regularly erupt between…
Eritrean authorities have called on their armed forces to mobilise in response to the renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, the British and Canadian governments said. The return to combat last month shattered a March truce and dashed hopes of peacefully resolving the…
Cybersecurity
Uber suffered a cyberattack Thursday afternoon with an allegedly 18-year-old hacker downloading HackerOne vulnerability reports and sharing screenshots of the company's internal systems, email dashboard, and Slack server. The screenshots shared by the hacker…
What just happened? What is allegedly a massive leak of GTA 6 content, including dozens of test build videos and screenshots, has been posted by the 18-year-old hacker claiming to be behind the recent Uber breach. Whether they are legitimate is still open to debate, but a lot…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Ronald W. Pelton, a National Security Agency analyst who was convicted in 1986 of selling secrets to the Soviets in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches of the Cold War, died Sept. 6 at a nursing home in Frederick, Md. He was 80. Mr. Pelton was an Air Force veteran…
A Chinese spy carrying out industrial espionage against GE Aviation and Honeywell’s aerospace division was caught with the help of access to an iCloud backup of his iPhone, media reports say. The data obtained included a never-before-seen copy of a security form…
Transnational Organized Crime
Seizing guns during an investigation has become an expectation for members of Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams. Staff Sgt. Jim Greene, in charge of the Edmonton organized crime unit at ALERT, said it was rare to see guns when he began his career in the drug…
Nigerian banditry kingpin Muhammad Bello, aka Turji, escaped with severe injuries when Nigeria Air Force (NAF) fighter jets attacked and killed 37 of his men and injured several others who gathered for a wedding ceremony in their hideout on Saturday…