Daily Intel Brief
El Salvador extends state of emergency to fight gangs, Somalia wages an 'all-out war' on Al-Shabaab, and F-16s belonging to Greece locked on to Turkish jets over the Mediterranean...
Counterterrorism
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Tuesday pledged "an all-out war" to eliminate Al-Shabaab in his first statement to the nation since the jihadists staged a deadly 30-hour hotel siege in Mogadishu. The attack, which began on Friday night, was the biggest…
Oleksiy Danilov, the Secretary of RNBO [National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine] said that support for the war is falling in Russia and the FSB [Federal Security Service] has planned a series of terrorist attacks in that country that are supposed to end up in massive…
Military & Defense
Yemen's main southern separatist group said it had launched a military operation in Abyan province "to cleanse it of terrorist organisations", a move that would strengthen the UAE-backed faction's control in the south…
The F-16 fighter jets belonging to Greece have harassed Turkish planes over the Eastern Mediterranean, defense ministry sources said on Tuesday. The harassment by Greece is an attempt to target NATO activities, said the sources, requesting anonymity due to restrictions…
Cybersecurity
A former head of security at Twitter alleged that the company misled regulators about its poor cybersecurity defenses and its negligence in attempting to root out fake accounts that spread disinformation, according to a whistleblower complaint filed with U.S. officials…
The Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF), a 1000-bed hospital located 28km from the center of Paris, suffered a cyberattack on Sunday, which has resulted in the medical center referring patients to other establishments and postponing appointments for surgeries…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
A suspected Iranian threat activity cluster has been linked to attacks aimed at Israeli shipping, government, energy, and healthcare organizations as part of an espionage-focused campaign that commenced in late 2020. Cybersecurity firm Mandiant is tracking the group…
The chain of events leading to the Moscow assassination last Saturday, as presented by Russia's security service, read like a Hollywood spy thriller with Natalia Vovk, 43, changing her appearance and vehicle number plates to hoodwink guards, media reports said…
Transnational Organized Crime
Over fifty women and girls have come forward with harrowing accounts of rape and beatings at the hands of Haiti’s largest gang federation. Gangs engaged in a bloody conflict in Cité Soleil, one of the poorest parts of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, have been accused of…
El Salvador has detained more than 50,000 suspected members of organized crime groups since a state of emergency was declared five months ago, prompting lawmakers to extend it until September 20. The suspects are believed to belong to the four biggest gangs operating…