Daily Intel Brief
Insider threat risks on the rise, Chinese spy sentenced to 25 years for stealing GE aerospace secrets, and China and Russia block plan for Antarctic Ocean protections...
Counterterrorism
Seventeen African countries have agreed to synergise to curtail money laundering and terrorism funding in the region. The countries are Benin; Burkina Faso; Cabo Verde; Comores; Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea Bissau; Liberia; Mali; Niger…
Gunmen have abducted at least 80 people and killed nearly a dozen others in separate attacks in the northwest of Nigeria, in the latest attacks by armed gangs that have been preying on villages, schools and highways. Armed gangs kidnapped at least 80 people and killed 11…
Military & Defense
Russia and China have again blocked plans to protect large areas of ocean waters around Antarctica from fishing. These plans are supported by the European Union, the United States, and 23 other nations. The action came at the two-week international meeting on the future…
Ankara has conveyed its request for Sweden to work towards countering “terrorism” threats before clearing the country’s application to join NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. “We understand their security concerns, and we want Sweden to respond…
Cybersecurity
Hackers on Wednesday began leaking sensitive medical records stolen from an Australian health insurer with nearly 10 million customers, including the prime minister, after the firm refused to pay a ransom. Medibank told investors that a "sample" of data from some 9.7…
Several Mississippi state websites were knocked offline during today’s midterm election in what was the most significant digital disruption of the day, though more could be on the way as ballots are counted. A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack took down the…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Twelve percent of all employees take sensitive intellectual property (IP) with them when they leave an organization. The data comes from workforce cyber intelligence and security company Dtex, which published a report about top insider risk trends for 2022 earlier today…
Federal prosecutors in Cincinnati recommend a 300-month prison sentence for the Chinese spy convicted last year of conspiring to steal GE Aviation corporate trade secrets, according to a sentencing memorandum filed Tuesday. Yanjun Xu was a Deputy Division Director in…
Transnational Organized Crime
A Nigerian influencer who attracted millions of followers on Instagram by showing off luxury cars and high-end clothing was sentenced on Monday to 11 years in prison for his role in business email compromise schemes and money laundering. Ramon Abbas, who was known…
Operation Carpet Ride, investigated under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces identified drug trafficking operations in Richmond, Burke, Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Richmond and Tattnall counties and elsewhere from as early as…