Daily Intel Brief
Boko Haram and TTP suffered significant leadership losses, the U.S. approves another $1B to Ukraine, and Ukrainian officials were the target of a Russian assassination plot...
Counterterrorism
The Nigerian Armed Forces have reported the death of one of the top commanders of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Alhaji Modu, along with 28 other militiamen in a series of operations carried out last week by the Army in Borno state, in the northeastern part of…
A senior founding leader of the Pakistani Taliban was killed Sunday night in a targeted attack, according to two sources within the group’s leadership. The Pakistan Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), is a US-designated foreign terrorist organization operating in…
Military & Defense
The Pentagon on Monday said it is sending Ukraine an additional $1 billion in military assistance, including tens of thousands more munitions and explosives — the largest such package since Russia launched its invasion in February. The announcement comes as…
The Biden administration’s new policy for sub-Saharan Africa accuses China of seeing the region as an “arena” in which to wage a battle against the US-led “rules-based international order” and Russia of causing instability and then cashing in on the chaos. But while the…
Cybersecurity
Facebook parent company Meta disclosed that it took action against two espionage operations in South Asia that leveraged its social media platforms to distribute malware to potential targets. The first set of activities is what the company described as "persistent and…
Communications giant Twilio has confirmed hackers accessed customer data after successfully tricking employees into handing over their corporate login credentials. The San Francisco-based company, which allows users to build voice and SMS capabilities — such as…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and defense intelligence head Kyrylo Budanov were allegedly targeted in a foiled assassination plot by members of Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU. The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) said in a new report…
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday denied that the government is involved in an alleged espionage case against opposition leader Nikos Androulakis, who heads the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) party, which detected an attempt to install…
Transnational Organized Crime
The United States on Monday returned 30 stolen works of art and antiquities to Cambodia that had been looted from the southeast Asian nation, including from an ancient Khmer city, and illegally trafficked around the world for decades. Manhattan federal prosecutor Damian…
With 11 billion in goods per year, along with tens of millions of people, global ports are busier than ever bringing us the items and transport needed to house, feed, and move humans around the world. Ports are often spread over thousands of hectares of sea and land, meaning that…