Daily Intel Brief
Russia claims to be able to hack U.S. HIMARS in Ukraine, Haitian gangs wage intense gun battles in Port-Au-Prince, and the U.S. offers $10M for info on Russian election interference...
Counterterrorism
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned about 'last minute terrorist threats' from the outgoing Iván Duque government in Colombia. During a ceremony to designate new military commands on Tuesday, Maduro called the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) to…
Some soldiers were reportedly attacked when Boko Haram terrorists raided a military checkpoint around Zuma rock in Niger State, on Thursday night. The level of casualty is unknown at the time of filing this report. Police authorities have kept mum over the attack…
Military & Defense
The Chinese military on Thursday renewed warnings about the political sensitivities surrounding Taiwan as U.S. lawmakers pressed President Joe Biden to take a harder line with Chinese leader Xi Jinping ahead of their call. The Biden-Xi summit is their fifth call in 18…
Russian troops conducted an assault operation near Pisky while wearing Ukrainian military uniforms with white bands on their arms and legs in order to deceive the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There were no significant changes on the Volyn, Polissia and Sivershchyna fronts…
Cybersecurity
Russia has come up with a "secret development" that purportedly allows it to hack into the HIMARS rocket-launching systems the U.S. has sent to Ukraine, according to a Russian military expert. Alexei Leonkov unveiled the cryptic initiative during an appearance on…
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating a cyber breach involving the federal court records management system, the department's top national security attorney told lawmakers on Thursday. Matt Olsen, head of the Justice Department's National Security Division, alluded…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
The State Department on Thursday offered a $10 million reward for information about Russian interference in American elections, including a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin and a troll farm that officials say fueled a divisive social media campaign in…
Technical experts from the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) issued multiple warnings, beginning early last year, about the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) using internet infrastructure built by controversial Chinese firm Huawei in Mauritius to conduct digital…
Transnational Organized Crime
An alleged paramilitary offensive against Colombia’s police has left 15 officials and two civilians dead so far this year. The increased attacks against police officers has made 2022 the deadliest year for the security forces since the now-defunct guerrilla group FARC laid…
Haitian gangs waged intense gun battles on Wednesday in Port-au-Prince, shuttering main avenues and a municipal market in the downtown area of the capital. One video filmed downtown showed men running toward police with their hands in the air as gunshots rang…