Daily Intel Brief
Belarus moves troops near Ukrainian border, FTX CEO Bankman-Fried charged by SEC, and FBI's Infragard is hacked...
Counterterrorism
China on Tuesday advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country “as soon as possible," following a coordinated attack by Islamic State militants the previous day on a Chinese-owned hotel in the heart of Kabul. The Chinese advisory appeared to be a…
A court in France has handed down prison terms to eight people charged for the terror attack in Nice in 2016, where a man rammed his truck into a crowd celebrating the July 14 national holiday. Two men were given the most severe sentence of 18 years behind bars on Tuesday…
Military & Defense
Belarus troops have been moved to the Ukrainian border, local news outlets reported. Belarus, a close ally of Russia, moved military equipment and forces in what it said was a counter-terrorism exercise, the latest in a flurry of military actions that have raised fears Russia may…
There has been another clash between Indian and Chinese forces along their disputed border, this time in the eastern part of the border. The two sides have been in an active confrontation at the Galwan river valley in the Ladakh region for more than two years now. The fresh…
Cybersecurity
InfraGard, a program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships with the private sector, this week saw its database of contact information on more than 80,000 members go up for sale on an…
The National Security Agency said on Tuesday that Chinese state-backed hackers are exploiting a flaw in a widely used networking device that allows an attacker to carry out remote code execution. In its advisory, the NSA said it believes a Chinese hacking crew…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
The US has charged five Russians and two Americans with conspiracy related to procurement and money laundering on behalf of the government in Moscow. The justice department said they were suspected of trying to obtain military-grade and dual-use technologies…
The billionaire co-chairman and CEO of Chinese developer Guangzhou R&F Properties Co Ltd is wanted in the United States, accused of paying kickbacks to obtain permits for a construction project in San Francisco, a court in London has heard. Zhang Li…
Transnational Organized Crime
The corruption scandal engulfing the European Parliament spread to Strasbourg Tuesday, as more offices were sealed off and MEPs stripped Greek MEP Eva Kaili — the lawmaker at the center of the storm — of her vice-presidential role. Some 10 offices were sealed off by…
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of cryptocurrency giant FTX, defrauded investors by funneling money into his private hedge fund and conspired to commit wire fraud against customers and lenders, federal authorities said Tuesday. Bankman-Fried, 30, the…