Daily Intel Brief
A top ISIS leader was killed in a drone strike in Syria, Mexico pledges $1.5B in border infrastructure, and the Ukrainian military strikes Russian ammo depots in the south...
Counterterrorism
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) says the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could do more to address the threats of domestic terrorism. OIG’s comments come as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Christopher Wray, says travel and technology…
The U.S. military announced Tuesday that a top ISIS leader was killed by an airstrike in northwest Syria. We’ll talk about the airstrike. Plus, we’ll recap the standout movements from the hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol…
Military & Defense
A new programme to be released by the BBC on Tuesday night will conclude that 54 people were suspiciously killed by the British army special forces group, the Special Air Service (SAS), over two years in 2010 and 2011. Based on official British files, the BBC said there was a…
The Ukrainian military on Tuesday reported destroying a Russian ammunition depot in southern Ukraine, resulting in a massive explosion captured on social media, while rescuers said the death toll from a weekend Russian strike in the country’s east grew to 45…
Cybersecurity
The global internet—a vast matrix of telecommunications, fiber optics, and satellite networks—is in large part a creation of the United States. The technologies that underpin the internet grew out of federal research projects, and U.S. companies innovated, commercialized…
In January 2022, a new browser hijacker/adware campaign named ChromeLoader (also known as Choziosi Loader and ChromeBack) was discovered. Despite using simple malicious advertisements, the malware became widespread, potentially leaking data from thousands…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
An EU plan to set up a secure bunker to protect high-level discussions from spies has outsiders wondering: Why only now? A super-secure room said to cost €8 million and host up to 100 people would be set up in an insulation cage to "mitigate the risk of exploitation of…
A pro-China group with ties to the Biden White House partners with a Chinese organization that has been identified as being part of Beijing's influence operations. The U.S. Heartland China Association, an American-based trade group that pushes for Chinese investment in the…
Transnational Organized Crime
Could the horrific mass murders at several taverns this past weekend point to a coordinated attack? While it's too early to speculate on the motives, one analyst believes it was indeed well organized. Twenty-one people were killed in three separate shootings in Soweto…
Mexico agreed on Tuesday to invest $1.5 billion in technology at its border with the U.S. following a meeting between President Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In a joint statement released by the White House, the two leaders…