Daily Intel Brief
Al-Shabaab kills 7 in Somalia, North Korea launches a ballistic missile off its coast, and Iran filed indictments against 14 allegedly involved in the elimination of a top Iranian scientist...
Counterterrorism
At least two soldiers and two civilian auxiliaries died in a "terrorist" attack on a patrol in eastern Burkina Faso, the army said Sunday. A military unit and VDP volunteer auxiliaries were ambushed on Saturday between Sakoani and Sampieri in Tapoa province, bordering…
A suicide attack claimed by the Somali Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab killed at least seven people and injured nine others in Mogadishu on Sunday, the army and eyewitnesses told AFP. A "desperate terrorist" blew himself up on Sunday morning…
Military & Defense
Military enlistment offices in Kaliningrad and Leningrad oblasts of the Russian Federation, and in the Republic of Mordovia (a federal subject of Russia) were set on fire on Sunday, 25 September. A local news outlet, 47news, reported that an unidentified person drilled a hole…
Tokyo and Seoul have denounced Pyongyang for threatening peace in the region, after North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast early on Sunday, ahead of joint U.S.-South Korean military drills and a visit to the region by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris…
Cybersecurity
An Israeli hacker group shut down the Iranian state-controlled Fars News Agency on Sunday night, according to Iranian reports. The group, known as "Army of Thieves," reportedly claimed credit for the cyberattack on the news agency strongly affiliated with Iran's Islamic…
The Duchess of York is among a group of famous faces who have reportedly had their personal details leaked by Russian hackers on the so-called ‘Dark Web’. Prince Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, 62, along with 58-year-old Lady Sarah Chatto – King Charles’ cousin – and Sir…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Iran on Sunday filed indictments against 14 individuals for involvement in the 2020 elimination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, PressTV reported. Tehran’s chief prosecutor, Ali Salehi, said the charges brought against the individuals include…
A NASA researcher and Texas A&M University professor has pleaded guilty to charges related to hiding his ties to a university created by the Chinese government while accepting federal grant money. Zhengdong Cheng pleaded guilty to two counts -- violation of NASA…
Transnational Organized Crime
A fourth man has been arrested following a reported plot to kidnap the Belgian justice minister. The suspect, a 21-year-old Dutch man, was detained by police in the Netherlands, according to the National Public Prosecutor's Office. Three other Dutch men were…
IDF soldiers, together with police, Border Police, and Shabak officers, thwarted an attempt to smuggle dozens of weapons from across the Jordanian border on Saturday. Two suspects were arrested with two backs containing 34 guns, 36 M-16 weapon assemblies and 56 M-16…