Daily Intel Brief
Kremlin says Patriot systems in Ukraine would be legitimate targets, Turkish unmanned fighter aircraft makes first flight debut, and Mongolian crypto ring laundered $1.7 Billion...
Counterterrorism
An Indonesian bomb maker convicted for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks has apologised to the victims' families, after his release from prison was met with outrage in Australia. Umar Patek, a member of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah group, was…
Australian police are investigating the extremist views of three people who shot and killed two officers and a neighbor, before they themselves were killed hours later by police in a gunfight in rural Queensland. In all, six people died in the violence on Monday…
Military & Defense
The Kremlin has said Patriot missile defence systems would be a legitimate target if sent to Ukraine to intercept the barrage of incoming Russian missiles that have crippled the war-torn country’s power infrastructure. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday…
On Wednesday, Turkish-based Baykar company released footage from the successful first test flight for the highly-ambitious Kizilelma drone. “Our 20-year dream in our national drone adventure has come true today,” said Baykar’s chief technical official Selcuk Bayraktar…
Cybersecurity
A ‘crisis situation’ has been declared across the Swedish municipalities of Borgholm and Mörbylånga after a cyberattack was discovered late on Monday. An intrusion has been confirmed into the joint IT system used by the two municipalities, which together make up…
A type of cryptomining malware targeting Linux-based systems has added capabilities by incorporating an open source remote access trojan called Chaos RAT with several advanced functions that bad guys can use to control remote operating systems. Trend Micro security…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
China's secret police stations abroad have caused outrage around the world. But the idea apparently didn't come from Beijing. The representations came from individual Chinese cities – one of which is Qingtian, a city with many international ties. Even…
Six Chinese diplomats based in Britain, including its consul-general in Manchester, whom police wanted to question over their alleged role in an attack on a Hong Kong democracy protester, have left the country. The six officials left the United Kingdom by a Wednesday…
Transnational Organized Crime
A woman who was the nurse of the late Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, before he named her Venezuela's national treasurer in 2011, has been found guilty of money laundering. Claudia Díaz, 49, is the latest former high-ranking Venezuelan official to be convicted of…
In China’s latest crackdown on cryptocurrency fraud, police say they arrested 63 people suspected of helping domestic and foreign criminal groups launder the equivalent of US$1.7 billion through virtual currencies, according to a statement released last weekend…