Daily Intel Brief
A mass shooter in Indiana was stopped by an armed bystander, Zelenskyy cleans house after purported Russian infiltration, and CISA plans to open an office in London...
Counterterrorism
The leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party is due to be questioned by the country’s anti-terrorism unit on Tuesday on suspicion of money laundering and terrorist financing through an association charity. The accused, Rached Ghannouchi, was among a dozen…
A bystander’s decision to shoot a man who opened fire at an Indiana mall was a rare occurrence of someone stepping in to try to prevent multiple casualties before police could arrive. Police on Monday praised the quick actions of 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken, an armed…
Military & Defense
The most senior US general has ordered a comprehensive review of US military interactions with Chinese forces over the last five years as concerns about Beijing's assertive behavior in the Indo-Pacific region increases, according to three defense officials. By launching the…
Desperate to reinforce its battered forces in Ukraine, the Kremlin is raising scores of volunteer battalions—and plans to rush them to the front after just 30 days of training. A month isn’t enough to train an individual recruit in a soldier’s individual tasks—to say nothing of…
Cybersecurity
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will open its first-ever Attache Office in London, the agency announced Monday. The office is part of a larger effort to boost collaboration on cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection and emergency…
Pyongyang has been developing an offensive cyber program for over 35 years through domestic innovation and foreign assistance. During that time, North Korea has undergone major transformations in its cybercrime modus operandi, shifting from disruptive cyberattacks and…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Nearly five months after Moscow's invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suspended the country's security chief and top prosecutor, saying they failed to purge Russian spies from their organizations. One of those sidelined in the biggest government overhaul of…
The Democratic Republic of Congo's intelligence service has detained U.S. journalist Stavros Nicolas Niarchos after he allegedly approached armed groups in the country's southeast, a senior government official said Sunday. Local civil-society groups such as RECN quoted in…
Transnational Organized Crime
Police in Spain have arrested a man believed to have been involved in the killing of a Dutch investigative journalist in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. Investigative journalist Peter R. de Vries, 64, was hit by five shots, at least one of them to the head, on a street in central…
Malaysian authorities on Monday seized a massive haul of trafficked animal parts, including elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales and tiger bones worth around 80 million ringgit ($17.9 million), officials said at a news briefing. Authorities discovered around six tonnes of…