Daily Intel Brief
U.S. troops wounded by IRGC-backed militias in Syria, a Russian rocket strike kills 22 at a Ukrainian train station, and Britain is working with Albania to deport channel migrants...
Counterterrorism
An unknown number of U.S. service members were injured in two separate rocket attacks on facilities housing American troops in Syria, according to a U.S. government official. The injuries were “minor” the official said, and reports about how many people were injured are…
A federal jury on Tuesday convicted two men charged in connection with a conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. Adam Fox, of Wyoming, Michigan, and Barry Croft Jr., of Bear, Delaware, were found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap the…
Military & Defense
Targets in Syria hit by U.S. airstrikes earlier this week were critical facilities for Iranian-linked groups operating in the country, experts said. The U.S. military said late Tuesday it carried out strikes in eastern Syria against “infrastructure facilities used by groups linked to Iran’s…
A Russian rocket strike on a Ukrainian train station has killed 22 people, Ukraine says, on the day marking six months since Moscow's invasion began. It says five of the victims of the attack in the eastern town of Chaplyne burnt to death in a vehicle. An 11-year-old boy also…
Cybersecurity
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released new advice Wednesday on ways critical infrastructure should prepare for potential security risks stemming from quantum computing. While quantum computing provides greater speed…
A security researcher known for devising inventive ways to siphon data from computers that are disconnected from the internet has found a new exploit able to exfiltrate data to a nearby smartphone. Air-gapped systems are physically segregated and incapable of connecting…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Wednesday marks six months since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, and it’s safe to say it is one of the most disastrous military campaigns in modern history. Russia is losing on all fronts. The conflict has reinvigorated the concept of European collective security…
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have shut down hundreds of social media accounts designed to spread pro-U.S. views overseas, according to a report released Wednesday. The joint investigation by Graphika and Stanford Internet Observatory spent five years evaluating…
Transnational Organized Crime
Britain said on Thursday it would work with Albania to quickly process and repatriate the large number of Albanians who cross the English Channel in small boats, after a surge in the number of such migrants despite a plan to deport arrivals to Rwanda…
When Guatemalan investigators raided the home of the alleged leader of a migrant smuggling ring in mountains near the Mexican border, they found some $51,000 in coins, nearly 100 slot machines and late-model vehicles purchased with cash. They arrested David Coronado Pérez…