Daily Intel Brief
Putin labels strike on Kerch Bridge as a terrorist attack, Iranian state television was hacked during ongoing protests, and the U.N. Secretary-General suggests rapid action force in Haiti...
Counterterrorism
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday called the attack that damaged the huge bridge connecting Russia to its annexed territory of Crimea “a terrorist act” masterminded by Ukrainian special services. The Kerch Bridge, which holds important strategic and symbolic…
A Nebraska man was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison for making multiple threatening posts on an Instagram page associated with an election official. “This sentence makes clear that those who illegally threaten election workers should be prepared to face…
Military & Defense
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided recent exercises by nuclear tactical operation units in response to large-scale navy drills by South Korean and U.S. forces, which have escalated regional tensions, KCNA state news agency said on Monday. Over the past two weeks, North…
The Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan on Sunday unilaterally cancelled joint military drills between the six nations making up the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization, less than a day before they were due to start on its territory. The Kyrgyz defense ministry did…
Cybersecurity
A news bulletin on Iranian state television was hacked as video of the country's supreme leader was broadcast on Saturday, all while protests sparked by the death of a young woman following her arrest continued across the country. The hackers flashed an image of…
Meta Platforms on Friday disclosed that it had identified over 400 malicious apps on Android and iOS that it said targeted online users with the goal of stealing their Facebook login information. "These apps were listed on the Google Play Store and Apple's App Store and…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Inching up the Elbe river to the German port of Hamburg in early September, colorful containers stacked on deck like outsized pieces of Lego, the Libra looked like any other massive vessel plying the world's oceans. Yet she was more than a commercial ship seeking…
Viktor muller ferreira was a young Brazilian with impressive credentials and a big break. Fresh from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, dc, an incubator of talent for America’s national security elite, he had secured an internship at the…
Transnational Organized Crime
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed that one or several countries send "a rapid action force" to help Haiti's police remove a threat posed by armed gangs, according to a letter to the U.N. Security Council, seen by Reuters on Sunday. Guterres is not suggesting…
An Albanian people-smuggling gang taking migrants to the UK via Spain has been "dismantled" after officers worked for more than a year to identify the ring leaders, a crime agency says. It is believed that migrants paid between Є3,000 and Є15,000…