Daily Intel Brief
The US confirms offensive cyber operations in Ukraine, Turkish intelligence uncovered a Russian spy operation, and the Tunisian President fired 57 judges accusing them of corruption...
Counterterrorism
The second of two self-described members of an anti-government extremist group accused in Minnesota of dealing firearm components to informants acting as members of Hamas is headed to prison. Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 24, of Hampstead, North Carolina, was sentenced…
Irish ex-soldier Lisa Smith has been convicted of membership of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, a court in Dublin has ruled. Smith, who left the army in 2011, was found to have been a member of the Islamist militant group between at least October 28, 2015 and December…
Military & Defense
China must develop capabilities to disable and maybe even destroy Starlink internet satellites, the country's military researchers said in a paper published by the Chinese journal Modern Defense Technology. The authors highlighted the possibility of Starlink being used for…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired five generals and one police colonel, according to a report from Moscow-based media group RBC, amid the country's military failures in Ukraine. Putin reportedly issued a decree on Monday that saw five generals at the Russian…
Cybersecurity
U.S. Cyber Command Director Gen. Paul Nakasone confirmed for the first time that the U.S. had conducted offensive cyber operations in support of Ukraine. “We’ve conducted a series of operations across the full spectrum: offensive, defensive, [and] information operations,”…
The FBI thwarted a planned cyberattack on a children's hospital in Boston that was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored by the Iranian government, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday. Wray told a Boston College cybersecurity conference that his agents…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) is credited with another operation that discovered a six-person cell working for Russian intelligence. The discovery, in March 2021, was only made public on Tuesday. MIT was also behind the discovery of another six…
In recent years Western officials have maintained a steady drumbeat of warnings about Chinese spies. In short, the spooks are getting bolder and better. Among other things, they’re accused of hacking into Microsoft's Exchange email service, stealing Western defence and…
Transnational Organized Crime
Tunisia’s president sacked 57 judges on Wednesday, accusing them of corruption and protecting terrorists in a purge of the judiciary that comes as he seeks to remake the political system after consolidating one-man rule. In a televised address President Kais Saied said he…
As the Liberals move to put a freeze on handgun sales in Canada, some are questioning how effective it will be in preventing gun violence given gun smuggling from one of the world's largest sources of private firearms just south of the border. Gun expert and author…