Daily Intel Brief
A pair of bombings in Afghanistan, A British veteran was killed in Ukraine, and 2 spies were caught hacking the South Korean military...
Counterterrorism
A man who pleaded guilty to terrorism-related activities with the militant group Islamic State has told a judge he didn't know better. Hussein Borhot, 36, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of participating in terrorism group activity between May 9 and June 7, 2014, and the…
Explosions ripped through two separate passenger vehicles in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people and injuring 13 others. The bombings took place within minutes of each other in different parts of Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province…
Military & Defense
A Colombian general and nine other military officials admitted Wednesday to carrying out war crimes and crimes against humanity in one of the darkest moments in the country’s history. For the first time, they spoke directly to the families of victims as they accepted…
A British military veteran has reportedly been killed in Ukraine while fighting against Russian forces. Tributes have been paid to Scott Sibley after the Foreign Office confirmed a British national had died in Ukraine and another is missing. The families of both are being…
Cybersecurity
Russia’s relentless digital assaults on Ukraine may have caused less damage than many anticipated. But most of its hacking is focused on a different goal that gets less attention but has chilling potential consequences: data collection. Ukrainian agencies breached on the eve…
The websites of Israeli radio stations 100FM and Radio Lev HaMedina were hacked on Thursday evening by a group of pro-Iranian hackers known as Hackers of Savior, according to Ynet. On the Radio Lev HaMedina website, the hackers took down the live video broadcast…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
The French army on Thursday rejected accusations by Mali of espionage and violation of the West African nation's airspace. Mali had on Tuesday accused the French army of "spying" and "subversion" when it used a drone to film what France alleged were mercenaries burying…
Police in South Korea have arrested two people suspected of leaking military secrets to a person believed to be a North Korean agent. The CEO of a cryptocurrency exchange and an army officer divulged login details for South Korea's joint military command, police say…
Transnational Organized Crime
Deepfake technology is set to be used extensively in organized crime over the coming years, according to new research by Europol. Deepfakes involve the application of artificial intelligence to audio and audio-visual consent “that convincingly shows people saying…
Sweden has failed to integrate the vast numbers of immigrants it has taken in over the past two decades, leading to parallel societies and gang violence, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Thursday, as she launched a series of initiatives to combat…