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4/13/22

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Counterterrorism

NYPD Commissioner: Brooklyn Subway Attack Not Being Investigated as Terrorism

New York Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell held a press conference in Brooklyn to provide an update on the shooting attack earlier today at a subway station. The incident took place on Tuesday at the 36th Street Station in Brooklyn, where the FDNY says 10 people…

A weakened ISIS persists in central Iraq

When Sara Selim heard the iron gate creak open as she got ready for bed one night in October last year, a pang of fear instantly gripped the 22-year-old. Residents of the Iraqi Kurdish village of Lheiban know better than to leave their houses when the sun sets behind the…

Military & Defense

Taiwan's military releases war survival guide for civilians amid China tensions

Taiwan's military has released a war survival handbook for civilians as Russia's invasion of Ukraine focuses attention on how the island should respond to pressure from China. China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, and has stepped…

A brigade of Ukrainian marines defending Mariupol said they're running out of ammunition, and face 'death for some, captivity for others'

A brigade of Ukrainian marines defending the city of Mariupol said on Monday that they are running out of ammunition after nearly seven weeks of fighting. "We have been defending Mariupol for 47 days. We were bombed by airplanes, we were shot at by artillery and tanks…

Cybersecurity

Gilbert Gottfried’s Twitter Gets Hacked Hours After Death

Just hours after Gilbert Gottfried’s family announced his death on Twitter, his verified account began linking to an amateur porn star’s OnlyFans and leading people to follow a rap stan account on Instagram. The comedian’s Twitter bio had been changed to “hacked…

‘This domain has been seized’: FBI brings down notorious hacking forum

A notorious online hacking forum popular among cybercriminals has been seized after being targeted by the FBI and a coalition of international law enforcement agencies. The homepage for RaidForums, one of the most prominent websites for sharing hacked and stolen data…

Counterintelligence & Espionage

Poland arrests Russian man suspected of spying

Poland has arrested a Russian citizen and charged him with espionage, a spokesperson for the Polish Minister Coordinator of Special Services said on Tuesday. Relations between Russia and countries once in the Soviet sphere of influence have long been fraught, but the invasion…

Putin purges more than 100 FSB agents in apparent retaliation amid Ukraine invasion quagmire

Russia's invasion of Ukraine appears not to be going according to plan, and President Vladimir Putin seems intent on blaming his old colleagues at the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) – the intelligence agency successor to the KGB – for the quagmire…

Transnational Organized Crime

Bob Arum cuts ties with promoter sanctioned by U.S. over ties to organized crime; others urged to follow

Some of the biggest figures in boxing have been urged to cut ties with a promoter who fronts an Irish organized crime gang targeted with sanctions by the American government on Tuesday. The U.S. ambassador to Ireland, Claire Cronin, said at a news conference in…

Treasury Sanctions Kinahan Organized Crime Group

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Kinahan Organized Crime Group (KOCG) along with seven of its key members, including its Irish leaders Christopher Vincent Kinahan Senior, Daniel Joseph Kinahan, Christopher…

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