Category: espionage

Top spy says countering foreign espionage is ASIO’s ‘principal security concern’ but some Australians don’t understand the threat it poses | Sky News Australia | Opinion

More Australians are being targeted by foreign intelligence agencies than ever before. Despite this, Australia’s top spy says public servants, academics, and business people have attempted to pressure him to “ease up” on foreign spies to “avoid upsetting foreign regimes”. Source: Top spy says countering foreign espionage is ASIO’s ‘principal security concern’ but some Australians… Read More Top spy says countering foreign espionage is ASIO’s ‘principal security concern’ but some Australians don’t understand the threat it poses | Sky News Australia | Opinion

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Dear ChatGPT… Tell me how Eastern and Central European organized crime is linked to Russian organized crime and espionage

This morning I woke up thinking about the possibility of Central/Eastern European criminals undermining Canada. With so much focus on the Chinese spy balloon and Chinese economic competition with the US, it seems that the dire threat of Russian operatives in North America has almost taken a backseat in the media. But that doesn’t make… Read More Dear ChatGPT… Tell me how Eastern and Central European organized crime is linked to Russian organized crime and espionage

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CIA betrayed informants with shoddy covert comms websites • The Register | Opinion

Top tip, don’t give your secret login box the HTML form type ‘password’ Source: CIA betrayed informants with shoddy covert comms websites • The Register Opinion: I write a lot about hostiles who are trying to erode and outright destroy democracy. Some may think I am oblivious to the argument that all of life is… Read More CIA betrayed informants with shoddy covert comms websites • The Register | Opinion

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Unmasked: Top Oxford University professor who handed over nuclear secrets to Czech spies | Daily Mail Online | Opinion

Oxford academic Professor Jirina Stone spent years handing over nuclear intelligence in clandestine meetings with communist spies, a Daily Mail investigation reveals today. Source: Unmasked: Top Oxford University professor who handed over nuclear secrets to Czech spies | Daily Mail Online Opinion: Sometimes a university isn’t just a university. Once in a while, it is… Read More Unmasked: Top Oxford University professor who handed over nuclear secrets to Czech spies | Daily Mail Online | Opinion

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Spying on the spies: How the garda keeps tabs on Russian agents working from Dublin – Independent.ie | Opinion

Irish security services have been closely monitoring the activities of Russian spies operating from its embassy in south Dublin for “several years”, with intelligence gathered being shared “when necessary” with the security agencies of friendly nations such as the US and the UK, sources have confirmed. Source: Spying on the spies: How the garda keeps… Read More Spying on the spies: How the garda keeps tabs on Russian agents working from Dublin – Independent.ie | Opinion

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Vladimir Putin sits atop a crumbling pyramid of power | Vladimir Sorokin | The Guardian | Opinion

Putin’s end goal isn’t Ukraine but western civilization – the hatred for which he lapped up in the black milk he drank from the KGB’s teat Source: Vladimir Putin sits atop a crumbling pyramid of power | Vladimir Sorokin | The Guardian Opinion – “Black Milk” I had to post this story for the opening… Read More Vladimir Putin sits atop a crumbling pyramid of power | Vladimir Sorokin | The Guardian | Opinion

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It’s a good time of the year for an orange jumpsuit – Most hostiles want to get caught, anyhow | Opinion

That’s right folks, another apparently clever couple has been snatched up into the hands of the law. https://www.tumblr.com/eptoday/665287123377750016/spies-next-door-the-suburban-us-couple-accused-of It seems most hostiles are just normal people caught up in a web of intrigue. They know what they are doing is wrong and on some level, they want to get caught. It’s the only way to… Read More It’s a good time of the year for an orange jumpsuit – Most hostiles want to get caught, anyhow | Opinion

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How ordinary people are convinced to become spies | The Conversation (with very brief, unconnected introduction by Michael W. Clark, PhD)

Introduction by Michael W. Clark, PhD I know I’ve been posting about spies and crooks quite a lot lately. Some readers are probably getting sick of it and I don’t blame you. There are other problems out there in our jumbled, confusing world. However, I recently saw this piece in my newsfeeds and thought I… Read More How ordinary people are convinced to become spies | The Conversation (with very brief, unconnected introduction by Michael W. Clark, PhD)

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