News

MAY

UK Terror Chief Tapped to Lead COVID Efforts, Daily Mail

Colombia’s military attache to Washington removed over spying scandal, Colombia Reports

China suspected of bio-espionage in ‘heart of EU’, EU Observer

ODNI Announces Organizational Changes, ODNI

Libyan intelligence chief Abdul Qader Al-Tuhami dies of heart attack in Tripoli, Arab News

Turkish intel helps rescue abducted Italian aid worker, Anadolu Agency

Report says cellphone data suggests October shutdown at Wuhan lab, but experts are skeptical, NBC News

WA govt targeted by Naikon cyber espionage campaign, IT News

French spy agency tells graduates they’re not cut out for espionage, The Times

Colombian Army spied on journalists, UT Austin, Journalism in the Americas

Canada accuses Indian national of espionage, Anadolu Agency

Ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan’s espionage trial begins in Russia under coronavirus lockdown, CBS News

APRIL

How Account Takeover Botnets Outsmart Traditional Security Controls, Imperva

The Intelligence Community’s top IT official will replace Pentagon’s retiring deputy CIO, Federal Times

Hackers selling 267 million Facebook records on hacker forum, HackRead

Amid coronavirus chaos, Russian spies see opportunity, ABC News

COVID-19 has delayed the launch of 3 US spy satellites, Business Insider

U-2 spy plane will be upgraded to support future battlespace needs, InceptiveMind

Iraqi president taps spy chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi for prime minister, France 24

FBI warned about ‘biosecurity risk’ after Chinese nationals snuck suspicious vials into US, Washington Examiner

FBI Arrests Russian Rapper For Crypto Money Laundering, Cites Damning Instagram, CoinTelegraph

Trump plans to tap New Orleans attorney for CIA watchdog post, New Orleans Advocate

India Intercepts Suspected Missile Gear, Arms Control Association

US Space Force establishes the 234th Intelligence Squadron, DVIDS

NGA To Tap Commercial Data On Military Targets, Breaking Defense

SBU security agency exposes top official in espionage, Kyiv Post

Coronavirus: How will it change national security and spying? BBC News

MARCH

Intelligence Community Copes with Unique Corona Crisis Challenges, Washington Exec

Britain names new MI5 chief: the spy who investigated 2018 Novichok attack, Reuters

U.S. spies find coronavirus spread is hard to chart in China, Russia and North Korea, Daily Mail

Saudi spies tracked phones using flaws the FCC failed to fix for years, Tech Crunch

New USAF Materials Hint At High-Altitude Role For B-21, Aviation Week

Lietzau Named Chief of New Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, Air Force Magazine

OPM eases up fingerprint collection, credentialing standards amid coronavirus concerns, Federal News Network

Spying for profit: The dangers of economic intelligence, Daily Maverick

US cybersecurity experts see spike in Chinese digital espionage, South China Morning Post

Spy Wars Offers Tales of Real-Life Espionage Efforts, Reason

UK government discloses existence of body monitoring foreign spies, The Guardian

Russian Hackers Attempting Cyber Espionage Against Middle East Defense Firms, CISO Mag

Chinese cybercriminal syndicate redoubles espionage efforts, Tech Radar

Former Rochester woman pleads not guilty to espionage charges, Post Bulletin

Chinese Cyber Espionage Continues Despite COVID-19, Bank Info Security

Ottawa to release unprecedented report into foreign espionage in Canada, The Star

Cyber-espionage campaign in Middle East, Europe picked up speed after Soleimani killing, Cyberscoop

China set to indict Australian academic Yang Hengjun on espionage charges, The Guardian

New Bill Would Protect Journalists From Being Prosecuted For Publishing Classified Information, The Intercept

China accuses professor at Japanese university of espionage, ABC News

Top Secret No Longer: MI5 Confirms Existence of Previously Unheard of CounterIntelligence Unit, Sputnik News

Pentagon linguist charged with espionage exposed U.S. sources in Iraq, feds say, CBS News