Tag: Espionage
Russian Hackers Target US Nuclear Scientists, Contractors
A Russia-linked hacking group has spent the past year targeting nuclear scientists, defense contractors, and government employees in a cyberespionage campaign exploiting a previously unknown flaw in Zimbra webmail software, according to a joint advisory from US and allied intelligence agencies released Thursday, per CNN.The group, tracked by Dutch intelligence…
Angola Jails Russians Over Influence Plot
An Angolan court has sentenced two Russian nationals over an alleged operation to destabilise the country before its 2027 election. Political consultant Igor Ratchin received 11 years and interpreter Lev Lakshtanov eight, on charges from espionage to terrorism that carried up to 15 years; summaries differ on which of eleven…
Japan Builds First Postwar Intelligence Agency
Japan is building its first centralized intelligence agency since World War II, launching a National Intelligence Bureau this summer with roughly 700 staff under a council chaired by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, according to The New York Times.That structural phase, passed by the Diet in May, is the easier half…
