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Taiwan prosecutors arrested six people suspected of stealing trade secrets from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), opening an investigation into a potential breach of national security involving a global tech industry linchpin. The chipmaker to Nvidia reported a number of Read More …
China’s Ministry of State Security revealed on Wednesday that foreign intelligence agencies are using crowdsourcing to gather sensitive data in China, posing a covert but serious threat to national security. This covert method, dubbed “crowdsourced espionage,” poses an escalating threat. Read More …
Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts National Guard, has been jailed for 15 years for leaking classified documents about the war in Ukraine and other military secrets. A federal judge in Boston, United States, on Tuesday sentenced the 22-year-old Read More …
China’s Ministry of State Security on Saturday posted a short film calling on the public to enhance national security awareness, as the film describes a case of espionage in which a military enthusiast was deceived by a foreign spy disguised Read More …
The introduction of military badges specially redesigned to mark King Charles’s accession to the throne has been delayed, with claims British Army chiefs fear the insignia could be made in China, enabling Beijing to insert tracking devices into them. Regiments Read More …
Are they your like-minded “online friends”? Intimate “lovers”? Caring “friends”? Helpful “good Samaritans”? Or perhaps, these are all just sweet “traps” set by espionage forces, Chinese Ministry of State Security warned the public in its latest article published on Wednesday. Read More …
Korbein Schultz, a U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst, was arrested today at Fort Campbell following an indictment by a federal grand jury charging him with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense Read More …
Private sector firms have been involved in discovering and selling exploits for many years, but there is a rise in turnkey espionage solutions. Commercial Surveillance Vendors (CSVs) offer pay-to-play tools that bundle an exploit chain designed to get past security Read More …
French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging apps WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities, according to a memo obtained by French news outlet Le Point. “These digital tools are not Read More …
China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) disclosed a new case on Monday of foreign espionage activities involving the recruitment of a Chinese software developer who provided “technical services.” This spy agency used “poisoned” software to conduct cyberattacks and steal secrets Read More …