Exclusive: US intelligence spotted Chinese, Iranian deepfakes in 2020 aimed at influencing US voters

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We look forward to this relevant, timely discussion on the ethics of intelligence with Dr. Jan Goldman, The Citadel & Intl Jrnl of Intelligence & CounterIntelligence

China’s spy threat is growing, but the West has struggled to keep up. There needs to be a significant step change in funding for the intelligence agencies & law enforcement if they are to be capable in dealing with hostile state activities in the UK. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Do I challenge perceptions? Possibly. Do I uncover historical truths? When I’m lucky! In any case, listen in for a chat about my book and state-sponsored assassinations more broadly.

Heathrow Border Force official and former Royal Marine accused of spying for Hong Kong telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/1…

Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign Signal as insecure, with assistance from Elon Musk. The goal seems to be to get activists to switch away from encrypted Signal to mostly-unencrypted Telegram. I want to talk about this a bit. 1/

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Articles invited for the new Journal of Applied Operational Intelligence - deadline for submission is 31st July 2024. It is free to submit an article and all articles are open access. ubplj.org/index.php/jaoi…

Three charged with aiding Hong Kong intelligence service bbc.co.uk/news/uk-679772…

'The IT company targeted in a Chinese hack that accessed the data of hundreds of thousands of Ministry of Defence staff failed to report the breach for months'.

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Russia’s Influence on Europe’s Far-Right Violent Extremism | International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - ICCT icct.nl/project/russia…

Russia recruiting far-Right extremists to launch attacks in the West. #covert #recruitment #HUMINT #GRU #Sabotage #XRW telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/1…

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#MI5 has apologised at a preliminary Investigatory Powers Tribunal ( #IPT )hearing for failing to promptly disclose information to a woman who was attacked with a machete by one of its agents.. #CHIS #Agent #dutyofcare #IPT bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

‘Countries are now forced to confront it’: Rise in Chinese espionage arrests alarms Europe | China | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/article/…

MoD data breach: China suspected of hacking UK armed forces payroll. The system used by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) includes names and bank details of armed forces personnel. China described the suggestion as a 'fabricated and malicious slander'. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-689678…

sabotage is a force multiplier, aiming to disrupt and keep target off kilter. It works hand in glove with disinfo.

Exposure is good but, like counter-disinfo, a calibrated response is needed. Too much and we induce more friction ourselves

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We are pleased to share the latest VOX-Pol report, titled AI Extremism: Technologies, Tactics, Actors.
It is available open access at: voxpol.eu/wp-content/upl…