09/05/20 09:44 Filed in:
iran | Israel | covid-19 | USA | cyberAX INTEL BULLETIN: Iran - cyberattack against Israeli water supply
DATE: 09MAY2020
Iran is being linked to an attempted cyberattack last month aimed at disrupting water supplies in at least two locations in Israel as that country was seeking to contain a C-19 outbreak… Read More...Tags: iran, Israel, USA, covid-19, cyber
08/05/20 08:47 Filed in:
france | espionage | ciaAX INTEL BULLETIN: France - Can’t recruit enough spies?
DATE: 08May2020
France’s primary external intelligence agency has expressed frustration with the overall poor quality of job applicants, as it tries to expand its staff by 20% in the coming years. The Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE) is France’s equivalent to the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the United Kingdom’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). It is tasked with procuring secret political, military and economic information from foreign targets… Read More...Tags: france, espionage, cia
05/05/20 12:50 Filed in:
covid-19 | espionage | USA | UK | chinaAX COVID-19 UPDATE: Intel & COVID-19 vaccine hunt?
DATE: 05MAY2020
Spy agencies from practically every country are participating in a worldwide competition to develop a vaccine for the COVID-19 pandemic, by protecting their own biomedical secrets while trying to steal other nations’ research. Much like frantic efforts to secure personal protective equipment like masks and gloves, ongoing research to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 appears to be taking the form of a competition between nations. The country that first develops a successful vaccine to combat the epidemic is likely to emerge as… Read More...Tags: covid-19, espionage, USA, UK, china
04/05/20 15:55 Filed in:
covid-19 | cartels | mexicoAX COVID-19 UPDATE: Mexico - Drug cartels using COVID-19 to build support
DATE: 4MAY2020
Drug cartels are organizing sophisticated ‘care package’ drives throughout Mexico in an attempt to build political capital and solidify their community support. Nearly every drug cartel in Mexico is organizing its own handout distribution activities, including the Sinaloa Cartel, the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), the Gulf Cartel, Los Viagras, and a host of splinter groups that came out of Los Zetas… Read More...Tags: covid-19, cartels, mexico