Turkey - four member of French spy ring arrested in Istanbul

AX INTEL BULLETIN: Turkey - four member of French spy ring arrested in Istanbul
DATE: 24JUN2020

Four men have been arrested by Turkish authorities in Istanbul, allegedly for being members of a spy ring operated by an agent who collected information on extremist groups for France’s external spy agency. The arrests were reported on Tuesday by a newspaper with close links to the Turkish government…
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LinkedIn first-ever use to spread malware

AX INTEL BULLETIN: LinkedIn first-ever use to spread malware
DATE: 18JUN2020

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered what is believed to be the first-ever case of hackers using LinkedIn to infect the computers of targeted users with viruses. The hackers appear to have been sponsored by a government and to have targeted employees of carefully selected military contractors in central Europe.
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France - Can’t recruit enough spies?

AX 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…
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Intel & COVID-19 vaccine hunt?

AX 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…
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