Tag: espionage

• Death on the Costa del Sol: How the Double Life of a German Police Informant Ended in Tragedy

  December 23, 2025

  Investigative files shed new light on the dangerous dealings of a German police informant whose life was cut short by a brutal murder. https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/death-on-the-costa-del-sol-how-the-double-life-of-a-german-police-informant-ended-in-tragedy more ›

• Our Jan in Moscow: The secret Russian life of Europe’s most notorious fugitive-turned-spy

  September 21, 2025

  Ever since the summer of 2020, when German payments giant Wirecard collapsed after failing to account for €1.9 billion in missing assets, its former COO Jan Marsalek has been a… more ›

• The EI Podcast: The espionage revolution

  August 29, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/RLPVFiT David Omand, ex-head of GCHQ, the British government's world-renowned cyber agency, explores how intelligence officers exploit the latest technological advances. Image: Digital espionage is on the rise. Credit:… more ›

• Hot Money: Agent of Chaos: Sam Jones on Jan Marsalek’s Secret Life | SpyCast Interview

  August 15, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/Eh7mUBX We're sharing a special episode from SpyCast, the official podcast of the International Spy Museum, featuring Hot Money's Sam Jones. SpyCast host Sasha Ingber sits down with Sam… more ›

• Hot Money: Agent of Chaos: Episode 1: The Bribe

  June 18, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/7ud3IGO A series of clandestine lunch meetings leads Sam’s editor to send him off to Vienna, in search of one man. Get ad-free access to the entire season of… more ›

• UK domestic spy agency MI5 to reveal some of its secrets in London exhibition

  January 24, 2025

  Avoid facial disguises, carry loose change and be ready to make split-second decisions: just some of the advice Britain’s domestic spy agency gave recruits tailing subjects nearly a century ago.… more ›

• Analyzing Solorigate, the compromised DLL file that started a sophisticated cyberattack, and how Microsoft Defender helps protect customers

  December 22, 2020

  We, along with the security industry and our partners, continue to investigate the extent of the Solorigate attack. https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/12/18/analyzing-solorigate-the-compromised-dll-file-that-started-a-sophisticated-cyberattack-and-how-microsoft-defender-helps-protect/ more ›

• The Sordid, Sudsy Rise of Soap in China

  August 23, 2020

  The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust soap back in the limelight: Of all the hypothesized solutions to viral transmission — from big data-powered contact tracing to disinfectant injections — few are… more ›

• The Spycraft Revolution

  June 9, 2019

  The world of espionage is facing tremendous technological, political, legal, social, and commercial changes. The winners will be those who break the old rules of the spy game and work… more ›

• Espionage is the second-oldest profession.

  January 6, 2014

  “Espionage is the second-oldest profession.” – The WELL: Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky: State of the World 2014 more ›