Tag: spies

• Hacked FBI data has sensitive information about employees’ intelligence roles

  September 24, 2026

  https://www.reuters.com/world/hacked-fbi-data-has-sensitive-information-about-employees-intelligence-roles-2026-09-23/ more ›

• ‘My fear was too great’: the Pussy Riot member recruited by Russian spies to inform on fellow activists

  September 19, 2026

  Exclusive: In her first media interview since fleeing Russia, Rita Flores describes her three years of being run by the FSB https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/19/pussy-riot-russian-spies-fsb-activists-rita-flores?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

• Taiwan’s six-year hunt for China’s undercover chip labs

  September 8, 2026

  Previously unpublished government data reveals the scale of Taiwan’s crackdown on Chinese companies accused of hiding their ties while recruiting chip talent and pursuing sensitive technology. https://restofworld.org/2026/taiwan-china-chip-investigations/ more ›

• None Dare Call It a Conspiracy

  January 15, 2026

  From the GQ archives: Who was behind the 1999 Moscow apartment bombings that accelerated Vladimir Putin’s rise to power? https://www.gq.com/story/moscow-bombings-mikhail-trepashkin-and-putin 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 ›

• Two-Factor Authentication Codes Take Insecure Path to Users

  June 17, 2025

  An investigation into the complexity of the global telecom system shows weaknesses in the transmission of secret codes sent via SMS. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-16/two-factor-authentication-codes-take-insecure-path-to-users?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MDA3MjI1NywiZXhwIjoxNzUwNjc3MDU3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWFkzV1dEV0xVNjgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJENTY5QzIyNzE4NUM0NkM4OTgxMjBGMUI2QTBFNDIwQSJ9.DVIEfSgG1GrhW7bcbImfrZ2LeYhkmPbTC9SlfwmVe-g&leadSource=uverify%20wall 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 ›

• How Israel’s bulky pager fooled Hezbollah

  October 16, 2024

  BEIRUT, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The batteries inside the weaponised pagers that arrived in Lebanon at the start of the year, part of an Israeli plot to decimate Hezbollah, had powerfully deceptive… more ›

• What I found on the secretive tropical island they don’t want you to see

  September 29, 2024

  Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, is a paradise of lush vegetation and white-sand beaches, surrounded by crystal blue waters. But this is no tourist destination. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckdg7jjlx2go more ›

• Everything is espionage: Things I learned researching Assange

  March 24, 2024

  Who is this Julian Assange guy? Is he good or bad? Did he do espionage? Why is the US so obsessed with getting its hands on him? At dynomight.net we… more ›