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Taiwan’s intelligence bureau says China’s main spy agency is working with criminal gangs, shell companies and other dubious partners to gain intelligence on Taiwan’s defences, resulting in a major rise in those arrested for alleged espionage on the island. Current and retired Taiwanese military personnel are a special concern, accounting for around half of the…
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A US man who leaked highly classified military documents relating to the war in Ukraine has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Jack Teixeira, of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, pleaded guilty earlier this year to six counts of wilful retention and transmission of national defence information under the Espionage Act following his arrest…
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released from a British prison and was making his way back to his home country Australia on Monday after his 12-year battle against extradition to the United States ended in a plea deal. The controversial figure has spent the past five years in a high-security UK prison and nearly seven years before that holed up…
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The Treasury Department on Friday fleshed out a proposed rule that would restrict and monitor U.S. investments in China for artificial intelligence, computer chips and quantum computing. The proposed rule stems from President Joe Biden’s August 2023 executive order regarding the access that “countries of concern” have to American dollars that fund advanced technologies, which the U.S.…
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Poland’s security agency has searched a number of properties as part of an investigation into alleged Russian spying. The ABW said it carried out the searches along with other European security services, including the Czech Republic. A hub for Western military supplies to Ukraine, Poland has said it’s become a major target of Russian spies.…
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Two men arrested for ‘helping Russia plan missile strikes’ Two Ukrainian men have been detained by the country’s security service for allegedly helping Russia plan missile strikes. The SBU said the men were arrested in Kyiv and Odesa, and they now face life imprisonment if found guilty. “They were preparing missile strikes on military units…
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Sixth person charged for alleged spying offences linked to Russia A sixth person has been charged for alleged spying offences linked to Russia as part of a Metropolitan Police investigation. Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev has been remanded in custody to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court tomorrow. The 37-year-old from Acton in west London has been charged…
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This week, a U.S. Navy sailor, Petty Officer Wenheng “Thomas” Zhao, was sentenced to 27 months in jail for accepting nearly US$15,000 in bribes from a Chinese intelligence officer in exchange for photos of unclassified private U.S. military information. In a statement, the U.S. justice department said that Zhao, 26, who worked at Naval Base…
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Five people suspected of spying for Russia have been arrested accused of an offence under the Official Secrets Act. Three of the five arrested back in February were then charged with possession of false identity documents with improper intention, under section 4 of the Identity Documents Act 2010. The five arrested include: • A 45-year-old…
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China has arrested an “important confidential employee” for what it claimed “passing secrets” to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). China’s State Security Ministry said that the staff member, surnamed Zeng, of a Chinese military-industrial group was transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution, according to the Beijing-based daily Global Times. Zeng has been…
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday that Moscow “strongly protests” the arrest of a Russian citizen in Poland and demands an explanation. The Russian Embassy in Warsaw is investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident, Zakharova told Russian state-run news agency TASS, adding that all necessary assistance will be provided to the Russian…
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Poland’s security agency arrested a Russian professional ice hockey player on suspicion of “espionage,” Warsaw said on Friday. The Internal Security Agency (ABW) arrested the Russian citizen suspected of spying from the Silesia Voivodeship in southern Poland on June 11, following an investigation into a spy ring operating in the country, Warsaw said in a…
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The Department of Justice has said that an American citizen and four Chinese intelligence officers have been charged with spying on Chinese dissidents, human rights leaders and pro-democracy activists residing in the U.S. New York resident Wang Shujun, 73, is accused of using his position in the Chinese diaspora and dissident communities to collect information…
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The U.S. Justice Department has reported that a Chinese national, Xiang Haitao, 44, was sentenced to 29 months in prison after pleading guilty in January to conspiring to steal trade secrets from agricultural company Monsanto. Xiang, who was employed by Monsanto and a subsidiary from 2008 to 2017, pleaded guilty in Missouri federal court to…
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The head of UK domestic intelligence service MI5, Ken McCallum, has advised MPs to beware of China and Russia’s “interference alerts,” which he believes will occur increasingly often as these two countries are allegedly aiming for international supremacy. In an interview with the Daily Mail, McCallum said that since the January spy scandal in parliament…
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China has hacked multiple public and private sector groups of Israel in an attempt to gain business interests, a local media report said on Tuesday. The Chinese cyberattacks have been doing the same thing in Iran, Saudi Arabia and a variety of other countries. The massive cyberattack appears to be part of a long-term spying…
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