Espionage

Into the Breach: Countering Chinese Digital Espionage in Routers

For anyone following the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) actions related to digital technology, the specter that Chinese companies could be leveraged to conduct intelligence activities has been ever-present. National security...

Cover Blown: Bulgaria Expels Half of Russia’s Diplomatic Corps for Espionage

The Bulgarian government announced on Tuesday that it would expel seventy Russian diplomats—more than half of the country’s diplomatic presence within Bulgaria—over espionage concerns, according to Reuters. Kiril Petkov, Bulgaria’s...

Intelligence Internship: Russian Spy Caught Trying to Infiltrate ICC

Dutch media reported on Thursday that the country’s intelligence services had unmasked a Russian spy who had attempted to gain access to the International Criminal Court (ICC) by posing as a...

Biden Administration to End ‘China Initiative’ Anti-Spying Program

The Justice Department announced on Wednesday that it would terminate the “China Initiative,” a Trump-era national security program intended to combat the leaking of American intellectual property to China. Officials...

These Secret Gadgets Helped the United States Spy on the Soviet Union

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Cold War delivered some fascinating technology and one of the most intriguing eras in American history. The Cold War is widely regarded as the “golden age”...

What Are Russian Assassins Doing in Turkey?

Four Russian nationals have been arrested in Turkey on suspicion of plotting the assassination of Chechen dissidents living in the country, according to the Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency. In all,...

Here’s What Made the Cold War the Golden Age of Espionage

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The United States and the Soviet Union had to think outside the box during the Cold War and from that, we got some fascinating technology...

North Korea’s Sneaky Strategy for Spying on the South

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Citing South Korea’s National Assembly, NK News also ran a chart listing the number of arrests each year on espionage charges. There have been four...

How the CIA Seized Soviet Weapons Systems During the Cold War

Here’s What You Need to Know: Washington went to great lengths to steal Soviet technology. Sometimes the Cold War seemed like one big treasure hunt. When one side came out with...

How China Is Using Espionage to Dethrone the U.S.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Chinese espionage costs the U.S. between $200 to $600 billion a year in stolen intellectual property. And this is something that has been happening for...

Biden Must Stop Russia’s Illicit Procurement of Sensitive American Technologies

Federal agents last year raided a New Hampshire company linked to the Russian Federal Security Services, or FSB, according to court documents unsealed in July. Investigators acted on evidence that...

How North Korean Spies Posed as Defectors to Get Eyes on the South

North Korea and South Korea recently restored their bilateral hotline, a move that was made after an exchange of letters between the leaders of North Korea and South Korea. “The...